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  • The New Right Meets Ecclesiocentrism

    The New Right Meets Ecclesiocentrism

    The goal of Christian cultural engagement is not to anger the left or “own the libs” or “drink liberal tears.” The goal is to be faithful to Scripture in all of life. Yes, a by-product of faithfulness will be transgressing progressive dogmas. And when that happens, the attitude of the New Right to the left’s… Read more

  • A Masculinity Manifesto (Repost)

    A Masculinity Manifesto (Repost)

    This essay already appeared on this blog and also on Kuyperian.com last year, but I wanted to repost it as a stand-alone piece. I love it when various interest of mine converge in one place, and that’s the case with Romans 2:6-16. This passage brings together some of the themes I’ve emphasized in my teaching… Read more

  • Waxing Nostalgic

    Waxing Nostalgic

    I was going through some old emails the other day and came across an email I wrote to my kids on the occasion of one of them graduating from high school. This is a slightly edited and slightly depersonalized version of that email: ———— Graduating high school is an important milestone in life. It’s a… Read more

  • Notes on Anti-Semitism

    Some thoughts on the current anti-Semitism trends: ———- Questions for anti-Semitic “Christians”: Much of the NT was written to instruct Christians about how to deal with their persecutors, most of whom were Jewish. Are you willing to follow those instructions? The book of James is particularly relevant here since it addresses precisely this issue. If you… Read more

  • Living a Red Pill Life in a Blue Pill World

    Living a Red Pill Life in a Blue Pill World

    The red pill/blue pill metaphor has gotten mangled to the point that it’s almost useless. I never saw the Matrix movies, but when I first encountered the red pill/blue pill categories, I thought they were fairly helpful interpretive lenses for navigating certain aspects of life in the modern world. I thought the red pill/blue pill… Read more

  • Merry 8th Day of Christmas!

    Merry 8th day of Christmas! And happy Jesus’ circumcision day! Today is the Feast of the Circumcision and Naming of Jesus. Luke takes care to record Jesus’ circumcision in 2:21. The shedding of blood on Jesus’ 8th day can rightly be viewed as a foreshadowing of the cross. His circumcision confirms that Jesus is a… Read more