Last Wednesday, several dozen pro-Palestinian activists, their faces obscured by keffiyehs and Covid masks, attempted to block the entrance to the …The Democratic oligarchs funding pro-Hamas nonprofits
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Why I am now a Christian–Unherd
She's crossed the line of eternity: That is why I no longer consider myself a Muslim apostate, but a lapsed atheist. Of course, I still have a great deal to learn about Christianity. I discover a little more at church each Sunday. But I have recognised, in my own long journey through a wilderness of …
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How America can stop Iran — Unherd
A recent edition of The Tehran Times carried a warning: “If the Zionist regime’s war crimes and genocidal attacks against civilians in Gaza do not come to an end, the region will move towards making a big and decisive decision...” How America can stop Iran -- Unherd
The Reign of Wickedness and Unbelief
From Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries: O God! unbelief reigns on the earth. We are no longer wicked out of weakness; it is by design; we are by principle, by our sayings. Send us some John the Baptist who confounds error, who shows that unbelievers are senseless. Bring them back to real prudence, these unbelievers …
About Those Altar Calls…
Matt Broomfield's sad piece about British Charismatic preacher Mike Pilavachi has many issues which need to be unpacked. I won't get to them all, but let's start with this: Anglicans don't need to be smug about this for the following reasons: Pilavachi is in fact an Anglican minister; Broomfield notes this and addresses him as …
Don’t blame Israel for the sins of America — Unherd
The Nagorno-Karabakh region, between Azerbaijan and Armenia, has been the source of repeated, bitter fighting since the Nineties. A few weeks ago, following nine months of Azeri blockade of the majority-Armenian civilian population, Azerbaijan launched an offensive against the region. Some 100,000 Armenian refugees fled for Armenia. It was, in effect, an ethnic cleansing of… …
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Stephen King, America’s Mao Dun
He's gone woke to cover his past sins: The critical consensus in certain corners is that this is the result of King having gone woke — perhaps in an attempt to stave off cancellation for work that hasn’t aged well. There may be something to this — King’s pre-Y2K oeuvre makes heavy use of the Magical Negro …
Objective Reality is Rather Important
I haven't engaged Bobby Grow in a long time (for good reason) but he, in his encapsulation of Karl Barth, Thomas Torrence, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham et.al., makes the following statement: At a purely superficial level, does the reader see how what Barth and Torrance are doing sound a lot like the characteristics present …
Disregarding the False Dichotomy of Calvinism and Arminianism [Commentary on Browne: Article XVII]
In keeping with his earlier treatment of Article X and Article XVI, Browne holds that Article XVII is neither Calvinist nor Arminian, although, as mentioned previously, he suggests the Article allows for both positions: “It seems worthy of consideration, whether the Article was not designedly drawn up in guarded and general terms, on purpose to… …
Those Dreadful Evangelicals: My Response to “Methodists At 180 Feet Below: A Short Reflection On Showmanship”
Tyler Hummel's piece in the North American Anglican is one of those things that surfaces from time to time in the Anglican/Episcopal World. It has the feel of the Palm Beach Old Guard's worst nightmare: the dread of tasteless nouveaux riches making a statement and getting away with it. As someone who started out in …
Positive Infinity 