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  • A Note on the Bryan Chapell Debacle

    I was asked my opinion on this on X, so I gave it: I have some friends and some old FV enemies on that list. But I respect many of the guys who opposed me over FV far, far more than I respect Chapell after this. At least those men were forthright about what they… Read more

  • John Knox and Liturgical Nationalism (and other notes on races, nations, and ordo amoris)

    Once again, I have created a stir on X. Here, I will give the original post and then my repsonses to various criticisms (if they can be called that), along with a some additional thoughts. — “Give me Scotland, or I die.” We should think and pray like John Knox. Knox prayed for the Lord… Read more

  • Racism, Nationalism, Empathy, Ordo Amoris, Meritocracy Pros and Cons, and Other Miscellanies

    Some older and more recent material, mostly from X: — From fall of 2024: America has never been more divided than we are right now. Someone might counter, “But what about the Civil War, when we literally divided into two nations, 3,000,000 men went to war with each other, and 700,000 were killed? What about… Read more

  • Notes on Divorce – A Discussion from X

    If you are a Christian in an unhappy marriage and you believe you have just and biblical grounds for divorce, you need to seek out your session’s counsel and submit to their judgment in the matter. You cannot grant yourself grounds for divorce. Neither your counselor nor therapist has any authority to grant you grounds… Read more

  • Notes on Proverbs, Ephesians, Liturgy and Other Miscellanies

    Sin is the self turned in on itself. Faith is the opposite of sin — it’s the self turning away from the self to God. —- Christians, a reminder: Jesus cancelled every funeral he ever attended. He will reverse your funeral, too, at the last day. The gospel in its new covenant form was first… Read more

  • Political Theology and the Principalities and Powers – Quotes and More

    From Oliver O’Donovan’s book The Desire of Nations, summarizing the meaning of Christendom: The more the political character of Israel’s hope engages us, the more we need to know how it has actually shaped the government of nations. The more the problem of our own modernity engages us, the more we need to see modernity… Read more