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  • Conquest’s Second Law

    These are old X posts, from August and November of 2024. — A thread on Conquests Second Law: Conquest’s Second Law states, roughly, “Any organization not explicitly and constitutionally right-wing will sooner or later become left-wing.” What Robert Conquest recognized in this law is that it takes more effort to build than to tear down,… Read more

  • The “Real Presence” of Demons and the Lord’s Supper

    An X post and subsequent discussion: It’s interesting that some Christians are adamant that sacraments are only symbols. There is no “real presence” of Christ in the water, bread, or wine. But interestingly, Paul leaves no doubt about the “real presence” of demons in paganism’s religious feasts in 1 Cor. 10. Christians are not to… Read more

  • 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