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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). Read more

  • 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). Read more

  • 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 Read more

  • 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 Read more

  • 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 – Read more

  • 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 Read more