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October 2017

October 16, 2017

Mediocre Beasts if You Want to Find Them

The worst of the Harry Potter films has been around long enough that spoiler warnings...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

The Story of the Loser

Here is a parable. Let he who has ears to hear, hear what the parable...

September 27, 2017

Ask Dad, He Knows: How did we get here?

There is a wonderful scene in the film It's a Wonderful Life where the boy is...

September 26, 2017

Being There: Missing Eyes Bother the Ringmaster

The clowns are watching you. They really are, but evidently you are not watching them....

September 23, 2017

Punching the Divine?

"Judge not that you be not judged!" Talk to any American and this is the...

September 22, 2017

God, Angels, Bunnies, and Me

Bunnies (and the other animals!) exist and the good news is that they do not...

September 21, 2017

God: Moral, Monster?

Is God moral? A monster? Or both?

September 11, 2017

Look for the Reformation Coming from Within: Avoiding Cultural Folly

Nations that face peril need revival from the bottom to the top, but must include the...

September 10, 2017

Are you bored of 9/11?

I watched the first tower come down and walked to school knowing the world was...

September 07, 2017

How to Raise Christian Kids: Two Tips and One Error

Truth is precious and error is easy. If you love your children, you hope they...

September 06, 2017

Prayer Works and This Drives People Mad

During tropical storm Harvey, we prayed. Prayer works, but evidently, that statement of fact drives...

September 04, 2017

In the Houston Flood, People at a Day of Reckoning

In the Houston flood, I saw people come to a day of reckoning and for...

September 02, 2017

Houston Flood: Good to Be Human, but I Am Not the Star of the Film

We tend to valorize our life and magnify our importance. We try to make a story...

September 01, 2017

Miracles in the Houston Flood

There were miracles in the Houston flood. There was also a natural event where things...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Hurricane Harvey: Singing As the Water Rises

Hurricane Harvey has overwhelmed the system and so we are left in God's hands. This...

August 28, 2017

Prayers amid Hurricane Harvey

Prayer is the best action one can take in a storm.

August 27, 2017

Endless Worry or Blissful Ignorance: Living in the Storm

Up until now Harvey has been an invisible rabbit to me, but now it will...

August 20, 2017

Eclipse: a Philosopher Annotates “Total Eclipse of the Heart” using Republic

Life passes and makes what once was good, a shame. My love, still difficult to...

August 18, 2017

How to Respond to Confederates and White Nationalists: We’ve Done This

The proper role of the Federal Government is to stand between white nationalists and the...

August 16, 2017

My Candy Cigarettes

This birthday Mom and Dad bought me a box of candy I loved as a...

August 14, 2017

Why Racism Matters More in America: Don’t be Distracted

Basic moral rule: if you see evil, call it evil.

August 12, 2017

No: No to Racism, No to the Alt-Right, No to Fascism

Nationalism is not patriotism. "Blood and soil" nationalism has a particularly evil history and in...

August 04, 2017

The 100% Solution: Questions from M

An odd thing about folks is that if you put a number on it, they...

August 03, 2017

A Patriot and Not a Nationalist: Conclusion of the Post-Barton Dialog

God save the Republic! Following the arguments of Hunter Baker and Warren Throckmorton about the...

August 02, 2017

After the Barton Debacle: Baker and Throckmorton Respond to Each Other

David Barton is a mess. No scholar I know, no matter how conservative, will defend...

August 01, 2017

Post-David Barton: Christianity and the Constitution

David Barton is wrong. And so are the godless constitutionalists.

July 2017

July 27, 2017

They Took Our Religion and Gave Us Opioids

The great thing about a cruise is meeting people . . . at one point...

July 12, 2017

Keep on the Firing Line!

Let's never be sad sacks, instead find where God has put us and keep on the...

July 02, 2017

He is Doing His Duty: One Reason for Hope

I have never heard him be vulgar. I have never heard him be crude....

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Get a Dumb Phone for Smart Kids

Can you live with a dumb phone instead of a smartphone? Before giving my opinion,...