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February 2019

February 18, 2019

Transcendence: Meaning from Above

In my last post I introduced the first part of a statement that justifies a...

February 12, 2019

Gutting Creation of Meaning Guts Scripture

Well, I'm back. Sorry for the long absence. I was pretty busy, first preparing to...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

Is This Evangelicalism’s Red-Pill Moment?

Generally speaking, evangelicals believe you can separate form from content. You can take meaning—what I...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Making the Good Life from Home

In my advocacy for recovering the productive household, the first question I'm asked is, "Is...

April 23, 2018

Watchful Dragons

I think most people assume stories make difficult things easier to understand. That's why preachers...

March 2018

March 14, 2018

The Family that Votes Together Stays Together

Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton often says more than she means to say. Such was the...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

You’re So Special! The Real Dark Art of Harry Potter & Stories Like It

I’ve come to see that Harry Potter truly is a Trojan Horse in one respect–and...

January 08, 2018

What Is the Appeal of Jack Donovan for Many Young Christian Men?

If you know who Jack Donovan is, you don’t need me to explain what I’m...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Sooner or Later You Run Out of Other People’s Kids

If you turn children into expensive hobbies don’t be surprised when people stop having them.

December 14, 2017

You Say “Medieval” Like it Is a Bad Thing

The other day a person whose ignorance was only exceeded by his confidence said dismissively,...

October 2017

October 23, 2017

Christianity is a Record-Keeping Religion

Naturally we'd all like to forget some things: our failures, our sins, our stupid remarks....

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Where Do Atheists Live?

I was informed this morning that since the universe is very old and our lives...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

How to Make Sure Your Highly Educated Daughter Doesn’t Have to Freeze Her Eggs

You may not like my advice. But if you have better advice, there are a...

July 07, 2017

The Natural Family Lives in Christ

People that hate the traditional family--you know, the natural family, the one instituted through the...

June 2017

June 16, 2017

How Social Security Feeds on Children and Itself

I've been working my way through a marvelous book by my friend Allan C. Carlson...

June 06, 2017

Flannery O’Connor and the Meaning of the World

I've been reading essays from Flannery O'Connor's occasional prose. Since I write fiction, I'm interested...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Against the Recreational Household, Part 4: Signs of Hope

Here I am again with another ramble. This is the fourth in what I hope...

May 25, 2017

Against the Recreational Household, Part 3: What Happened?

Here I am again, with you another of my rambles. This is the third...

May 22, 2017

Against the Recreational Household: Part 2, Cult as Cultivation

Throughout the world, in both the East and the West, households were once religious institutions....

May 15, 2017

About That Article I Wrote for National Review

I had something of a ride last week following the publication of something I wrote...

May 08, 2017

Why I don’t read most books for men written by evangelicals

Most books for men conform to the expectations of the modern world.

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Liberalism & the Curse of Debt-Free Living

Liberalism is only honest when men spontaneously generate. Any other way of coming into being...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Honest Work in a Virtual World, Thoughts on Working with Your Hands

I learned how to frame when I was in seminary. What I mean by "frame"...

March 28, 2017

Man of the House: Why Did I Write It?

I'm pleased to announce that my latest nonfiction book is available for preorder from my...

March 24, 2017

Return to Fruitfulness, that’s an Order

By their fruits you shall know them. Matthew 7:16 The hermeneutics of suspicion have made...

March 17, 2017

Why the cultural mandate comes first

Genesis 1:26-28 (ESV) 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have...

March 15, 2017

Theological Foundations of the Family: Father Abraham

The spirit of Marcion is with us to the present day. Marcion you may recall...

March 07, 2017

Bombadil at Home

When it comes to what the Bible means by taking dominion Tom Bombadil comes to...

March 02, 2017

Theological Foundations of the Family: Family as Image of the Covenant

We live in a world where the givens of family life no longer can be...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Freedom: I don’t think it means what you think it means

One of the conceptual blocks I ran into as a young convert was the notion...