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Following Up on Recent Sermons
[These are notes I shared with my congregation to supplement sermons I have preached recently.] After last week’s sermon on David and Bathsheba, several people mentioned to me that it was a great sermon for young men to hear since it dealt with sexual sin. I was quick to point out that it’s also a… Read more
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August 2026, Part 2: 2 Samuel 11-12, Public vs Christian Education, America’s Based Founding Fathers, Immigration, Christian Nationalism and the Common Good, Berry, Parton, Tradition, Lindsey Clancy and Feminism, Lewis on War/Pacifism, Decline of Masculinity, Schmitt, Gottfried, Machen, Psalm 60, Etc.
My 1819 podcast on classical Christian education: https://youtu.be/Um78OdYbjPU?is=e64uM4fXVt1X85Lb — A pastoral ordination sermon I preached in 2022 at our daughter church in Huntsville, AL on 1 Peter 5, focused on the work of the pastor: — “The greatest thing you can do to love your neighbor is build Christian civilization.” — Bryan Dawson — Every… Read more
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Notes on the Filioque
A few notes on Eastern Orthodoxy (EO) and it’s rejection of the Filioque clause: — In the late 6th century in the West, traditionally at the Third Council of Toledo in 589, with later spread and formal adoption in the Roman liturgy in 1014.The original Nicene Creed (325) ended simply with belief “in the Holy… Read more
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Some A. A. Hodge Quotes
A A Hodge argued Christ is king over the state every bit as much as the church, and warned what would happen if Christians abandoned the pursuit of an explicitly Christian politics: “And if Christ is really King, exercising original and immediate jurisdiction over the State as really as he does over the Church, it… Read more
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August 2026, Part 1: Horseshoe Theory, TCA, Christian Nationalism, Matthew 25 and Charlie Kirk, Natural Law, Fauci, Political Preaching, Antinomianism, Populism vs Aristocracy, Tocqueville, Parenting, Athletics, Sartre, the Anti-Natalism of the Left, Free Markets, the Bible and Literature, Christian Education vs Government Schools, Evangelicalism, Attraction, Patriarchy, Chesterton, Culture War, Islam and the West, Leadership/Vision, Etc.
I’m not posting on X as much these days, but here are my notes for the first part of August. — In 2012, a wealthy philanthropist gave an 18 year old $10,000. That 18 year old turned that investment in the most influential conservative political organization in the country, bringing in tens of millions of… Read more