Protect Civilization. Strengthen the Church. Defend the Family.
CONSERVATISM
The Reformation Principle
If we are to defeat the Revolution, we must have the Gospel stripped of all hindrances and set free from the superstitions in which Rome has sunk and distorted it.
Gun Rights, Protestant History, and Modern Research
Protestants have generally held a pro-life position. It is impracticable and infeasible to protect life when you are unarmed and helpless.
Solution to the Revolution
What is capable of guaranteeing the social order after the great masses have reconsidered its foundations? What is the solution to our revolution?
What is the Revolution?
Revolution is the characteristic world-political signature of our age, the establishment of society on man's will rather than God's order and providence.
The Protestant Doctrine of Alienation and Vocation
Kant, growing up in a Protestant family alienated the doctrine of vocation and created a secularized version of vocation. Read how Kant influenced Marx.
LIBERALISM
Catholicism’s Impotence and the Liberal Revolution
Never forget that most of the abuses of the Roman Church are inextricably bound up with its doctrines, and that its so-called infallibility renders it incorrigible.
A Depraved New World
Sex is one of the most foundational issues in our culture today. Read more to see what caused the dramatic shift in our culture’s attitude towards sex.
What is the Revolution?
Revolution is the characteristic world-political signature of our age, the establishment of society on man's will rather than God's order and providence.
Are Calvinists “Nice?”
Christians mistake difference of etiquette for gracelessness. Does being nice equal love? Should Calvinists sacrifice genuine unity for short-term accord?
Solzhenitsyn and Truth’s Wasteland
Solzhenitsyn and Truth's Wasteland Imagine surviving the [...]
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Capitalism and the Exploitation of the Working Class
Within capitalism, is exploitation necessary and unavoidable and therefore endemic to the system? Dr. Ronald Nash navigates this question with a fair trial.
Marcuse’s Hypocritical Neo-Socialism
Marcuse, with his Neo-Socialism, believed that men need to be freed from false needs and consciousness. Read how his theory, in the end, was hypocritical.
Kuyper and Poverty: The Christian Solution
Kuyper provides a Biblical answer to poverty; a nuanced position to include the collective and the individual. Poverty is neither new, nor always a result of sin, but it must be addressed by the compassionate Christian.
Correcting John Rawls’ Social Justice
Conservative Christians must know John Rawls. His philosophy has bled into our theology and is in the church. Is justice without social justice possible?
What is Critical Theory?
Critical theory seeks to obliterate differences of status and power since all differences are purely and artificially constructed not by God, but by man. The question remains, "Can critical theory escape its own claims?"
POLITICAL THEOLOGY
The Authority of the State
The Authority of the State The late philosopher-theologian Francis Schaeffer taught me to always begin a discussion with a definition. The reason, he said, is that different people [...]
Catholicism’s Impotence and the Liberal Revolution
Never forget that most of the abuses of the Roman Church are inextricably bound up with its doctrines, and that its so-called infallibility renders it incorrigible.
What is Republicanism?
What binds republicanism to conservatism and reformed protestantism and what can republicanism offer to benefit our families, churches, and society?
Rawls, Neutrality, and Public Reason
Should public discourse be neutral in regards to religion? Read more about neutrality and John Rawls’ use of comprehensive doctrines and public reason.
Gun Control: Sun Tzu and Natural Theology
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting,” said Sun Tzu. Could gun control hinder one of those ways to protect without fighting?