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September 2018

September 28, 2018

Why I Deleted My USA Today App

I decided a while ago, with full knowledge of this decision’s consequences, to become...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

A New Direction

Focus is a relief. To me it is, anyway. For a long time, my blogging...

July 02, 2018

Tonight I Was Tempted to Murder

My wife, a professional musician, called me from rehearsal. I could instantly tell from...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

Episode Ten Of The Dean Abbott Podcast Is Now Available.

In this episode, I chat with former New York Post Columnist Naomi Schaefer Riley about...

June 18, 2018

To Uphold The Law Is Mercy

My wife and I sometimes settle in to watch a little television. This often involves...

June 11, 2018

Everything You Know About Legalism Is Wrong

If there is one thing people in most evangelical settings fear it’s being a “legalist.”...

June 05, 2018

The Modern Mind Is Not a Mind At All

The modern mind, strictly speaking, is not a mind at all. If the mind is,...

May 2018

May 07, 2018

Episode Eight of The Dean Abbott Podcast is Now Available

A new episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast has been published today. You can find...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Episode Seven of The Dean Abbott Podcast Is Now Available

A new episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast has just been published. In this episode,...

April 17, 2018

The Quandary of the Evangelical Man

For a long time, the most desired quality in an Evangelical youth pastor was that...

April 16, 2018

Episode Six of The Dean Abbott Podcast Is Available

Another episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast has been released. In this episode, I talk...

April 10, 2018

Modern Loneliness Is Like Nothing That Has Come Before

Paris Je T’aime is a good movie overall, but the best part is the end....

April 05, 2018

The Source of Your Pain Is Cultural Collapse

When a culture slides into decadence, it does not go quickly, Rather, it oozes into...

April 03, 2018

The Low Social Status of Christian Belief Is Part of a Larger Problem

Modern people live in the aftermath of a terrible rupture, in a time radically disconnected...

April 02, 2018

Episode Five of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” Is Now Available

Another episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast is now available. Find it here. In this...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

Traditional Christian Belief and Low Social Status: Four Responses

I never got to work at L’abri , and I blame John Kerry. See, when...

March 26, 2018

Evangelical Christianity and Low Social Status: A Few Reflections

This post proved to be more popular than I expected. As of this writing, it...

March 22, 2018

“Engaging the Culture” Doesn’t Work Because Christian Beliefs Are a Mark of Low Status

In recent decades, a plethora of evangelical ministries has emerged designed to “engage the culture”....

March 21, 2018

Something for World Poetry Day

Today is World Poetry Day. I am an ardent lover of good poetry. I have...

March 20, 2018

Christian Belief is a Mark of Low Status

In his recent memoir Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,...

March 19, 2018

Episode Four of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” is Now Available

A new episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast is now available. Find it here. My...

March 15, 2018

My Recent Encounter with Toxic Masculinity

What We Saw Down on the Farm My wife and I took our girls to...

March 13, 2018

“Moral Matters” by Mark Dooley: A Review

Spiritual and psychological homelessness is a complex condition. Our alienation is mutli-faceted affecting every area...

March 05, 2018

Episode Three of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” is Now Available

Another episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast is now available. Find it here. My guest...

February 2018

February 19, 2018

Episode Two of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” is Now Available

The second episode of "The Dean Abbott Podcast" has been published this morning. In this...

February 05, 2018

Episode One of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” Is Now Available

The first episode of "The Dean Abbott Podcast" is now available. In it, I talk...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

A Praiseworthy Program

Popular culture both reflects and advances the crumbling of our culture at-large. Most pop culture artifacts...

January 29, 2018

The Lovers that Dare Not Speak Their Names

There is only so much to spread around. Take attention, for example. In spite of...

January 24, 2018

The Future Will be Even Lonelier

The modern way of living extracts payment for all its wonders in the form of...

January 23, 2018

Modern Children’s Entertainment is Terrible

Soon, I will have been a parent a dozen years. In that time, I have...