Author: Pastor Rich Lusk

I have yet to see any opponents of “Christian Nationalism” explain how a nation can be discipled (per the Great Commission) without becoming what could be called a Christian nation. The explicit goal of the Great Commission is discipled nations – which are Christian nations. This is just basic stuff. It’s not complicated. It’s Christianity…

The Civil Rights Industry

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No doubt that there were many racial sins committed in American society during the Jim Crow era. But whatever good things the civil rights movement may have accomplished in its day, it’s fundamental purpose was to make America communist. It has not quite succeeded, but it certainly hasn’t failed. As Jeremy Carl has said, the…

January 2026 X Posts and Other Miscellanies – Radicalized Young Men, the Culture War, Feminism, a Theology of Circumcision and Baptism, Evangelical Elites, Marriage, Horseshoe Theory, Progressivism, Usury, Paedocommunion, Illegal Immigration, White Racial Identity Politics

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“Tim Keller brought us the woke church. Charlie Kirk brought us to the edge of revival. Choose wisely….The result is that some Christians think the 11th commandment is to be nice and forget the other 10. But others know that God means us to believe and walk out the 10…Speak the truth in a culture…

Jury Nullification

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“In his 1998 book “Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine,” Clay S. Conrad defines “jury nullification” this way: “Jurors in criminal trials have the right to refuse to convict if they believe that a conviction would be in some way unjust.” The doctrine of jury nullification rests on two truths about the American criminal justice system:…

Feminism and Public Policy

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“This was one of the more controversial points which Tucker Carlson, the American conservative political commentator, called attention to when he delivered his monologue on the importance of the family earlier this year. If we want to have happy, functioning societies the wellbeing of the family should be a central concern of political life, Carlson said. Most…

Rudyard Kipling’s “If” and the Masculinity of David and Jonathan

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I asked Grok to illustrate from David’s life how he lived out the lessons of Rudyard Kipling’s “If” poem: Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” outlines a series of virtues and challenges that define maturity and character. The biblical figure of David, whose life is chronicled primarily in 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, and the Psalms,…

Drugs and the Demonic: Satanic Sacraments

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We know from Scripture that Satan and his demons are active in the world. They can tempt us. They can blind people. They can possess people. They can deceive even large scale groups, like nations and cultures. They can inspire worship to idols — and are themselves the idols who receive false worship, it seems.…

An Introduction to the Psalter

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Prologue Can music change the world? In the 1960s, rock stars thought so, and styled themselves as cultural prophets. Their songs were going to transform society, end war, and bring in an age of love and peace. In 1971, Jann Wenner, co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone explained the philosophy behind his magazine and the…

Old X Posts #3: Nationalism and Patriotism, Ordo Amoris, Progressivism, Public Education vs Christian Education, Centrality of Worship, Etc.

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