politics
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The Old Religious Disestablishment and the New Religious Establishment
All nations should be Christian. But how? The full article is here. Continue reading
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The Old Bronze Age Mindset Meets the New “Christian Vitalism”
“Christian Vitalism” could easily become a new syncretism, the attempted fusion of biblical faith and pagan religion. Read the article here. Continue reading
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The Virtuous Liberty Society
Classical Liberalism versus Globalist Marxisms and Tribalist Nationalisms The free society our U. S. Founders secured by God’s blessing with their “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” is under withering assault today on the Left and Right. Some critics believe the Founding basis (including its indisputably Protestant distinctive) has outlived its usefulness. Others argue the nation… Continue reading
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The Serpent’s Gnostic Hiss
“Gnosticism is an equal opportunity destroyer. Wherever this heresy goes in the church, it dilutes or destroys the Christian Faith. Wherever it goes in our society, it undermines Christian culture.” Read here. Continue reading
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Leftist “Equity” Versus Biblical Equality
Any idea of equality that demands uniform results is an attack on God’s law; on individual liberty; and, if carried to its “equitable” conclusion, on reality itself. Read the article here. Continue reading
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Can You Help CCL by 11:59 P. M. Saturday, December 31?
More than ever, we are the adversarial intelligentsia, manning the bulwarks of Christian worldview against all secular and neopagan (and falsely Christian) competitors. We need your prayer, and we need your money to keep forging ahead. Will you send a donation today? You can send a tax-deductible donation to CCL via PayPal or Venmo. Or… Continue reading
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Reactionaries Are Revolutionaries Too
If the new NeoCon reactionaries get what they want, it won’t be what they claim they’re restoring. It’ll be an amalgam of an idealized conservative past and an actual revolutionary present. Read it here. Continue reading
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David Bahnsen on the 2022 Election
The Republicans have lost the Senate, and will either lose or narrowly regain the House. How did this history-defying disappointment come about? Well, first of all, the Republicans will not lose the House. They are likely to end up with a majority of about 220-225 seats, meaning a net pick-up of roughly 7-10 seats. But… Continue reading
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Pro-Family Abortion?
Carle Zimmerman has observed that the ancient Roman Empire supported abortion and infanticide precisely because it was so aggressively pro-family, just the opposite of the rationale for their support today. What he terms the trustee family placed life-and-death authority in the hands of the father or clan or kin, which could kill their preborn and… Continue reading
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The Wave That Wasn’t
“There are no political solutions, certainly not nationalized or federalized solutions, only cultural solutions. The Christian stake in politics is to miniaturize today’s maximized politics.” Read the article here. Continue reading
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Biblical Law and Christian Culture: Two Errors
We support Christian culture so that culture will embrace biblical law, including its very limited application of civil law. Don’t reverse this order. Read the article here. Continue reading
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Elitism Is Inescapable
No society can either emerge or survive apart from elites. Read the article here. Continue reading
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Individualism, The Right Kind
Not just a illiberal Leftism, but also illiberal conservatism, if successful, will lead to the destruction of the United States as we have known them. Read the article here. Continue reading
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Post-Liberal is Post-Christian
A Christian state is not a state that imposes Christianity, but one that creates a framework for liberty. The Christian state is the minimal state. Read the article here. Continue reading
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Against “Post-Liberalism,” Left and Right
Memo to U. S. conservatives: 1. We should be standing boldly for Jesus Christ, the Bible, marriage, the family, preborn children, the elderly, two sexes and two sexes only, patriotic conservatism, and respect everywhere for God’s moral law. 2. We should be standing boldly for liberty — classical liberalism: religious liberty, political liberty, economic liberty;… Continue reading
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Roe Was Always About Revolutionary Sex
“Leftists lust to kill … because they lust to lust.” Read the article here . Continue reading
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Political Pulpits
“Every church and every pulpit is political. The only question is: Whose politics?” Read here. Continue reading
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Contra Contrarians
We must not refuse to stand with majorities when they are right, any more than we may stand with majorities when they are wrong, simply because they are majorities. Read the rest here. Continue reading
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Cultural Bipolar Disorder
Rebuilding Christian culture demands restoring the multi-polar society. Continue reading
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The Ruinous Calamity of the Ruling Class
Never assume the U. S. has escaped the caste system. The late Angelo Codevilla has devised the monikers “Ruling Class” and “Country Class” to describe the castes that bitterly divide our nation. Read the article here. Continue reading