The Local Option: How Local Governments Are Our Best Hope
For many American politics seems out of control. As we enter the voting booth, all options make our skin crawl. We bemoan choosing between terrible and beyond terrible candidates, yet do little to remedy the situation. Rather than merely complaining every four years, we should proactively pursue a political framework that offers better representation. Federal politicians are too geographically and ideologically removed from their...
New Guides in Familiar Territory: The Division of Knowledge in Lewis, Chesterton, and Green
Contrary to popular opinion, most people consider their history an important element for understanding their present. Knowing what happened in the past offers landmarks and signposts for navigating the present.[1] Christians especially are interested in history. If the Gospel isn’t historical, then we’re of all people most miserable (1 Cor. 15:1-20). When we look into history we see that God is sharing His work with us. Since creation...
A Faithful Steward: Agnes Brinkley Frazier
Our Lord once told the tale of servants who had received talents from their master (Mt. 25:14-30). Two of the servants served wisely, reinvesting what they had been given. But the third wickedly hid his portion. When the master returned, he greatly rewarded his faithful servants for their wise stewardship. But the timid and slothful servant was relieved of the little with which he had been entrusted and cast into the outer darkness....
Pastoral Christology in Ignatius of Antioch
In light of the current political and social turmoil, some wonder if doctrines not directly applicable to apologetics or evangelism are really all that important. Rather than exploring the doctrines of the Trinity or Reformed Arminian soteriology, wouldn’t our time be better spent developing new outreach methods or political activist organizations? Keeping a fervent Gospel vision is essential. But believing the doctrines of the faith...
Agree to Disagree? Resurrecting Universals
Often in life we make compromises so that the wheels of society will remain greased and day-to-day matters will continue unimpeded. However, in the modern world we cite even extreme disagreements over universals as mere differences of opinion to avoid confrontation.[1] We set aside disagreements over human nature and God so that society can function with “efficiency.”[2] But this is a materialist understanding of the world and as...
Recent Comments