Tag: christianity
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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…
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June 2026 — Notes and X Posts: America at 250/America’s Christian Founding, Marriage and Polarity, Propositional Nationhood, Immigration, Fatherhood, Hitler and Nazism, Slavery, the South and Secession, Enoch Powell, Preaching, Columbus, 2 Samuel 8, Mark 11, Assurance, French Revolution, Civil Rights
— “Not a coincidence that the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship was divided along gender lines more than political ones. This is why we should not have women on the Supreme Court. Before everyone gets offended or takes this as an insult to women, consider the fact that it is natural for a woman…
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Hebrews 8-10
[These are notes I used in a class on Hebrews sometime in the late 1990s at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX.] Knowing ScriptureA Better Covenant, Sanctuary, and Sacrifice Reading Assignment: Hebrews 8-10 INTRODUCTION As we have seen the theme of Hebrews is to show the superiority of new covenant Christianity to old covenant Judaism.…
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May 2026 — X Posts and Other Notes: Chrysostom, Tertullian and Others on Marriage; Gnosticism; Israel Podcasts; Chesterton; Masculinity and the Risks of Marriage; Bonhoeffer; Buchanan; Rushdoony on Public Education; Abortion/Pro-Life Movement; “Happy Wife Happy Life” Mantra; Filioque; Pentecost; 2 Samuel 6; Romans 11; Dispensationalism and Anti-Zionism; Christian Politics and Identity Politics; Free Markets vs. Socialism; Pharmakeia/Drugs; Alt-Right Influence; Iran War; etc.
You cannot love your enemies if you don’t have any. — Matt Walsh addresses the lame efforts being made at celebrating America’s 250th birthday: — Be the kind of man other men can follow. Hold yourself to a high standard. Be a good man who is good at being a man. — Proverbs teaches us…
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Sermon from January 24, 2016 — Trigger Warning: Divine Authority Designed to Offend (Mark 11:27-33)
These days we hear a lot about trigger warnings—trigger warnings that are designed to protect people from anything they might find offensive. The warning is there so that people won’t be triggered by something that offends them. We want to protect people from any kind of offense. Well, I would say this passage in Mark…
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Wedding Homily #7
Obviously, I have done a lot of weddings over the years. I try to preach a different homily each time. I’ll post some old wedding homilies here from time to time, but this is one from last weekend, based on Psalm 128. Madison and Eli, it is a great honor to stand with you here…
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