Why “Bros” Failed at the Box Office
Please don’t blame homophobia for your commercial failure. Romance is dead. And you helped to kill it.
The genre of romantic tragedy depends upon a specific moral framework. So does the genre of romantic comedy. But the sexual revolution has obliterated that moral framework. The new gay rom-com, Bros, has bombed at the box office. Director Nicholas Stoller and star Billy Eichner, in full Nietzschean ressentiment mode, are in little doubt... Continue Reading
Lay Elders, An Important Book for You, As Defenders of Truth
A brief review of “Dangerous Affirmation: The Threat of “Gay Christianity” by M.D. Perkins.
The sources to which “gay Christians” constantly appeal—secular psychology, sociological data, identity theory, and the personal experiences of people who identify as sexual minorities—are not sufficient to guide us into all truth…If the Bible is God’s holy, inerrant, and clear revelation, then it is the foundation of all that we should believe and do—regardless of... Continue Reading
Ruth Haley Barton & Contemplative Corruption – Part 1
Book Review: Contemplative practices are experience-based and experience-driven. They do not rest on clear Scriptural teaching, but in Contemplative practices, they are given equal weight with the Scriptures.
Although the Holy Spirit indwells believers in Christ, nothing in God’s word teaches that within is a Divine Center or a Speaking Voice. The Holy Spirit is not comingled with the believer’s nature but is distinct from it. God’s voice is found in the Bible, a precious source of truth for all who seek guidance from it. Barton’s view... Continue Reading
Why Does the Sovereignty of God Matter?
A.W. Pink, The Sovereignty Of God
“Sovereignty characterizes the whole Being of God. He is sovereign in all His attributes. He is sovereign in the exercise of His power. His power is exercised as He wills, when He wills, where He wills. This fact is evidenced on every page of Scripture. For a long season that power appears to be dormant,... Continue Reading
Understanding the New Abnormal
Book Review—The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State, by Aaron Kheriaty
Most us still imagine society as a community of reasonably intelligent, reasonably independent individuals capable of managing their own affairs. Many of those in our expert class profess the same; but down deep, in the secret crevices of their hearts, they have a hankering for the cattle-management model Aldous Huxley captured so vividly in Brave New... Continue Reading
These Detransitioners Have A Message for Distressed Girls: Mangling Your Body is A Sickness, Not A Cure
The film from the Center for Bioethics and Culture documents the testimonies of three women — Helena, Cat, and Grace — who went through various forms of so-called “gender-affirming”.
Helena, Cat, and Grace will be labeled transphobic and hateful for speaking up, but their transparency offers a message of warning and of hope for real care that parents, policymakers, and people all around the world need to hear: Mangling healthy bodies is a sickness, not a cure. The Detransition Diaries: Saving Our Sisters”... Continue Reading
Rings of Power and the Loss of Transcendent Virtue
The devoted Tolkien fan craves the depth, soul, and virtue that only the narrative based on the original novels can produce.
There is so much inherent virtue built into Middle Earth that even an outline-based narrative, such as Rings of Power, should allow some beauty to bleed through. While it will never repeat the moral depths of the original narrative, I will watch and hope for more. Rings of Power is unquestionably a beautiful TV... Continue Reading
A Review of “Church Refugees” Leaving the Church But Not Their Faith Behind
They are being called the “dechurched” or the “dones,” who are leaving behind the church, but not their faith.
“So, the dones are leaving behind the church. But they do not necessarily leave their faith. In fact, it seems they have a strong desire to maintain their spiritual lives. The reason the Dones have dechurched themselves is not that they no longer believe in God. Rather, it is because they feel the church is... Continue Reading
Sexual Liberation Has Failed Women
Book Review: "The Case Against the Sexual Revolution," by Louise Perry
The modern sexual revolution was responding to real problems. But its solution, Perry argues, has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. It hasn’t delivered on its promises. Young people are having less (and less satisfying) sex than their parents or grandparents; divorce, abortion, sexual violence, and pornography have all shot up. And women... Continue Reading
Christian Education in Seven Books (5)—Cultural Literacy
To function in society, people need background knowledge that we absorb from our wider culture.
What kind of education would have the audacity to call itself Christian if its graduates have only the faintest grasp of Christian doctrine, history, or worship, and if they feel no loyalty to the civilisation that bequeathed them most of the blessings they now enjoy? I would not be surprised by the “Huh?” reaction... Continue Reading
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