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Category Archives: History
Without Partiality, Without Hatred
Psalm 73 begins not with serene detachment. Not with tidy theological composure. Not with a man reclining in a leather chair, calmly explaining why the wicked only appear to prosper. Asaph begins with a confession.More
The Best History of Western Civilization I’ve Read Yet
In short, ‘Dominion’ is the kind of holistic approach we need when coming to the question of what went into building what we should recognize as Western thought and civilization.More
Why Reading Old Books Is Important, Featuring Bobby McPherson and Joseph Crampton
My colleagues at The Reformed Conservative, as well as In Gladii Veritas fellows, Bobby McPherson and Joseph Crampton join me to discuss old books, and why we should read them.More
A Generation as a Biblical Category
It’s important for the Christian to know the character of the generation he hails from, and what generation preceded him, as well as what sort might follow after him.More
What the Ten Plagues of Egypt Should Teach Us About the Character of God
Where God Himself said He would harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not listen to them, so that God could display His power to Egypt, and Israel, do some find fault with God?More
God Saw the People of Israel, and God Knew
God sees, and God knows, when His people groan under genuine oppression, as they see fetters being fashioned rhetorically, psychologically, and procedurally. More
What Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Gray Champion’ Can Teach Us Today
The nameless voice in the 1689 Boston crowd prays, in the short story ‘The Gray Champion,’ as men have entreated God in earlier times, as well as in the times since.More
Joseph in Genesis, and John Taylor Gatto
The hatred Joseph’s brothers feel toward him equates to them already having murdered him in their hearts, even when all they end up doing in the end is selling him into slavery.More
A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action
In Genesis, we are told of a man named Shechem, the prince of the land where Jacob’s household resides, how he sees Jacob’s daughter Dinah when she is out and about. More