Bard  Wilcox’s new book, “Get Married” has caused quite a discussion regarding the state of marriage in American  culture.  Wilcox points out the single best predictor of long-term happiness is marriage.  “Americans,” notes Wilcox, “who are married with children are now leading happier and more prosperous lives, on average, than men and women who are…

I was meditating on Ps. 11 recently.  Verse 3 visualize my experience as I watch nightly news.  “The foundations of law and order have collapsed.  What can the righteous do?”   In this Psalm, David  affirms his faith in a righteous, unchanging God.  “Even though the world appears hopelessly chaotic, both the godly and the wicked…

Isaiah 63 portrays the victorious king’s return to Zion.  The prophet asks why the king’s garments are red, as if he had been stomping grapes in a winepress.  The Lord replies he has returned from stomping on the nations; it is their blood that is spattered on his garments. “I trampled them in my anger…

Stephen Adubato had a very interesting article in Mere Orthodoxy entitled, “Grilling Man at the End of History.”  Adubato narrates how he grew up as a “privileged snowflake” of suburbia.  Like many millennials and Gen Zs, he grew up struggling with “risks, unpredictability, and challenges.”  Like many others, “we were afforded minimal independence.  The general…

I am always looking for voices calling our culture back from the brink of gender confusion regarding toxic masculinity and the  relentless attack on patriarchy. To my surprise, Jerry Seinfeld has been making his voice heard in the media.  It seems like he is calling us back to a “common  culture” of the early 1960’s,…

In Isaiah 42:10-17 we are urged to celebrate all things being made new by singing a new song .  God is depicted as a warrior in this new song.  He is the warrior who causes all things to become new through his refining warfare.  “The Lord will march out like a mighty man, like a…

This is the title of Taylor Swift’s latest album.  I read a revealing article in First Things by Isabella Clarke,  entitled, “On Tortured Poets, Taylor Swift Dreams of Marriage.”  I have never listened to Taylor Swift’s music, but I am very aware of her worldwide influence as a pop singer.  What I find interesting in…

“Faith, fatherhood, and masculinity” was the title of a panel at the recent National Religious Broadcasters convention. The focus was on the needs of families in today’s increasingly hostile culture.  In her remarks, Mary Eberstadt summarized the 20th century in six words, “Men are at war with God.”  She contended, “Men and women are at…

Aaron Renn has written an important book, “Life in the Negative World.” It is meant for evangelicals learning to live in a culture where a biblical faith is seen as a negative influence on others. In a recent blog, Renn noted “About a quarter of the book is an updated and expanded version of my…

The title above comes from a quote attributed to C.S. Lewis in The Stream: “God is going to invade, all right, but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural  universe melting away like a dream and something else – something it never entered your head…