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September 2026

September 15, 2026

The Real Crisis Beneath America’s Social Crises (Part 2)

In the previous post, I argued that America’s deepest crisis is not merely political. It...

September 01, 2026

America’s Crisis Is Deeper Than Politics

When Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn gave his Harvard commencement address in 1978, many expected a survivor of...

July 2026

July 21, 2026

Independent Thinking Isn’t What You Think

Few phrases carry as much cultural prestige as “independent thinking.” It is widely treated as...

May 2026

May 26, 2026

The Sin of Most Political Debates Isn’t What You Think

A pastor friend recently made an observation about political discussions that deserves careful reflection. In...

May 12, 2026

How Western Individualism Quietly Undermines the Solas

Evangelicals love the solas. They’re short, sturdy, and hard to wiggle out of. Scripture alone....

April 2026

April 28, 2026

Why Do I Wear a Guillotine Around My Neck?

“Why do you wear a guillotine around you neck?,” someone asked me. Just recently, a...

April 14, 2026

Why Christianity Needs Individuals but Rejects Individualism

One of the great confusions of modern Western culture is that we've learned to use...

March 2026

March 31, 2026

The Gulag Theology of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Some books wear their theology on the surface. Others do not say much about God...

March 17, 2026

We Don’t Believe What’s True. We Believe What’s Entertaining

A strange thing happened in one of my classes recently. It was one of those...

February 2026

February 04, 2026

How Fear of AI Makes Us Worse Teachers

We're in a quiet crisis in education, and it's not primarily a technological one. It's...

January 2026

January 20, 2026

Do We Have Guilt Before All and For All?

Few figures in literature express a more striking theology of repentance and responsibility than Elder...

January 06, 2026

Can Ethnic Pride Be Rational?

In a recent conversation, someone in our group posed the question, “Is it rational to...

October 2025

October 14, 2025

Should We Emphasize Jesus as King to People Without Kings?

Should we emphasize Jesus as King to people who don't have kings? Ought we still...

May 2025

May 13, 2025

How Dostoevsky Uses Honor and Shame in Crime and Punishment

While rereading Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment recently, I'm stuck by its enduring relevance for us...

April 2025

April 15, 2025

Rediscovering Adults’ Role in Honor and Protection

Check out Freya India's “The Need for Adults” if you want to read a powerful...

April 01, 2025

The War on the Western Church

A troubling trend is to reduce the West to a collection of its worst sins....

February 2025

February 18, 2025

How to be a tribal church

Michael Morris’s Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together...

February 04, 2025

Tribal is a book worth reading!

In Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together, Michael...

January 2025

January 21, 2025

Is the Drive for Recognition the Root of Inequality?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Second Discourse on the Origins of Human Inequality offers a critical examination of the...

December 2024

December 10, 2024

The Inherent Contradiction of Wokeness

In recent years, “wokeness” has become a cultural phenomenon that is difficult to define precisely,...

October 2024

October 29, 2024

3 reasons you should not be your “authentic self”

The call to be our "authentic self" is a popular mantra in today's world, where...

October 15, 2024

What Galatians Says about Christian Nationalism

Many are concerned about Christian nationalism in the American church, but few address what the...

September 2024

September 17, 2024

Worship Through Attention: Guarding Against Idolatry

In this series, I’ve stressed the point in multiple ways: In our world teeming with...

September 03, 2024

From Distraction to Focus on Jesus

In our distraction-filled world, the ability to focus stands out as a rare and valuable...

August 2024

August 20, 2024

Attention is a type of currency in the Christian life

In today's world, distractions are endless and time feels fleeting. And so, attention has become...

July 2024

July 09, 2024

The fundamental reason you’re conservative or liberal

Recent research sheds light on the fundamental ideological divide between conservatives and liberals. Contrary to...

June 2024

June 25, 2024

Jesus Loved Colonialists. Do We?

In recent discussions about colonialism and its ongoing impacts, it's helpful to recognize the nuanced...

May 2024

May 14, 2024

Why Christians Should Reject “Safe Spaces”

The concept of "safe spaces" has repercussions on dialogue, community cohesion, and the quest for...

May 07, 2024

How Do Luxury Beliefs Relate to Social Status?

What’s the relationship between luxury beliefs and social status? This post explores how luxury beliefs...

April 2024

April 30, 2024

6 Examples of Luxury Beliefs

Luxury beliefs as markers of status for elites while often being harmful to ordinary people....