The Calvinist International
Yesterday I responded to one of Sarah Conly’s critiques of moral perfectionism, but I mentioned she provides useful objections to stringent libertarianism. Shortly after I posted this, Steven wrote a provocative analysis of some current libertarian politicking. In the spirit of continuing a criticism of anarcho-capitalism, here is Conly’s argument in a nutshell: I argue […]
Patheos is hosting a multi-part symposium called the Future of Faith in America. They have just published their section on Evangelicalism, and you can see those essays here. The essays are very good and quite diverse, with authors ranging from Thomas S. Kidd, Carl Trueman, Nancy Pearcey, Russell Moore, Timothy George, and others. Some TCI […]
Over at my personal/pastoral blog I have written some thoughts on the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report. Here are the concluding paragraphs: Now, there are many potential political and legal considerations and responses. I lack the expertise to propose them or comment on various alternative policies which could have been implemented or should […]
I wrote a pastoral reflection on Reformation Day at my other blog. Here’s an excerpt: But why celebrate the Reformation now? There are various reasons to ask this question and various ways to answer it, but instead of trying to say everything (my typical flaw), I want to get right to the bottom line because the […]
Over at my personal blog, I’ve written something on what is probably very peculiar to most readers, the practice of head of household voting in the church. I try to give a general context to the question and some pastoral wisdom as to how to make the decision. Here’s part of the conclusion: So am […]
Reflecting upon the ongoing conversation with Feser, Hart, and others, I remembered my own little essay on natural law. It does have one simple mistake: I didn’t really explain Aquinas’ taxonomy of laws correctly. Otherwise, I do think it gets to the basic issues. The “old” natural law position does not deny the religious nature […]