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March 2021

March 17, 2021

Vaccine Mandates and the Common Good

Ever since vaccination was deemed the path to salvation (i.e., return to "normalcy") amidst the...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

Christian Prudence in a Hostile Regime

Kenneth Craycraft's analysis over at First Things of the likely-to-be-passed Equality Act paints a grim...

December 2020

December 11, 2020

The SBC Needs a Better Approach to CRT

The war in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) over Critical Race Theory (CRT) rages on....

November 2020

November 09, 2020

Magistracy: An Institution of Christ Upon the Throne, or Notes from James Allen’s 1744 Election Sermon

The way things are going, we may be in for another Bush v. Gore-esque 38-day...

November 05, 2020

If the Foundations Be Destroyed, or Notes from Noah Hobart’s Sermon Preach’d in Hartford, 1750

Since election day(s) technically isn't over, I'm going to keep posting these New England (17th...

November 03, 2020

A Day of Darkness, or Notes from a Sermon Preach’d in New England, 1755

The sermon below, ominously entitled, "A Day of Darkness," was preached by Samuel Checkley (1695-1769)...

November 02, 2020

Only One Party Threatens the Constitutional Order

"Today, Monday October 26, 2020, will go down as one of the darkest days in...

November 01, 2020

Election Vanity, National Hubris, and Chronological Snobbery

I've been reading Matthew Henry's (1662-1714) commentary on Ecclesiastes to compliment the sermon series on...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Data Is Still Dead. Watch What Matters

I am not a Donald Trump acolyte. I am ambivalent. I have the evidently antiquated...

October 29, 2020

Justice and Fear of God, or Notes From Samuel Willard on the Character of the Good Ruler

It is nearly impossible, or at least improper, to discuss New England life and theology...

October 26, 2020

On Election Sermons Generally

I have lately been posting notes from New England election sermons (from the 17th and...

October 23, 2020

The Common Good, Posterity, and Restraint, or Notes from an Election Sermon Preached at Boston, 1765

This is the second installment in my series of notes from 17th and 18th century...

October 23, 2020

Reciprocity, Prosperity, and Prudence, or Notes from an Election Sermon Preached in New England in 1748

It's that time again, when well-know, platformed pastors provide their unsolicited, generally unhelpful, advice on...

October 21, 2020

Things Not Indifferent

There has been much talk of late about the adiaphora ("things indifferent") in the context...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Critical Race Theory is Not a Fad

In an article last week at The Federalist, Lewis Andrews argued that, as the headline...

August 2020

August 30, 2020

Critical Social Justice, Black Lives Matter, and Christian Missions

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how the logic of critical ideologies (Postcolonial...

August 25, 2020

Chaos Creates Conservatives

It feels like ages ago, but just this past January, the preeminent conservative philosopher and...

August 24, 2020

Social Justice, Hermeneutics, and Impending Denominational Splits

I've written before about how, like the United Methodist Church, the Southern Baptist Convention is...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

MacArthur v. Leeman: Part 2

In Part 1 of this series I argued that the recent Calvary Chapel and...

July 28, 2020

MacArthur v. Leeman: Part 1

Introduction This past Sunday, John MacArthur and Grace Community Church (GCC) assembled together, in...

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