It is beyond doubt that most American public school teachers are dedicated, hard-working professionals but they are so in a fundamentally flawed system. To a significant degree, the public schools are the product of an increasingly Narcissistic-therapeutic culture. Teachers can only teach the students that parents send them. The theorists behind the public education system... Continue Reading

I am a cynic, especially when it comes to Hollywood.  I do not think we are seeing a root-and-branch reformation of the morality which has tacitly enabled sexual abuse and even, in the form of those dreadful Polanski apologists, gloried in excusing it in its most criminal form.  I suspect rather that we are seeing... Continue Reading

We should all repent of our past and present sins relating to race and everything else. Churches are right to help their members learn how to seek reconciliation in a world that is splintering around cultural, ethnic, racial, and economic lines.  However, by assuming that white racism is a significant force behind our splintering world,... Continue Reading

The legal basis for the right to religious freedom (and the right of conscience) is the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, which states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . .” This clause is extended to state and local states through... Continue Reading

“Trudeau’s comments are sadly not unusual, but are indicative of much western civilization today. He is saying to Canadian Christians, ‘we’ll let you hold your believes in private, and perhaps within the confide of your association, but these views are no longer permitted publicly’.”   I love taking Claude (family greyhound) for an early morning... Continue Reading

The PCA has its roots in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS), essentially the southern branch of the American Presbyterian movement. There were plenty of examples of racism in the PCUS in theology (attempts to use Scripture to excuse segregation) and in practice (such as not allowing blacks to worship in a white church).... Continue Reading

But when we turn our attention to alleged pro-life blind spots, like affordable health insurance or runaway gun violence, we confront a rather different terrain. The two (or three, or four . . .) sides agree on where to go but differ on how to get there. Everyone favors providing high-quality, reasonably priced health care... Continue Reading

When you endorse or permit the killing of an unborn baby or permit feelings in your heart of dislike and suspicion and disdain toward a person of a different skin color, you are blaspheming the majesty of the Creator God. You are denouncing the redemptive work of Jesus Christ….You cannot worship and glorify the majesty... Continue Reading

The attitude here is clear: Homeschooling families are guilty until proven innocent. They are automatically suspect, probably incompetent to educate their own children, and require a heavy, paternalistic hand lest they forget to feed their kids (or, it is subtly implied, forget to stop having kids after a socially acceptable number).   Last week we... Continue Reading

At the outset, I want to be clear that it is not my desire to be unduly polemical. To that end, I am committed to refraining from attacking those who hold views contrary to my own and to discouraging others from doing so. Rather, I only desire to demonstrate why I believe that the Standards... Continue Reading