Tag: christianity
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September ’25 X Posts and Other Notes: Socialism, America’s Founding, Third-Wayism/Kellerism, Progressivism, Political Preaching, Christendom/Christian Nationalism, Islam, MLK, Socialism and Wealth, Creation vs Evolution, Discipleship, Puritanism, Androgyny in the PCA, Racial Identity Politics, Immigration, Cultire Wars, Kirk and Baucham, Polarized World, Nietzsche, Courage, Leftwing Political Violence, Etc.
If speech is violence, then violence is a justified response to speech. — We are now in polarized world. C. S. Lewis explained what is happening in our culture: “If you dip into any college, or school, or parish, or family—anything you like—at a given point in its history, you always find that there was…
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Some Notes on America’s Christian Founding
Classical liberalism, at least the America version of it, was very illiberal by the standards of modern liberalism. If America was founded as a classically liberal nation, consider all the evidence of our Christian founding: *The Mayflower Compact was explicitly Christian in character and content * 75% of those who declared independence were of Puritan…
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“Building on the Promises: Cultivating Wisdom and Worship” Campaign: The Future of TPC and TCA
[This is a portion of an email that went out to the TPC congregation on 10/1/25.] TPC family, This is a longer than usual “updates” email, but there are several essential items to share this week: First, make plans to attend the congregational meeting after worship on October 19. This might be the most important congregational meeting we…
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Daniel 6: Darius, Daniel, and Theocracy
This is sermon follow up from my sermon from August 13, 2023: In the sermon on Daniel 6, I mentioned that Daniel’s civil disobedience was fully justified and serves as an example of interposition. The doctrine of interposition teaches that a lesser civil magistrate can stand up to the tyranny of a higher civil magistrate…
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Never Ending X Battles Over Baptism
Baptism should not be repeated any more than circumcision.— Jesus is the Word. He’s the Preacher. He’s also the Baptizer. — “….so shall he sprinkle many nations….” – Isaiah 52:15 “…..make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…..” – Matthew 28:19 It’s pretty easy to figure out the proper mode of baptism if we read the…
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Christian Nationalism, Charlie Kirk’s Legacy, and the End of Third Wayism
Christian Nationalism, Charlie Kirk’s Legacy, and the End of Third Wayism Rich Lusk [A version of this essay is slated to be published at The Blaze.] Charlie Kirk’s memorial service was wasn’t just a remembrance—it was a revelation. The memorial service was Christian nationalism in nascent, immature form. Not everyone who spoke was a Christian—and…
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Politics and Pastoring After Charlie Kirk: Some Reflections on the Memorial Service
A few random observations after the Charlie Kirk memorial service: I wish I was about 30 years younger so I could live for several more decades in the America we are on the cusp of creating. Obviously, things could get derailed. Nothing is guaranteed. But the trajectory we are on is encouraging. The future is…
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Union with Christ: The Heart of Everything
The church lives by the gospel. The gospel is the heart of the Christian’s life. The gospel is all about who Jesus is and what Jesus has done (and continues to do and will do in the future). The gospel is the declaration that the crucified one is now king of kings and lord of…
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The Vibe Keeps Shifting: Charlie Kirk’s Martyrdom, Fighting to Win, and What Comes Next
[A version of this article will appear in The Federalist soon.] Can you feel it? The winds have shifted. The vibe has shifted. Suddenly all the cultural momentum is on the right. That doesn’t mean it will stay shifted; culture is fickle, and it could shift back leftward at some point. The vibe shift does…
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Martin Luther Was Not a Groyper
[A version of this essay is slated to be published in Flight, Laugh, Feast magazine soon.] For many, Martin Luther’s name is not synonymous with justification by faith as much as it is tainted with anti-Semitism. Obviously, modern opponents of Luther are glad to dismiss him as a proto-Nazi; his anti-Jewish writings later in life…
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