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  • Why the Feminists Can Never Win: Progressivism’s War with Reality

      One of the problems with feminism is that its stated goals are impossible to achieve. They conflict with reality. Take Emma Watson‘s definition of feminism: “For the record, feminism by definition is: ‘The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic, and social Read more

  • Preaching the Extremes

    Preachers need to preach the extremes. (HT: Rob Rayburn) When preaching free grace, make it as radically free as you can make it. Make grace amazing, astonishing, marvelous. Pour on the love and mercy. Give them comfort and consolation. Give them peace and assurance.  When preaching human responsibility and obedience, ratchet it up as much Read more

  • John MacArthur Runs His Last Lap: A Tribute to the Modern Spurgeon

    [A version of this article was published at 1819 News.] The passing of John MacArthur could be considered the end of an era in American evangelicalism. MacArthur’s public preaching ministry spanned over 50 years. He brought faithful Bible teaching to millions as his ministry grew from the local church, to radio and television, to the Read more

  • Nature, Natural Law, and Pushing Back Against the Sexual Revoluton: Some Notes and Bibliography

    In the aftermath of Obergefell, I wrote a paper that deals at least in a cursory way with nature, natural law, and sexual perversion. I also explore why appeals to nature are sometimes effective and sometimes not. See pages 2-16 of this essay:http://trinity-pres.net/essays/obergefellandamericaswarongod.pdf About the same time, I developed one of the footnotes from that essay into a paper of its Read more

  • Reno on the Post-War Consensus, Populism, and Liberalism

    A few quotes from R. R. Reno: “Neoliberalism” is the word that gets tossed around to describe our current system. It describes an economic and cultural regime of deregulation and disenchantment. The ambition of neoliberalism is to weaken and eventually dissolve the strong elements of traditional society that impede the free flow of commerce (the Read more

  • What Calvin Thought He Was Doing

    Ronald Wallace explains what John Calvin thought he was doing (from the book Calvin, Geneva, and the Reformation, p. 134): Calvin thought of himself in relation to the Church as an architect of reconstruction. In the letter dedicating his Commentary on Isaiah to King Edward VI he described the state of the Church. It had become like Read more