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November 2021

November 22, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse Was No Fool

A little over a year ago, after thinking I wouldn't go with the crowd and...

September 2020

September 03, 2020

When They Came For Kyle Rittenhouse

School, work, and sheer laziness have conspired to keep me from updating this corner of...

June 2020

June 16, 2020

Bostock Tells Christian Conservatives What We Already Knew

This week's 6-3 SCOTUS ruling to make sexual minorities a protected class has come as...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

Book Review: The Right Side of History, by Ben Shapiro

[Note: I received a free review copy of this book. A positive review was not...

January 2019

January 22, 2019

“Bad” Pro-Life Arguments (Which Are Actually Good)

Despite the media's despicably skewed coverage of the past weekend's events, hundreds of thousands of...

January 02, 2019

Jordan Peterson is Wrong About Abortion

[Update, 01/04/19: Since my publishing this, an interview from June has come to my attention where...

November 2018

November 02, 2018

5 Rules for Christian Voters On Election Day

In anticipation of Election Day 2018, I am blowing the dust off an old article...

October 2018

October 16, 2018

Jordan Peterson Might Leave Twitter, But I Hope He Stays

Twitter is a fickle creature. You can ride it well, if you keep a good...

October 08, 2018

#MeToo, Borders, and the Tyranny of Empathy

The Brett Kavanaugh circus is officially over. Our news and social media feeds can now...

October 06, 2018

We Went Through Hell For Kennedy II

The other day, I was FaceBook PM'ing back and forth with a very good friend...

September 2018

September 01, 2018

Millennial Christians Are No Wiser Than Their Parents

If the older generation of evangelicals could be foolish and naive, the next generation is...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

Book Review: Letters to an American Christian

Bruce Ashford of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary enters the thick of the cultural conversation on...

July 23, 2016

Republican National Convention Roundup

If we can't make the case to the American people that voting for our party's...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

Why I’m Not Excited About Austin Petersen

As the numbing reality has set in that Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee,...

April 2016

April 15, 2016

This Election is Not About Beating Hillary Clinton

Despite the fact that Donald Trump is poised to sweep his home state of New...

March 2016

March 11, 2016

If The 2016 Election Was a Season of American Idol…

Imagine, if you will, a parallel universe where instead of running for president, our 2016...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

No, Trump is Not Better Than Hillary or Bernie

This whole country's just like my flock of sheep! Rednecks, crackers, hillbillies, hausfraus... They're mine!...

August 2015

August 07, 2015

GOP Candidates, First Impressions

I caught bits and pieces of the FOX News-hosted GOP debates last night and wanted...

January 2015

January 24, 2015

When the Republican Party Leaves Me

In case you didn't notice this week, some cowardly women and a few cowardly men...

January 01, 2015

New "Christian" Movie Waffles on Homosexuality

If you've seen Unbroken in theaters, you might have caught a preview for a new movie...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Opposition Should Be Made of Sterner Stuff

I think we could learn a few things about appropriate, forceful, needed criticism from this...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

What's Wrong With Dan Cathy's New Friend?

Well, I'm sure by now many of you have heard of Dan Cathy's friendship with...

January 2012

January 29, 2012

Pray for Rick Santorum's Youngest Daughter

Via Denny Burk, I just saw the news that Rick Santorum's youngest (Bella) has been...

October 2011

October 17, 2011

A Thought On Steve Jobs and Abortion

In the wake of Steve Jobs' death, people reflecting on his vast legacy have been...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Imagine…

The bumper sticker says it all.Get your own here.

September 11, 2011

September 11th Was Not a Tragedy

Everybody else will probably be asking "Where were you?" so I've decided I'll do something...

September 02, 2011

NQC: Cut the Chit-Chat, Cue the Music?

NQC and politics: I've already stated what my views basically are in assorted comments on...

August 2011

August 23, 2011

Groveling to the World (or The Wishy-Washiness of Willow Creek)

I recently came across this message from Willow Creek's Bill Hybels. Apparently Willow Creek wanted...

July 2011

July 15, 2011

Focus On the Family: The Beginning of the End?

This is an excellent post on the "new face of Focus on the Family" and...