Are We Following The Roman Empire’s Path of Decline? Part 3: An Increased Desire to Live off the State
A Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor In Parts I and II, I explained historian Edward Gibbon’s first three reasons why…
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Feminism: The Rot at America’s Root
In a meeting in 1969, a gathering of feminist, Marxist women chanted these words, which mirror a form of catechism…
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Gender Wars vs. Combat Readiness: How Protestant Denominations Can Assist Military Planners
Headlines abound about the recent military action in Venezuela, and there is growing speculation about the…
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The Darkness Can Be Overcome: Reflections on the Exertions of William Wilberforce
It seems that every year brings news of an even darker turn in society. It also seems that we have been saying so for a…
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When Moral Clarity Is Delayed, Coercion Follows
From Interpretive Delay to Institutional Decay When institutions finally tighten enforcement after long ambiguity, the…
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Building Where You Stand: From Retreat to Engagement
An earlier article I wrote invites a natural question: What now? I do not pretend to have a universal answer…
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Are We Following The Roman Empire’s Path of Decline? Part 2: A Fixation with Entertainment and Luxury
The Love of Show and Luxury In Part 1, I explained historian Edward Gibbon’s first two reasons why the Roman Empire…
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Romans 13 Amnesia
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do…
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Is There Active Persecution of Christians in America?
Many pastors and Christian cultural commentators today are fond of saying things like, “We aren’t experiencing real…
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The Men Who Stayed
In the classic Christmas film It’s a Wonderful Life, the main character, George Bailey, played by Jimmy Stewart, is the…
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Movies, Magic, and Miracle on 34th Street
I recently watched the classic movie Miracle on 34th Street again with my wife, kids, and my wife’s family. It is…
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Is It a Sin to Send Your Children to Public School?
Not Necessarily. But let me explain further. I’ve been a teacher for over a decade, eight of those years in…
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The Patriarchy That Conquered the World
Within the past few years, there has been a renewed interest in traditional roles, and not only among Christians. There…
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I Am George Bailey
“Are we just supposed to go back to normal?” A friend of mine asked this question as we poured our Monday morning…
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Breaking Free From Marxist Categories
The Categories We Inherited For generations, we’ve been told that politics falls neatly on a left–right spectrum. On…
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The Well-Dressed Disciple: How Christian Men Can Reflect Order and Honor
We live in a world obsessed with comfort and the casual. Pajamas, no undergarments, and fluffy house shoes are…
