by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | America, Evangelicalism, Periodicals, Politics
The Presbyterian professor comes down pretty hard on evangelicals who condemn “locker room talk” in a presidential candidate while failing to challenge the degradation of popular cultural icons. And he’s right: it’s hypocrisy. You don’t lose...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 29, 2016 | C. S. Lewis, Politics
There’s a fake C. S. Lewis quote about politics making the rounds on the Internet (where else?). Be warned. And be enlightened by what he actually did say. Read about it at The Wardrobe Door.
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 29, 2016 | Christianity, Culture, Devotion, Politics
Somebody said it about Mae West, but it fits Douglas Wilson. When he’s good, he’s very good. And when he’s bad, he’s better. Wilson’s really good with his “7 Encouraging Words in Case 2016 Has Got You Down.” Thanks, Doug. We...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 29, 2016 | Conservatism, Politics
Conservatism is an idea. The articulation and defense of that idea requires a core of competent thinkers and writers. Modern American conservatism was built largely on the intellectual labors of three men: Russell Kirk, Richard Weaver, and Frederick Hayek. These...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 27, 2016 | America, Culture, Ecclesiology, Ethics, Evangelicalism, Politics
Andrew T. Walker of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Commission on Ethics and Religious Liberty says no in an essay entitled “The Impossibility of the Apolitical Church.” I have to be very clear about something: The church that insists on calling...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 26, 2016 | America, Christianity, Politics
Yup. By Ross Douthat. America needs a religious right. Maybe not the religious right it has; certainly not the religious right of Carson and Falwell Jr. But the Trump era has revealed what you get when you leach the Christianity out of conservatism: A right-of-center...
