Bold Christian Writing What Is Capitalism? Guest Post, December 11, 2023December 28, 2023 Share this:The Binding New World Ligament by John Heers, First Things Foundation Most people in the world accept the idea that capitalism is an economic system. For most people capitalism is a thing you use, a system in which you participate so as to gain benefits associated with money. Most people… Continue Reading
Christian Living Confessions of a Steward — Honest Horse Keeping Guest Post, December 8, 2023 Share this:by Joel Salatin, Plain Values I don’t own a horse. I don’t keep a horse. That’s precisely why I’m qualified to address the issue—I don’t have preconceived notions about keeping horses. I have thought and yakked about it quite a bit, though, because one of the most common questions people… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Israel’s Second Chance Andrew Isker, December 7, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction In each of the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), as Jesus preached against the wicked and perverse generation in Israel, He made a statement that has puzzled many Christians even to this day. “Blasphemy against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Mythologizing Modernity Guest Post, December 5, 2023 Share this:The cosmic tale goes ever on by The Saxon Cross History is dead. Or, so I was told. For a long time, I believed it. Not because I wanted to, but I could see the world around me. It was plain as day that I did not live in the… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Re-Considering Doug Wilson’s “Covenant with Hagar” Part 2 Guest Post, December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 Share this:by Gabe Harder Defining the Covenant To this point, it should be clear that the “covenant with Hagar” is key to Wilson’s brand of soft supersessionism. What’s equally clear, however, is that this particular covenantal arrangement evades precise definition, and what elements have been made plain at times appear entirely… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Re-Considering Doug Wilson’s “Covenant with Hagar” Part 1 Guest Post, December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Share this:by Gabe Harder Introduction Doug Wilson’s “American Milk and Honey” is now available. There’s a great deal in the book worth commenting on, and I anticipate engaging with that material more broadly in the near future. In the lead-up to its release, however, Moscow has not been silent concerning Israel,… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Ireland’s Quest for Identity Guest Post, November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Share this:Alienism, Violence, and Power. by The Prudentialist Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald said that the stabbing that occurred in Dublin is “just a shocking, unexpected, random incident” as protests and fires were started in reaction to an Algerian Migrant knife attack outside of Gaelscoil Colaiste Mhuire, a school for… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Pentecost Was The Greater Crossing of the Jordan Andrew Isker, November 29, 2023 Share this:The Christian Story Takes Israel’s History and Fulfills It by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction The Day of Pentecost is one of the greatest events in the entire Bible. There is a reason that the church throughout the world has celebrated it yearly for the better part of two thousand years…. Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Divining the Dream Machine: Part 1 Guest Post, November 27, 2023December 19, 2023 Share this:Science-Fiction, Hollywood, and the Technology of Antichrist by Thomas Millary Sci-Fi and False Signs In his seminal work, Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, Fr. Seraphim Rose condemned “the spirit of science fiction.”1 His critique of that literary genre is found within the chapter “Signs from Heaven: An Orthodox… Continue Reading
Christian Living The Healing Land — Apples Guest Post, November 27, 2023November 28, 2023 Share this:by Shawn and Beth Dougherty, Plain Values A PLENTIFUL HARVEST The new apple trees in the orchard are bearing well this year, with russet and yellow-green fruit studding the young branches. In the convent orchard, some of the older trees are taking a sabbatical year. They will only produce a… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing It’s Never Over Andrew Isker, November 23, 2023November 27, 2023 Share this:by Pastor Andrew Isker A Handful of Christians with the Entire World Against Them Changed History The holiday of Thanksgiving is one of the last remaining aspects of traditional America that has survived the cultural revolution. For most Americans it is simply a part of normal life: a day off,… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing The Conquest of the Apostles Andrew Isker, November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 Share this:The Book of Acts as the New Testament Book of Joshua by Pastor Andrew Isker Introduction The Book of Acts or the Acts of the Apostles is the second book of Luke’s Gospel. Some people sort of treat it like an appendix to the gospel; “the really important stuff happened… Continue Reading