Paglia was also a more acute critic than Bloom, because she realized that the so-called tenured radicals were not really radicals at all but apple polishing class president types, or else plain hucksters. All the real radicals had flamed out on drugs . . . Continue reading →
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Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 21–27, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of September 21–27, 2026. Continue reading →
Nazism Was An Alternative Religion
While it was a remark [about the Jehovah’s Witnesses] that illustrated how much the leadership of the SS understood that they were running a faith-based organization, it also brought to the surface a fundamental problem Himmler faced in constructing the mentality required . . . Continue reading →
Haidt On The Advent Of The Phone-Based Childhood
The opening of smartphones to third-party apps led to fierce competition among companies large and small to create the most engaging mobile apps. The winners of this race were often those that adopted free-to-to-use, advertising-based business models because few consumers would pay . . . Continue reading →
Video: Selling Jesus—Why Witnessing Isn’t a Sales Pitch
Why do Reformed Christians get a reputation for being bad at evangelism? Dr. R. Scott Clark, who once taught Evangelism Explosion, joins Rev. Chris Gordon to talk honestly about the pressure tactics he learned as a young Southern Baptist, why he came . . . Continue reading →
Christian Nationalism Is Still Cosplay
But if we are absolutely no closer in 2026 to enacting anything resembling a Christian nationalist agenda, it is hard to see the conversation as little more than an unnecessary distraction at this point. Not that Christians engaging in politics is a . . . Continue reading →
Trueman On Trinity, Sola Scriptura, And Tradition
The twentieth-century Reformation scholar Heiko Oberman makes a very helpful distinction between what he calls “Tradition One” and “Tradition Two.” He claims that you cannot read the Reformation as a blanket rejection of tradition, because there are different kinds of tradition. Tradition . . . Continue reading →
Riddlebarger On “One Holy, Catholic, And Apostolic Faith”
There are four classical attributes of the church found in the Creed and embraced in different forms/ways across various Christian traditions: These attributes are 1). Unity, 2). Holiness, 3). Catholicity, and 4). Apostolicity. The Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and the Reformation churches . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 14–20, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of September 7–13, 2026. Continue reading →
C. Fitzsimmons Allison On The Anglo-Catholic Doctrine Of Justification
The irony is that the commendable concern by Anglo-Catholics for Christology and Trinity is creedally and coherently dependent upon justification by faith but that doctrine has largely been scorned. When I first arrived at Oxford, I was interviewed by the Anglo-Catholic Chaplain . . . Continue reading →
Kinism, Racism, And Ethnonationalism Is A Spiritual Problem
Conservatives spent sixty years arguing that the family and the local community, not the state, should decide what the good life looks like. The socialist left rejected that because it loves the collective. The postliberal right now rejects it because it is . . . Continue reading →
Video: Do vs. Done—The Law/Gospel Distinction with Dr. R. Scott Clark (Part 1)
A recent online critique of “law and gospel preaching” prompted this conversation between Pastor Chris Gordon and Dr. R. Scott Clark. Rather than dismissing the criticism, they take it seriously: yes, a preacher can force a grid onto a text, flatten every . . . Continue reading →
Hart: The History Between The Reformation And Modernity Matters
To hear some people talk, you would think that the birth of freedom, democracy, and the modern world started with the Protestant Reformation. In fact, the coincidence of faith and modernity has less to do with Martin Luther than with John Calvin, . . . Continue reading →
Chicago Public Schools Forced By Lawsuit To Admit Moody Grads To Program
Four months after filing a religious discrimination lawsuit on behalf of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys reached a favorable settlement with the Chicago Board of Education. Chicago Public Schools had prevented Moody, a private Christian college, from . . . Continue reading →
A Concise Case For Covenant Baptism
Christian doctrine has never been determined by one or two proof texts. It’s always a matter not only of considering everything Scripture teaches on a subject, but then also using reason to collate and systematize all of that teaching. The classic example . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 7–13, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of September 7–13, 2026. Continue reading →
What About The “Holy Land”?
Full disclosure: I’ve always been pro-Israel and am so today, at least if that means that the nation has a right to exist. Since 1948, Israel has fought for its own existence, while Palestinians have also defended their homes. The only way . . . Continue reading →
Today Is Not A Day For Indulging In Myths And Foolish Speculation
Throughout Scripture, when historical events are being discussed, they are of tantamount importance. Unlike pagan myths that often focus on the universal principles of a story, there is a weightiness to Scripture’s treatment of history. The validity of our very faith depends . . . Continue reading →
Available Again In Print: Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant
For those who’ve asked, Dr Clark’s book, Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant: The Double Benefit of Christ (Reformation Heritage Books, 2008) is now available exclusively via Amazon ($25.00). It is still being published by RHB but they are distributing . . . Continue reading →
Trueman: Why Is Plagiarism Wrong?
Thirty years ago, I was on faculty at one of the U.K.’s elite Russell Group universities. As the least important person in my department, I was assigned the administrative role that nobody else wanted: exams officer, in charge of overseeing all examinations, . . . Continue reading →