Author: Pastor Rich Lusk
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Thanksgiving Day History Lesson
I know it’s a long way to November, but here’s an old X thread on Thanksgiving, excerpted from “The Light & The Glory” by Peter Marshall & David Manuel: The men were gathered in the common house to conclude their conference on military instruction when the cry went up, “Indian coming!” Indian coming? Surely he…
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Dabney and Lewis on Feminism
R. L. Dabney slinging red pill insights on intersexual dynamics in 1871: “This suggests a third consequence, which some of the advocates of the movement even already are bold enough to foreshadow. “Women’s Rights” mean the abolition of all permanent marriage ties. We are told that Mrs. Cady Stanton avowed this result, proclaiming it at…
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Calvinism and America’s Founding
On and around January 3, 2025, I put up a number of posts on X about the role of Calvinism in America’s founding. I reproduce some of them here, along with a few other notes. — The first Great Awakening, which was very Calvinistic in nature, was certainly instrumental in America’s founding. George Whitefield –…
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Christopher Columbus
An old post on Columbus from X: Today is Columbus Day, and Christopher Columbus is certainly a man worthy of remembrance and celebration. Of course, in this “politically correct” era, it is commonplace to attack Columbus. We have seen attempts to turn this day into “Indigenous Peoples Day” (why would we celebrate people who practiced…
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The Politics of Simeon (Luke 2)
In Luke 2:28ff, an elderly prophet named Simeon takes baby Jesus into his arms and sings a prophecy over him. The short song has three themes: This last point is especially relevant, both politically and missionally. Baby Jesus has come to accomplish a mission of salvation. That mission now continues through the church, as Jesus,…
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Flynn-Paul on Amerindians
Here is Jeff Flynn-Paul on what early Western explorers believed about the people (“Indians”) they encountered in the new world of the Americas: Where does that lead us in terms of European prejudice against the Indians they found in the Americas? The historian Alden T. Vaughan summed up the longstanding consensus on European prejudice toward…
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The Corporate and the Individual
One of the greatest dividing lines today in terms of social and political visions is corporate vs individual identity. Should we judge individuals as individuals (e.g., judge each man by his own actions and character)? Or should we judge individuals as members of groups (e.g., the characteristics of the racial, national, gender, etc, categories to…
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A Biblical-Theology of Circumcision
Let’s examine the biblical-theology of circumcision. Circumcision was the sign of the Abrahamic covenant but is now obsolete as a covenant sign in the new covenant age. It is important to understand why circumcision had to be abrogated in the new age. Remember the context in which circumcision was instituted: Circumcision was commanded right after…
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Old X Posts, #1: Union with Christ, LGBTQ+, Wisdom, the Haunted and Enchanted Cosmos, Marriage and Parenting, etc.
Union with Christ is the heart of the gospel We are saved only as we are incorporated into the Savior by faith alone “As the Savior, so the saved” is a wonderful slogan to sum up the gospel — All that Christ has done is yours: His death to sin is your death to sin…
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X Posts From September 2024: Ordo Amoris, Nationalism, Natural Affection, Immigration, Public vs. Christian Education, Abortion/Pro-Life Movement, Churchill, Etc.
The X app does not have a great search function, at least on mobile devices, so I am going to post a lot of my older posts to the blog for easier searchability. I am not putting all of my posts and replies here, but the most important ones are included. These are post from…
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