Ad`ver`sa´ri`a
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Category Archives: Politics
In Which A Man Explains Things
The following is a comment I posted on an online friend’s blog. I posted a comment pushing back against the idea that Trump supporters were largely driven by misogyny and racism, suggesting that a more charitable and optimistic construction of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Politics, Society
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Lessons from the Collapse of American Protestantism
I’ve written a piece for The Gospel Coalition on the collapse of American Protestantism and what we should be braced for in the future. It’s also noteworthy that almost all the Christian intellectuals Jacobs discusses, whether historic or contemporary, belonged … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Culture, Guest Post, Politics, The Church
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Further Thoughts: How Social Justice Ideology Fuels Racism and Sexism
The video above comes with a huge NSFW warning. However, it is a very important window into the deeply unsettling and unpleasant phenomenon of anti-social justice shamelessness, which has primarily arisen as an anarchic response to social justice’s overreach. The … Continue reading
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How Social Justice Ideology Gave Us Donald Trump
I didn’t sleep at all last night. As the election results came in, I had a familiar feeling of growing concern, the same feeling I had experienced watching the results of Brexit. However, this time around, I was more than … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Politics, Society, Theological
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Ten Questions Post over on the Huffington Post
A new version of my ten questions post from yesterday has just been published over on the Huffington Post (see the original post here).
Posted in Ethics, Guest Post, Politics
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The Social Crisis of Distrust and Untruth in America and Evangelicalism
In the second of the Republican presidential debates, the issue of vaccines was raised. Donald Trump presented an anecdotal case for an association between vaccines and autism, brashly dismissing the general medical consensus on the matter. Repeating claims he had … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, Theological
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Ten Questions to Ask Before Voting for Donald Trump Tomorrow
If you are considering casting your vote for Donald Trump tomorrow, you have almost certainly had quite enough of listening to his critics, with their many wild claims and accusations. Fear not, within this post I am not asking you … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Politics, Society
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New E-books: ‘The Healing of the Nations’ and ‘Making a Prophet’
I have created and uploaded two e-books. The first e-book, Making a Prophet: Acts 2 and the Church’s Mission, contains a treatment of Acts 2:1-4, exploring Luke’s account of the Day of Pentecost against the background of the Scriptures that he … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Politics, Public Service Announcement
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Podcast: The Election Episode
In this week’s podcast, Derek, Matt, and I are joined by John Stonestreet, President of the Colson Center and co-author of Restoring all Things, to discuss the forthcoming US election. You can also follow the podcast on iTunes, or using this RSS feed. Listen … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Podcasts, Politics, Society, Theological
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The Politics of Being on the Wrong Side of History
A lectionary reflection of mine on the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector has just been published over on Political Theology Today. If you think you’ve seen it before, you probably have. It was written for Political Theology … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Eschatology, Guest Post, Luke, NT, NT Theology, Politics, Society, The Gospels, Theological
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Alastair's Adversaria 