Author: Pastor Rich Lusk
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October ’25 X Posts and Other Notes: Motherhood and Mother Hunger, Christian Nationalism, Puritanism, Welfare, Paedocommunion, Discipline, America’s Christian Founding, the Great Commission, Liberalism/Progressivism, Third-Wayism, the Culture War, Public Education, Feminism and Feminization, Masculinity, Racial Identity Politics, etc.
“Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty.” — Charles Spurgeon — “We all want progress, but if you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive…”…
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What Is a Christian Nation?
People sometimes ask, “What would a Christianized nation look like?” I’m glad you asked. Thankfully, God actually set up a nation one time and gave them a law. So we don’t really have to guess. We can just look at the nation God established and the law he gave them. We can study the Torah…
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Christian Nationalism: Towards a Definition and Taxonomy
There are at least 4 different definitions of Christian nationalism floating around so I want to provide something of a taxonomy for the discussion: First, the progressive definition. Progressives treat “Christian nationalism” as synonymous with racism/white supremacy, fascism, Nazism, religious coercion, etc. Of course, this is how progressives have labeled all conservatives for a long…
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Do Conservative Christians Care for the Poor?
Tim Keller and other politically left-leaning Christian leaders have perpetuated the progressive myth that right-leaning Christians do not care for the poor. Actually, studies show that evangelicals, particularly Southern evangelicals, are the most generous and philanthropic group in America. See here (https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/statistics-on-u-s-generosity/) on giving by states based on percentage of AGI – other than Utah…
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Church Courts and Civil Courts
When Christians cannot resolve their differences privately, God commands that we turn to the church rather than to the civil courts. Unfortunately, many Christians are unaware of this command or believe that it no longer applies today. Worse yet, many churches ignore this passage and do nothing to help Christians settle their disputes in a…
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Leadership Requires a High Pain Threshold
Edwin Friedman is one of the best authors to read on leadership. In several places, he makes the point that in order to lead well, a leader has to not only raise his own threshold for pain, but his willingness to endure someone else’s pain as well. This is why empathy can be so destructive…
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Ecclesiocentrism Is Not Ecclesiocracy
Ecclesiocentrism is not ecclesiocracy. The church’s authority and centrality derive from her mission to disciple the nation by proclaiming and applying the Word of God to all of life; her access to the heavenly throne room in prayer, which means even if she does not have access to the Oval Office or the royal chamber…
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Colonialism Was Good
Bruce Gilley’s “The Case For Colonialism” is a fascinating and insightful book. Gilley is an unsung hero in academia, a scholar courageous enough to state very politically incorrect truths. He endured the wrath of academia, the worst of cancel culture, for his line of inquiry and thesis, but has held the line. Gilley’s book proves…
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The Gospel According to Anselm: Death-Bed Pastoral Care and Assurance of Eternal Life
Theologian and philosopher Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) provides a model of death-bed pastoral care, the gospel, repentance, and assurance of salvation, all rolled together. The Reformers could not (and did not) say it any better. The gospel was alive and well in the twelfth century. Hear Anselm’s counsel in this dialogue – really a death-bed…
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Notes on Reformation Day, All Saints Day, and the Church Calendar (Part 2)
[This post consists of notes and emails sent out to TPC over the years on this portion of the church calendar that falls at the end of October and the beginning of November.] REFORMATION DAY – OCTOBER 31 On the eve of All Saint’s Day (“Hallowed Eve,” or “Halloween,” as we call it today), in…
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