Tag: christianity
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: John Calvin, Reformed Catholic
John Calvin: Reformed Catholic By Rich Lusk MAY, 2010 John Calvin was a Reformed Catholic. While his followers may have descended into some of the grossest forms of sectarianism in the history of the church, Calvin himself modeled the kind of patience, humility, charity, and wise tolerance that promotes a catholic spirit. Calvin understood that…
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September 2026 Notes, Part 2: Christ-Esteem vs. Self-Esteem, Lindsay Clancy and Motherhood, Instrumentalizing the Christian Faith for Political Ends, Vision, Egalitarianism, Hitler, Feminism, Social Capital, Therapy Culture, Love, Empathy, Usury, Psalm 51, Universal Suffrage, Ethnicity and Race, Ordo Amoris, Pro-Family Socialism/Welfare, Boomers, Lust, Masculinity vs. Progressivism, Freedom vs. Safety, Birth Rates, Etc.
A podcast I did with Jacoby Nelson a while back on forgiveness: — On the day of judgment, Jesus – yes, sweet, loving, tenderhearted, compassionate Jesus – is going to say to many people, “Away from me,” and will cast them into the everlasting lake of of fire. Fear Jesus. Reverence Jesus. Be in awe…
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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…
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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…
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The Christian Nationalist Dilemma: Make Christianity Legal Again
Insofar as Christian nationalism requires the state to use its power to privilege Christian faith and practice over other religions, it is technically illegal under current American law. Insofar as traditional Presbyterian/Westminsterian political theology requires the magistrate to use his power to promote Christian faith/piety and suppress false worship, it is technically contrary to current…
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A Compact Roadmap of American History, Part 3
Where do we go from here? Depending on one’s perspective, the American story can plausibly be interpreted in different ways. Looked at from past to present, we can see a great deal of continuity from medieval Christendom and the Reformation to America’s founding. The War for Independence, after all, was largely led by the “black…
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A Compact Roadmap of American History, Part 1
[This series was written in the early 2000s when I was an assistant pastor at Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church in Monroe, LA. I would say some things differently now, but the gist of these essays is as relevant today as when I wrote them over two decades ago. This is my attempt to show the…
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Who is the God of the Declaration of Independence?
In my recent “America at 250” sermon, I made the case that America had a Christian founding. This does not mean everyone was a Christian obviously, nor does it mean that our system of government or culture were without any flaws. But the people, the culture, and the institutions that defined America from the colonial…
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The Jews and the Corruption of the West
Dennis Prager, himself a Jew, points out that virtually all -isms, except Nazism, were founded or led disproportionately by Jews: Marxism, humanism, feminism, environmentalism, LGBTQism, etc. I do not deny Jewish involvement in all of these movements and in some cases that involvement was disproportionate to the Jewish population as a whole. But I also…
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The Presbyterian Rebellion
Some people call it the American Revolution. Others call it the War for Independence. I call it by it’s proper name: The Presbyterian Rebellion. The problem with the label “American Revolution” is that it all too easily confuses what happened in America in 1776 with what happened in France in 1789. The French Revolution proceeded…