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Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized

Heroes of the Fourth Turning: the Possession of American Conservatism

So I saw it, because that is the Rule, and also because there was this period of time a couple of weeks ago when my fellow commune member Sarah Bailey was texting me on an hourly basis to see whether […]

Caleb Wait

New Christian Zionism with Dr. Gerald McDermott

Is there a theological system that includes future promises regarding Israel that is not dispensational? Dr. Gerald McDermott is here to introduce Derek and Alastair to ‘New Christian Zionism.’   Timestamps: Announcement for a live meetup at ETS in San […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Democrats (Probably) Won't Outflank Themselves

Running a leftist campaign may not be electoral suicide; it may be a reasoned choice based on a belief that political persuasion is still possible.

E. J. HutchinsonFeatured

How Melanchthon Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Jesus

There are no extra points for thanking God for the salvation offered to us in Christ in meter; but there is extra pleasure.

Scott BeauchampFeatured

An Intercourse with Ghosts: The Unabomber, Irony, and Terror

1. To write about Theodore J. Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, is to sit for a moment with the ghosts of his victims peering over your shoulder. The dead and the maimed, both. Just as much as you try to […]

Zack HolbrookFeatured

Guide Us Home: A Review of "On the Road with Saint Augustine"

This is the lesson of Jamie Smith’s book: we are never not on the road. But it is not just any road we are called to; it is the Way.

Caleb Wait

From Jacob to Israel

Break out your bibles and join Alastair, Derek, and Matt for an old fashion bible study of Genesis 32:22-32, the story of Jacob’s name change. Why does Jacob demand the name of the one he wrestles? Why do later scriptures […]

Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized

Welcome to the Hotel California: Bronze Age Pervert Amongst the Claremonsters

I’ll just say, I did call it. BAP has appeared— memeless, if not maskless — in the pages of The American Mind. His critiques of the left are fair. But his description of the range of choices in public philosophy […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

Reformation Day and the Waning of the Western Church

The Reformation was not only concerned with theological reform, but also moral reform. It called a decadent church, choking on its own power, to repent.

Jake Meador

Eucharistic Presence and the Life of Faith

I’m co-teaching a class at my church on the sacraments right now. One benefit is that I have a reason to go back over the old reformed confessions. Here is the Belgic Confession (1561) on the Eucharist:

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Liberty of a Christian in a Democratic Age

Schmitz argues that democracies force their members to choose between liberty and Christianity. Historic Protestantism says this is a false dichotomy.

Caleb Wait

For and Against: Multi-site Churches

Andrew, Matt, and Derek sit down to discuss the phenomenon of multi-site churches. Andrew argues for the soundness of such an ecclesiastical practice and Matt and Derek aren’t so sure.     If you’re interested in supporting the show financially, […]