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July 2019

July 02, 2019

Why Are Presbyterians Fighting Over Celibate, ‘Gay Christians’?

See the end of this article for a response I received from Greg Johnson (Lead...

September 2018

September 14, 2018

Why I Can’t Sign the Social Justice Statement: Biblicism, Individualism, and Half a Great Commission

There is much to say about the recent Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel,...

June 2018

June 19, 2018

Rules Without Reasons: Why the Culture Is Eating Evangelicals for Lunch

A conservative evangelical author was recently quoted in the Washington Post as saying that “Christ...

November 2017

November 02, 2017

‘It’s the Current Year!’ Is Not a Good Argument

You'll frequently hear people these days say, "It's 2017!" as an argument for abandoning some...

October 2017

October 27, 2017

The Media Myth of Casual Sex

The dirty little secret of the modern era is that the kind of behavior entertainment...

October 17, 2017

Some Slopes Really Are Slippery

Arguments deployed in support of each step in the sexual revolution often contain the premises...

September 2017

September 08, 2017

Dear Liberals: Jesus Didn’t Write the Red Letters

The red letters carry neither greater authority nor firmer textual certainty than the black.

September 01, 2017

Millennials, It’s Time To Retire the ‘Why I Left the Church’ Genre

Originally published at BreakPoint.org. This article from Faithit is characteristic—almost to the point of satire—of the...

August 2017

August 16, 2017

Want to Fuel the Alt-Right? Tear Down More Statues

Left-wing vigilantism directed at a statue is exactly the kind of thing that fuels the...

August 10, 2017

On the Christian Bubble, and Being the Bad Guys

A recent episode of the Disney Channel cartoon show, "Doc McStuffins," which is aimed at...

July 2017

July 10, 2017

Americans Think the World Is Way Worse Than It Actually Is

For the most part, Americans form their political opinions without the slightest reference to reality....

June 2017

June 20, 2017

Reza Aslan’s ‘Believer’ Was Everything Wrong with Religion Reporting

Aslan uses trite syncretism as a mandate not to take the truth-claims of any one...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

How Should We Understand the Left?

The progressive project is pure utopianism. You won't understand anything or anyone on the left...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Keller and Kuyper – The Point

Maybe they should rename their award. Princeton Theological Seminary just reversed the decision to recognize Tim...

March 24, 2017

The Slippery Slope ̶F̶a̶l̶l̶a̶c̶y̶ Fact: How We Started Eating Each Other

Somewhere around 2014 midterms, the intemperate drives of the Left and Right both reached a...

March 22, 2017

Paper-Thin Propaganda – The Point

Who thought up this advertising campaign? Brawny paper towels has launched a new “Strength Has No...

March 19, 2017

Conservatives: Beware Reverse-Chronological Snobbery

We've all seen it. A progressive and a conservative are crossing swords on some subject...

March 10, 2017

Against the Tyranny of Exceptions

These days, policing generalizations is the go-to move when you’ve got no other arguments. The...

March 03, 2017

Voldemort and Vestments – The Point

What’s with progressives and Harry Potter? Since the election of Donald Trump, many left-wing commentators...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Sea World Is a Victim of Its Own Success, and So Is Christianity

(Originally published at BreakPoint.org) What can the slow-motion death of Sea World teach us about...

October 2016

October 07, 2016

Empty Buildings, Empty Faith: ‘Lifestyle Christianity’ Has Been Tried and Failed

It’s tough to express how strange it is seeing pastors and columnists hawk theological liberalism...