A guilty man is immensely vulnerable, even impotent. The man who feels guilt has no stable ground to stand on when he is challenged; he is weak, crumpled up in the corner, like a tripod with one bum leg. Even
The PCA’s interesting vocabulary. When I read the PCA’s interim report, one word struck me almost physically: “reactionary.” The term arrives in the midst of Point 11 of their ‘Affirmations and Denials’ (pg 11), wherein the report’s authors allow that
Burn It Down: What the Polls Say Young Americans Really Want should be on the shelf of every political figure and public-sphere thinker in America. (Just, please, read it first, before putting it on the shelf.) Barris and Lisec provide
There is no political solution. Dr. Gilfedder’s article in Islander VI follows the pattern of all the best parts of the magazine: penetrating insight and worthwhile thought which stops a crucial step short of the mark. His thesis in this
Will Tanner’s article in Islander VI points in the right direction. Stopping modernity’s downspiral requires a radical societal restructuring. Fundamentally, this restructuring must be a reformation of mechanism, incentive, and motivation. All three must be re-aligned in totality with God’s
The tragedy of the commons, yes, but is the government our only hope? Alex Masters’ article in Islander VI has good points and bad points; a more exhaustive discussion of both you’ll have to wait for, as it’ll be up
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
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
Many a Christian- man, woman, father, mother, family- comes to the church in hopes of finding community. Then, all too often, he finds that while the church is friendly and despite all potlucks and after-Sabbath suppers, he never gets past