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[This is a transcript of an interview I did with 1819News on courage in early August of 2025. I have highlighted the most important parts. It’s a rough transcription, only lightly edited, but still pretty readable.] Interviewer: What was your church’s COVID response like? How did your church display courage in that period? As soon… Read more

Medieval Christianity was defined by two types of characters, the knight and the monk. We need both types of men – in fact, every Christian man needs to balance monkery and knighthood in his own life. Monks were men of self-denial and sacrifice. They focused on developing the inner world of personal spirituality and self-discipline.… Read more

Jesus was not a servant-leader. He certainly served others, but he did not take orders from those under his command. His course of action was not determined by other people, but by dogged fidelity to his assigned mission. He did not run around trying to make everyone happy; sometimes he even made them angry. He… Read more

[This is a slightly modified version of an email sent out to my congregation a couple weeks ago.] TPC family, Early on in my ministry, an older pastor told me, “The wheels of Presbyterianism grind slowly, but they do grind.” We’ve been talking and praying about starting a classical Christian school and building a sanctuary… Read more

The “question everything” approach to life is definitely popular right now, which is not a surprise given that we live in a time of crisis. Our historically trusted authorities and institutions have let us down. There is a crisis of competency in many fields; our experts are short on expertise and our elites are not… Read more