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
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
Some often unrecognized parts of his mastery. Tolkien is recognized far and wide as a master of worldbuilding, of language, and of legend. Some dislike his implementations. Some despise his theology. Some say a lot of things. But, as a
Partisanship just isn’t avoidable. [As of transfer to this archive, I’m not as confident in this article as at time of writing, though it makes valid points.] Gerrymandering is a difficult topic to analyze. We can all see the blaring
Reviewing Wolfe’s evidence. Is theonomy a novel doctrine in church history? According to Stephen Wolfe, it is novel at least to Reformed theology. To a very small extent, he succeeds. But he succeeds much less than he purports, going by
Is Scripture sufficient? In a recent article (probably the most recent one, but I’ve jumbled the order before), I made some acerbic remarks on Stephen Wolfe’s assertions in Biblical sufficiency in A Study Report on Reformed Christian Politics (though in fairness he’s
Stephen Wolfe takes on theonomy, and it doesn’t go well. I must confess to being disappointed by the chapter of A Study Report on Reformed Christian Politics (by Stephen Wolfe et al) which dealt with theonomy. I did not expect Wolfe to
Now that I’ve stuck my hand in the boiling oil, listen up. We’ll start with the principle I’m building off of, then do a short analysis of Israel’s status in light of that principle. The Principle The national right-to-inhabit (and