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August 2021

August 20, 2021

Losing Orthodox Christianity in America – Losing The Mind

In this series I am arguing that a certain form of Christian faith and practice,...

August 16, 2021

Losing Orthodox Christianity in America – Losing the Senses

Cardinal Francis George, the former arch-bishop of Chicago, said the following just few years before...

August 09, 2021

The Tempting Power of Human Creativity

One of the most powerful forms of idolatry is the tempting power of humanity's own...

August 06, 2021

The Destructive Power of Motherly Love

One of the most chilling scenes in fiction is the portrayal of a mother named...

August 02, 2021

Sex Abuse in the Church: An Ancient Evil

Sex Abuse is perhaps the gravest of all evils against the image of God in...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

CRT and The Return to the Old Gods: Part II – A New (Old) Religion?

Recently, Cameron Hilditch wrote an article in National Review highlighting the work of Christoper Rufo. Rufo's...

July 26, 2021

CRT and The Return to the Old Gods: Part I – Rejecting Reason

In a previous post, I discussed three features of Critical Race Theory that should encourage...

July 23, 2021

Angela Harris and C.S. Lewis on Identity and Liberation

Critical race scholar Angela Harris opens her seminal essay, "Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal...

July 19, 2021

Violent People Living in A Virtual World

What does it mean to be "civil" or to live in a "civil society?" There...

July 16, 2021

Living a Life of Grievance Can Lead to A Very Scary Death

I have not seen much death in my life. A few dead bodies in Afghanistan...

July 12, 2021

Having WAY Too Much Stuff and What To Do About It

There is an excellent scene at the very end of the academy-award winning war film,...

July 09, 2021

The Task of Theology: Do We Speak Well of God?

A few years back I heard theologian Kevin Vanhoozer describe the task of theology very...

July 07, 2021

Reengineering Society: Is Critical Race Theory Aiming for Our Children?

On 6-26-2021 I spoke with Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel on the use...

July 05, 2021

Lil’ Nax X’s Gift to the Church: Theological Clarity

Recently I wrote about Cardi B.'s smash hit, WAP. There I argued that WAP stands...

July 02, 2021

Cardi B. and The Theology of the Devil

In 2020, pop-star Cardi B. rocked the music world with her ultra-vulgar song “WAP." While I...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

God’s Wrath and Other People’s Sins

In a sinful world, one reality particularly hard to digest is when innocent people are...

June 25, 2021

Of Thugs and Nazis: When False Identities Become True

Update: This article was originally published in June, 2021. However, in light of recent events...

June 21, 2021

2 Books Every Pastor Really, Really Should Read

Broadly speaking, reflection on the human condition can take one of two tracks: a logical,...

June 18, 2021

Die Another Day: How The Fear of Death Controls Us

As the terror of COVID-19 wanes in the West it seems appropriate to do two...

June 14, 2021

Three Features of CRT That Hurt Us (Part 3): Moral Legalism

In the first two posts of this series I argued that Critical Race Theory (CRT)...

June 11, 2021

Three Features of CRT That Hurt Us (part 2): Pure Politics

In the previous post, I claimed there are three core features of Critical Race Theory...

June 07, 2021

Three Features of CRT and How They Harm Society (Part 1)

Critical Race Theory now pervades almost every corner of American society. It is in schools,...

June 03, 2021

Institutionalizing Love: Social Justice as the New Law of Love

In his seminal analysis on the rise and dominance of secularism in the West, A...

June 01, 2021

What Kind of Creatures Are We?: Finding Dorian Gray In the Heart of Munich

The Portrait of Dorian Gray One of the most terrifying works of art ever conceived...

June 01, 2021

When Evil Comes, Look to The Saintly not the Smart

In times of great evil, we who are average often look to find some guiding...

June 01, 2021

To Have or Not To Have: Possessing Vs. Being in the Christian Life

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat...