Author: Pastor Rich Lusk
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Old X Posts, #2
Another post from the archives: — Every book in the New Testament teaches that our eternal destiny hinges on doing good works There is no salvation without obedience Good works are necessary if we are to be saved You will not be forgiven without repentance Do not be deceived: You will reap what you have…
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Quotebook #7
“Charity means pardoning the unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all. Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all. And faith means believing the incredible, or it is no virtue at all.”— Chesterton — “A good man’s work is effected by doing what he does, a woman’s by…
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Jesus and the Nations: What the Christian Nationalism Debate Is Really About
What kind of nation do we want to live in? What kind of nation should America be? Or to put it yet another way, what is good for America? What is good for Americans? Christian Nationalism is an attempt to answer that question. Of course, there isn ’t just one version of Christian Nationalism. Some…
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Genesis 17:7: Christian Parenting 101
“And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your children after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your children after you.” (Genesis 17:7) God never rescinded this promise. It is still in force. Christian parenting is not law, it is gospel. It is…
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First Family: Properly Relating My Heavenly and Earthly Allegiences
The church is my first family, but not my only family (1 Timothy 3:15; Ephesians 5:21ff). The church is my first nation, but not my only nation (1 Peter 2:9; Romans 9:2ff). My citizenship is in heaven, but that’s not my only citizenship – I am also a citizen in an earthly nation (Philippians 3:20;…
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Home: What Christian Nationalism Is Really About
Christian nationalism grows out of and is undergirded by Christian familialism. There can be no Christian nation where there are not countless Christian families. And where there are happy and holy Christian families, the broader Christianization of the nation is sure to follow. Christian nationalism starts around the dining table. It starts in neighborhoods and…
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Conquest’s Second Law
These are old X posts, from August and November of 2024. — A thread on Conquests Second Law: Conquest’s Second Law states, roughly, “Any organization not explicitly and constitutionally right-wing will sooner or later become left-wing.” What Robert Conquest recognized in this law is that it takes more effort to build than to tear down,…
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The “Real Presence” of Demons and the Lord’s Supper
An X post and subsequent discussion: It’s interesting that some Christians are adamant that sacraments are only symbols. There is no “real presence” of Christ in the water, bread, or wine. But interestingly, Paul leaves no doubt about the “real presence” of demons in paganism’s religious feasts in 1 Cor. 10. Christians are not to…
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More on Theonomy/Christian Reconstruction and Christian Nationalism: Calvin and the WCF, Public Religion, America’s Christian Founding, the Problems with Racial Identity Politics, Ordo Amoris, Patriotism, Calvin on the Civil Magistrate, and More
My article on the current Christian Nationalism movement was published by Theopolis. Here are some additional older notes I put together that cover some ground not covered in the Theopolis essay (some of this material has been posted to X; a few bits and pieces of it probably did make it into the Theopolis essay).…
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1 Samuel 28 Sermon Follow-Up: Samuel Speaks From the Grave
From dragons to drugs to divination, the sermon covered a lot of ground. We only scratched the surface of the “deep weird” in the Bible. A few more examples: — In Deut. 32:8, the nations (after Babel) are divided up according to the sons of God (LXX), presumably angelic and demonic beings (cf. Job 1:6).…
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