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September 28, 2018
Why I Deleted My USA Today App
I decided a while ago, with full knowledge of this decision’s consequences, to become...
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July 10, 2018
A New Direction
Focus is a relief. To me it is, anyway. For a long time, my blogging...
July 02, 2018
Tonight I Was Tempted to Murder
My wife, a professional musician, called me from rehearsal. I could instantly tell from...
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June 25, 2018
Episode Ten Of The Dean Abbott Podcast Is Now Available.
In this episode, I chat with former New York Post Columnist Naomi Schaefer Riley about...
June 18, 2018
To Uphold The Law Is Mercy
My wife and I sometimes settle in to watch a little television. This often involves...
June 11, 2018
Everything You Know About Legalism Is Wrong
If there is one thing people in most evangelical settings fear it’s being a “legalist.”...
June 05, 2018
The Modern Mind Is Not a Mind At All
The modern mind, strictly speaking, is not a mind at all. If the mind is,...
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May 07, 2018
Episode Eight of The Dean Abbott Podcast is Now Available
A new episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast has been published today. You can find...
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April 30, 2018
Episode Seven of The Dean Abbott Podcast Is Now Available
A new episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast has just been published. In this episode,...
April 17, 2018
The Quandary of the Evangelical Man
For a long time, the most desired quality in an Evangelical youth pastor was that...
April 16, 2018
Episode Six of The Dean Abbott Podcast Is Available
Another episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast has been released. In this episode, I talk...
April 10, 2018
Modern Loneliness Is Like Nothing That Has Come Before
Paris Je T’aime is a good movie overall, but the best part is the end....
April 05, 2018
The Source of Your Pain Is Cultural Collapse
When a culture slides into decadence, it does not go quickly, Rather, it oozes into...
April 03, 2018
The Low Social Status of Christian Belief Is Part of a Larger Problem
Modern people live in the aftermath of a terrible rupture, in a time radically disconnected...
April 02, 2018
Episode Five of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” Is Now Available
Another episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast is now available. Find it here. In this...
March 2018
March 27, 2018
Traditional Christian Belief and Low Social Status: Four Responses
I never got to work at L’abri , and I blame John Kerry. See, when...
March 26, 2018
Evangelical Christianity and Low Social Status: A Few Reflections
This post proved to be more popular than I expected. As of this writing, it...
March 22, 2018
“Engaging the Culture” Doesn’t Work Because Christian Beliefs Are a Mark of Low Status
In recent decades, a plethora of evangelical ministries has emerged designed to “engage the culture”....
March 21, 2018
Something for World Poetry Day
Today is World Poetry Day. I am an ardent lover of good poetry. I have...
March 20, 2018
Christian Belief is a Mark of Low Status
In his recent memoir Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,...
March 19, 2018
Episode Four of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” is Now Available
A new episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast is now available. Find it here. My...
March 15, 2018
My Recent Encounter with Toxic Masculinity
What We Saw Down on the Farm My wife and I took our girls to...
March 13, 2018
“Moral Matters” by Mark Dooley: A Review
Spiritual and psychological homelessness is a complex condition. Our alienation is mutli-faceted affecting every area...
March 05, 2018
Episode Three of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” is Now Available
Another episode of The Dean Abbott Podcast is now available. Find it here. My guest...
February 2018
February 19, 2018
Episode Two of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” is Now Available
The second episode of "The Dean Abbott Podcast" has been published this morning. In this...
February 05, 2018
Episode One of “The Dean Abbott Podcast” Is Now Available
The first episode of "The Dean Abbott Podcast" is now available. In it, I talk...
January 2018
January 30, 2018
A Praiseworthy Program
Popular culture both reflects and advances the crumbling of our culture at-large. Most pop culture artifacts...
January 29, 2018
The Lovers that Dare Not Speak Their Names
There is only so much to spread around. Take attention, for example. In spite of...
January 24, 2018
The Future Will be Even Lonelier
The modern way of living extracts payment for all its wonders in the form of...
January 23, 2018
Modern Children’s Entertainment is Terrible
Soon, I will have been a parent a dozen years. In that time, I have...
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