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Kanye, Conversion, and the Ethics of Learned Obedience

October 4, 2019

A lot of news has circulated around Kanye West’s very public conversion to Christianity. Though we should be overjoyed at the news that Kanye West has become a born-again Christian, […]

Mass Shootings and the Church’s Opportunity in Confronting the American Male Mindset

August 5, 2019

Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso is an unmitigated tragedy. What we know at this point is that, once again, a shooter was guided by a naked white supremacy and […]

Is Polyamory on the Horizon in American Culture?

July 29, 2019

Even before the Supreme Court exercised raw judicial power and wrongly redefined marriage, social conservatives predicted that removing the conjugal (or complementary) basis of marriage would leave marriage open to further redefinition. Their warnings were met with scorn by progressives, who believed that conservative fears were unfounded.

Critical theory and Christian ethics: can they co-exist?

May 16, 2019

On May 15, The Gospel Coalition published a very good essay by Neil Shenvi arguing that critical theory is incompatible with Christianity. Considering the level of confusion and the accusations […]

Can weaponry be humane?

May 13, 2019

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on a new piece of weaponry that the United States military has developed. The sophistication of the new missile—the R9X—is breathtaking. In short, […]

Friendship and Moral Judgment

Over the weekend, my friend Jonathan Merritt posted the following to Twitter: THREAD: This quote from one of my favorite theologians explains why I don’t engage with a lot of […]

Reading List for Christian Ethics and the Family Course

A week or so ago, I announced on twitter that I would be overseeing a course in conjunction with the ERLC’s National Conference titled “Christian Ethics and the Family.” A […]

Is “Orientation” a Useful Word Anymore?

The spirit of the age conflates patterns of sexual desire with personal identity. Thus, if you’re attracted to the opposite sex, you’re heterosexual; to the same sex, homosexual; and to […]

Language, Falsehood, and Coercion at the University of Minnesota

A news report out of Minnesota indicates that the University of Minnesota is on the verge of getting into the language policing business. According to the report: The U is […]

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