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  • The Bounded Life

    Everyone was designed to live a bounded existence. We are creatures, accountable to our Creator, and called to live in accord with his law and design. We all have certain responsibilities and obligations assigned to us. Some things are our responsibilities, some things aren’t — being able to draw the proper line between what I… Read more

  • Postmillennialism, Hyper-Preterism, and Christ the King Sunday

    This is an old X post… A🧵 on postmillennialism and a suggestion for guarding against an error some postmil churches fall into  1/17 I am a postmillennialist and have been for many, many years I believe the kingdom of God will grow, and the nations will be discipled over the course of history I believe… Read more

  • Sex that Sticks: Fornication, Divorce, and Purity Culture

    The purity culture movement of the 1990s was kind of a mess. I was never in church circles where it was popular (I graduated high school in ‘91 right before it became a thing anyway) and by the time I had kids of my own, it had kind of died out in evangelicalism – and… Read more

  • Notes on Christian Nationalism: Origins and Fault Lines

    [This primer on Christian nationalism grew mainly out of discussions on X. The term “Christian nationalism,” as I use it here, has become something of an umbrella term for conservative/traditional Protestants who want to see Christian influence on national life and culture. Obviously, some see problems with the label – I do as well –… Read more

  • FROM THE ARCHIVES: “BAPTISMAL EFFICACY AND THE REFORMED TRADITION” (2002)

    BAPTISMAL EFFICACY AND THE REFORMED TRADITION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE By Rich Lusk OUR REFORMED HERITAGE When a Reformed Christian hears “baptismal regeneration,” what comes to mind?  “Heresy,” most likely.  Unfortunately, many in the Reformed community today have lost touch with some important aspects of their own heritage.  If Reformed theology is going to continue… Read more

  • Charles Simeon on Baptismal Regeneration

    This lengthy but insightful quotation on the historic meaning of “baptismal regeneration” and the problem with modern “refinements” is taken from Richard Whately’s 1857 tract on Baptism: “In the baptismal Service,” says the late Mr Simeon, “we thank God for having regenerated the baptized infant by his Holy Spirit. Now from hence it appears that, in the opinion… Read more