I am increasingly using the expression “Cultural Marxism,” and it occurred to me that I shouldn’t simply assume readers and listeners know what it means. I will try here as simply and briefly as I can to explain the basics. If you have questions, please pose them in the comments section or on Facebook. Karl [...]
Month: April 2018
Karl Marx Meets the Gospel Coalition
Both classical Marxism (Marx, Engels, Trotsky, Lenin) and cultural Marxism (Gramsci, Lukács, Sartre, and Marcuse) assert that social progress is the result of conflict between humans. Man is a product of nature, “a three-dimensional lump of flesh, blood, and bone,”[1] on which the iron laws of nature do their irresistible work. The difference between humanity [...]
Reforming Only the Family and Church Won’t Suffice
We live in transformational times for the Christian faith. The last vestiges of Christian culture are waning. Until recent decades, Christianity shaped the West. This doesn’t mean all or even most people were Christian; it means that the basic Christian gospel and ethic had historically rooted society’s institutions, and were recognized by most people (including [...]
Unbelief in the Guise of Prophetic Piety
Dear -----, I agree with you, of course, and find little in this article to commend it. I do not reflect on the author's sincere intentions. I also agree with much of his diagnosis, and his description of the church as prideful and prayerless, e.g. But here are a couple things to consider. Why adopt [...]
