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  • Calvinism and America’s Founding

    On and around January 3, 2025, I put up a number of posts on X about the role of Calvinism in America’s founding. I reproduce some of them here, along with a few other notes. — The first Great Awakening, which was very Calvinistic in nature, was certainly instrumental in America’s founding. George Whitefield –… Read more

  • Christopher Columbus

    An old post on Columbus from X: Today is Columbus Day, and Christopher Columbus is certainly a man worthy of remembrance and celebration. Of course, in this “politically correct” era, it is commonplace to attack Columbus. We have seen attempts to turn this day into “Indigenous Peoples Day” (why would we celebrate people who practiced… Read more

  • The Politics of Simeon (Luke 2)

    In Luke 2:28ff, an elderly prophet named Simeon takes baby Jesus into his arms and sings a prophecy over him. The short song has three themes: This last point is especially relevant, both politically and missionally. Baby Jesus has come to accomplish a mission of salvation. That mission now continues through the church, as Jesus,… Read more

  • Flynn-Paul on Amerindians

    Here is Jeff Flynn-Paul on what early Western explorers believed about the people (“Indians”) they encountered in the new world of the Americas: Where does that lead us in terms of European prejudice against the Indians they found in the Americas? The historian Alden T. Vaughan summed up the longstanding consensus on European prejudice toward… Read more

  • The Corporate and the Individual

    One of the greatest dividing lines today in terms of social and political visions is corporate vs individual identity. Should we judge individuals as individuals (e.g., judge each man by his own actions and character)? Or should we judge individuals as members of groups (e.g., the characteristics of the racial, national, gender, etc, categories to… Read more

  • A Biblical-Theology of Circumcision

    Let’s examine the biblical-theology of circumcision. Circumcision was the sign of the Abrahamic covenant but is now obsolete as a covenant sign in the new covenant age. It is important to understand why circumcision had to be abrogated in the new age. Remember the context in which circumcision was instituted: Circumcision was commanded right after… Read more