The PCA’s interim report sort-of-on Christian Nationalism places a strong emphasis on the ‘spirituality’ of the church. The church, it avers, ought not to make “pronouncements on specific questions of political arrangement or policy that go beyond the clear teaching
Sauron, Saruman, and their fundamental (dis)similarity. From the pen of Carl Benjamin comes an article on the Scouring of the Shire, here in Islander VI. The main topic of the article will be getting a Creational Story article (as yet
Build on rock or on sand. Henry Martin’s article in Islander VI, “Influence Is Not Power,” is a 10/10, go read right now sort of article. I have, frankly, no disagreement with what is said (unless I’ve missed something), and
Carl Benjamin’s article in Islander VI is insightful and well worth your time. Benjamin draws out an aspect of Saruman and his effect on the Shire which is highly relevant to the state we find ourselves in, here in the
We can’t just talk reformation into being. Calum Darroch’s article in Islander VI received one article already; here, again, I focus on it to bring what is in small part a disagreement but in larger part a development of the
Why ‘conservative’ isn’t enough. “Perhaps your favorite Substack essayist,” Calum Darroch writes, “is not being entirely serious when he suggests you can live like a Roman patrician, but you certainly wouldn’t know it.” As Darroch lays out in this excellent
Islander VI opens with some introductory words, two pages of correspondence, and an article on Samwise Gamgee. Now, that article on Gamgee I won’t object to, except to say that Frodo must not be forgotten in admiring Samwise (saying this
Human loyalty too easily incorporates hate. The question of loyalty lies deep in the human soul. Loyalty, at the end of the day, is a force potentially far more powerful than fear, than lust, than hatred, than contempt, than pride,
If you want racism, suppress it. The number of issues which the mainstream in modern politics refuses to acknowledge, except to ridicule. Politicians, leaders, all the apparatus of the conventional world, refuses to address these problems; they make them worse
Battacharya’s article (see Part One) pushes a policy of governmental interference, which is a bad direction, though I applaud his acumen in addressing the public. His view of how science can be fostered, however, is the real problem. Without recognizing