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September 2015

September 19, 2015

Loving Our Movies Well In the Golden Age of Nostalgia

There’s a scene in Back to the Future II where Marty McFly, played by Michael...

September 16, 2015

The Trouble With Facebook

The other day I remarked to Emily that Facebook has become useful for essentially only...

September 15, 2015

Wanted: Journalists Not Beholden to Planned Parenthood

The tenth video by the Center for Medical Progress doesn't contain any jarring imagery of...

August 2015

August 24, 2015

I Protested Planned Parenthood

I asked my friend Sean Perron to write about Saturday's Planned Parenthood protest. Sean works...

August 18, 2015

A Conversation With TobyMac

It's an unfortunate reality of Christian music that most of its truly talented artists either...

August 13, 2015

Three Cheers for the Homeschoolers

When you hear the word "homeschool," what do you think? Do you think of underground...

July 2015

July 21, 2015

The Mythological Moralities of Planned Parenthood and Caitlyn Jenner

What does the organ harvesting ugliness of Planned Parenthood have to do with the spectacle...

July 07, 2015

The Myth of “Adult Entertainment”

Let’s contemplate one of the most widespread and most unfortunate phrases of recent times: The...

July 06, 2015

What I’m Reading

The Soul of the World, Roger Scruton A friend and former professor introduced me to philosopher...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

Same-Sex Marriage: 7 Questions for the Victors

It was to very few's surprise that the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Friday to...

June 23, 2015

In Defense of the “Billy Graham Rule”

One of the highest privileges of being a pastor's kid is seeing, over the course...

June 13, 2015

New Wife, New Life

My extended absence from the blog has come to an end. Emily and I arrived...

May 2015

May 14, 2015

Why Your Kid Doesn’t Need Twitter

When you think of the things children need to succeed later in society, you probably think...

May 09, 2015

What does “She shall be saved through childbearing” mean?

One of the most perplexing passages in the entire Bible is one that may come...

May 07, 2015

The Future of Christian Music

As I write, I've just returned from a delightful evening with Emily at a local concert....

May 02, 2015

How Millennials Can Be Happy Again

It was the pastor Martyn Lloyd Jones who said, "Have you realized that most of...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Loneliness and the Religion of Personal Autonomy

Is it even possible that my generation, which sends 6 billion text messages per day...

March 17, 2015

Is This the Beginning of the NFL’s End?

Chris Borland, a second year linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, is retiring after his...

March 10, 2015

Why the Caged Birdman Sings

Henry David Thoreau once said, "The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation." He...

March 06, 2015

In Addiction, But Not Of It

Los Angeles Angels slugger Josh Hamilton is in the news again after the former American...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

Screwtape Predicts Instagram

From Letter XIII: I myself would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient...

February 05, 2015

Fifty Shades of Self-Loathing

I have absolutely zero intention of talking about the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie....

February 02, 2015

Marriage and Me

My mother and I were sitting across from each other at the dinner table, talking...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

The Pioneer of Blogging Says Goodbye

I owe a debt of gratitude to Andrew Sullivan. We've never met; actually, we've never...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

How to Waste 2015

Here are some tips on how to effectively waste the New Year. 1) Spend 2015...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

How Porn Destroys the Education of Boys

I use the term "must-read" sparingly. Most of what is written is not worth reading,...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Asking Her if She Will

On Saturday, October 25, 2014, I asked Emily to marry me. She said yes. I...

October 24, 2014

Speaking To the Age of Fear

Are we living in a generation of fear? It’s not as simple a question as...

October 21, 2014

The Heretic Huck Finn

B.D. McClay continues the conversation about A.O. Scott's essay on the death of adulthood. The...

October 17, 2014

Brittany Maynard, Rachel Held Evans, and Not Giving Up

The saddest thing about Brittany Maynard’s journey towards suicide is not that she is making...