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February 2019

February 18, 2019
In my last post I introduced the first part of a statement that justifies a...
February 12, 2019
Well, I'm back. Sorry for the long absence. I was pretty busy, first preparing to...

November 2018

November 16, 2018
The good folks at CrossPolitic just published an essay of mine. Here's how it starts,...

October 2018

October 23, 2018
I have known a number of unhappy single Christian women over the years. Many of...
October 17, 2018
It would be amusing if it were not so diabolical. The people who control our...

July 2018

July 09, 2018
Today I recommend to you a book for new parents, and maybe not so new...

June 2018

June 28, 2018
For those folks who enjoy podcasts, allow me to recommend The Chris Craft Show. Of...
June 13, 2018
Generally speaking, evangelicals believe you can separate form from content. You can take meaning—what I...

May 2018

May 18, 2018
Here are some sightings of yours truly at First Things and at Touchstone--a couple of...
May 08, 2018
In the original Twilight Zone there is an episode entitled, The Last Night of a...

April 2018

April 30, 2018
In my advocacy for recovering the productive household, the first question I'm asked is, "Is...
April 23, 2018
I think most people assume stories make difficult things easier to understand. That's why preachers...
April 17, 2018
Long-suffering readers, I apologize for the infrequent posts as of late. It has been a...
April 06, 2018
What follows are the reflections of a high school senior on the national gun violence...
April 04, 2018
What follows are some concluding remarks to a talk I am delivering at Eastern Nazarene...

March 2018

March 14, 2018
Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton often says more than she means to say. Such was the...

February 2018

February 26, 2018
I don't hate public schools because I am a Christian, I am a Christian, in...
February 06, 2018
It's pretty simple to explain the turn to Socialism among the young. It's fear.

January 2018

January 29, 2018
First, if you want to reach men, it helps to be a man.
January 17, 2018
I’ve come to see that Harry Potter truly is a Trojan Horse in one respect–and...
January 08, 2018
If you know who Jack Donovan is, you don’t need me to explain what I’m...

December 2017

December 27, 2017
If you turn children into expensive hobbies don’t be surprised when people stop having them.
December 14, 2017
The other day a person whose ignorance was only exceeded by his confidence said dismissively,...
December 07, 2017
What do all these things have in common: broken home, Scientology, fatherhood, and writing? Answer:...
December 04, 2017
Well, lookie what came in the mail! My young adult fantasy series has just had...

November 2017

November 22, 2017
Here's my coda for all the people out there working in evangelical colleges: the burden...
November 16, 2017
Idolatry is making too much of a good thing. And this is what makes it...
November 04, 2017
Like so many other people, the works of J. R. R. Tolkien have stirred me...
November 02, 2017
Sloth is the sin of the hopeless.

October 2017

October 23, 2017
Naturally we'd all like to forget some things: our failures, our sins, our stupid remarks....
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