Readers don't need me to tell them that the Lindsay Clancy case has exploded into controversy and has (like everything else) been politicised. The Left and the Feminists view her as victim who should be the subject of pity and mercy. The 'tough on crime' Right views her solely as a murderer and believes she should be executed or spend the rest of her life in prison.
24 September 2026
07 September 2026
Re-migration, Revisionism, and Romanticism
https://firstthings.com/the-england-i-knew-is-gone/
I don't think there's anything terribly surprising to be found here. Politico reports on a 'Re-migration' summit back in May 2026 that took place in Portugal. The article simply demonstrates the degree of overlap and how these issues are bringing together the various Right-wing parties within Europe - each with their own nuance and degrees of restraint.
18 August 2026
The Pseudo-Left and the Triangulated Far Right Join Forces Against Immigration
https://www.euractiv.com/news/meloni-and-frederiksen-urge-protection-of-europes-christian-heritage/
This exemplifies the kind of power Meloni wields within the EU. This is all the more true given the present political weakness of both France's Macron and Germany's Merz - despite their larger economies. This is not to say they don't wield influence but Meloni is still able to ride pretty high and is viewed as a critical component to holding the EU together, and keeping the Right within a EU-friendly orbit. It's something that the leadership in Brussels loses sleep over.
11 August 2026
Missing the Forest for the Trees: The 1960's and Revisionist History Through Omission (II)
I really object to the notion that 'legislation' feminized the Church. The connected issue (if one accepts their assumptions) is not the legislators per se who are officials in the Babel-kingdom of America. The issue is Church leaders who did not teach their people the difference between the holy and the profane, who did not separate Christian identity from American citizenship. Brown has no standing on this point as he is guilty of the latter and heavily promotes the Christian America mythology and the muscular pseudo-piety of the Christian warrior. As such he celebrates America's wars and all the lies, murder, and bloodshed they represent. I laugh at his concerns regarding women able to get into West Point, VMI, The Citadel, and the like. Paul would say, 'what have I to do with those who are outside? God will judge them.'
Missing the Forest for the Trees: The 1960's and Revisionist History Through Omission (I)
https://agendaweekly.com/the-war-to-destroy-the-family-and-feminize-the-church-with-scott-brown/
I was disappointed but not surprised to find that Scott Brown appeared on the podcast run by Curtis Bowers, a far-right lunatic and disinformation agent that holds a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives. I thought Brown was (despite his grave errors) a little more sober and grounded - in possession of some degree of dignity. I guess I was wrong.
05 August 2026
The British Monarch as Defender of the Faith
https://firstthings.com/no-faith-worth-defending/
Trueman continues to baffle me. I once appreciated this man and considered him to be rather insightful - even when I disagreed with him. But something has changed and now he's teamed up with the Colson people and Grove City College, and has become seriously engaged in the Culture War.
The man who in 2010 wrote Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative, seems to no longer exist.
13 May 2026
Dominionist Jurisprudence and the Evangelical Destruction of Gospel Testimony
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court
There are enough stories like this to fill a book shelf. Christians believing they are serving God by wielding power and yet oblivious to their own corruption or willing to explain it away. Ignoring what the Bible says about power, money, ethics, and integrity they wage culture war and seek to transform America's Enlightenment Liberal society into the Kingdom of God. The result is a sham, a counterfeit and yet another occasion in which the name of Christ is besmirched.
21 March 2026
Clashing Feminists and Evangelical Chaos
This is one of those extremely frustrating articles to read.
Newsweek's Sarah Stankorb is of course a secular feminist that doesn't understand Christianity and misinterprets the causes and actions of various groups.
15 March 2026
Starmer on Homeschooling
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/lots-misconceptions-home-education-062055678.html
Starmer's government is in trouble and so like many politicians in his position he looks to distract, to channel fear and anger, and to utilize scapegoats. As such, he's decided (among other things) to go after homeschooling.
05 February 2026
The Super Bowl Half-time Show and All the Wonderful Things Taking Place Under Trump
Lately I've heard repeated references to how things are looking up and how we as Christians are obviously thankful for all the wonderful things that have taken place with Trump in office.
11 January 2026
Recent Dominionist Efforts in the UK
https://christianconcern.com/comment/the-mission-of-god-includes-politics/
Reading the summaries of this conference, I'm left shaking my head - more distractions, more confusion. The New Testament knows nothing of what they're talking about. They are cherry picking a few texts and reading a lot of assumptions into them.
08 January 2026
The Right's Distorted Take on The BBC-Trump Controversy
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/the-bbc-is-the-voice-of-western-self-loathing/
The BBC was guilty of misrepresenting Trump's speech but Hume is also distorting the facts. Trump absolutely incited the riot and numerous people connected to him also played a part.
23 December 2025
American Pragmatism and the Justification of Christmas
The Reformers were divided on the question of Christmas celebration.
The Church historian in question suggests we split the difference. Luther was for the celebration of Christmas and all of other traditions that he deemed did not specifically undermine or contradict the gospel. The Reformed wing of the Magisterial Reformation tended to argue that ecclesiology is also regulated by Scripture and therefore Christmas was suspect.
Davis dodges the theological issue and tries to create a binary dilemma between sacred and secular elements of the Christmas celebration - enjoy it, but be careful.
But that's not the issue if we're talking about the divide between the Reformers. This is to miss the point entirely.
12 November 2025
The Crisis in the American Church and the Underlying Assumptions (and Worldly Givens) the Church Refuses to Address
https://virgilwalker.substack.com/p/the-sermons-the-church-refuses-to
Once again Virgil Walker manages to raise some valid points and then miss the larger point. Has the modern Church succumbed to worldliness in the realm of gender and family structure? Absolutely, and this is even a problem in circles that otherwise are deemed to be very conservative.
26 October 2025
A Distorted Scandal in the UK
https://www.christiantoday.com/news/the-cautionary-tale-of-sophie-from-dundee
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65174096
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/08/30/sophie-of-dundee-and-the-online-rights-bs-machine/
Some of you will already be familiar with the scandal surrounding 'Sophie' from Dundee. In the wake of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska, this story has fallen by the wayside. But it has also faded away because it was (at least in part) a case of hype.
12 September 2025
Unreal and Heinous Hypocrisy: A PCA Pseudo-Scandal
Generally speaking I have appreciated Tom Hervey's commentaries that have appeared at The Aquila Report - I even bought his book of essays on Amazon. I'm sorry to say this was an exception. He excoriates those in the PCA that in 2020 condemned the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and these same Presbyterians even described them as heinous.
21 May 2025
Evangelical Activity in the Roman Catholic Heartland
https://cne.news/article/4508-rene-breuel-bringing-the-gospel-and-pizza-to-post-catholic-italy
I all but immediately shut down when I see this now standard Evangelical image - the pop culture guy with the headset and backlighting with a drum kit and other instruments. It's something that could be put in a history book as a typical of the period. For my part, it's something I intuitively reject and even recoil from.
29 April 2025
American Christendom and Apostasy
https://theaquilareport.com/is-america-part-of-christendom/
There seems to be virtually an endless stream of articles like this - trying to tweak definitions or steer the conversation, but always missing the point.
22 April 2025
The Negative World: An Occasion for Some Hope
https://julieroys.com/aaron-renn-might-be-right-christians-face-negative-world-but-is-it-new/
After months of hearing on the radio and from podcasts and pulpits about 'the negative world' and Aaron Renn's interpretive paradigm, it's refreshing to discover at least a few voices that recognize his narrative as problematic.
26 March 2025
Another Example of Theonomy's Rejection of Romans 13
I was looking at the website of one of Scott Brown's upcoming conferences on Christian Entrepreneurship. It was the usual fare from these Agrarian-Dominionist Theonomic types. I've seen it all before. I decided to look up the background and credentials on the speakers and I noticed one has the last name of Botkin which is well known in those circles. The Botkin girls in particular have generated a great deal of attention.