Category Archives: Christianity

Online Monetization and the Culture Wars Work at Cross-Purposes To Each Other. Here’s Why.

By Colby Malsbury

2008 will be recorded in the annals of our Vanished Civilization as the most epochal single year of our demise, I believe. Yes, even more so than either 2001 or 2020.

Those of us who were fortunate enough to be in established career paths during that doleful year really cannot conceive of the hellscape that was awaiting the generation just emerging from the colleges and universities, fresh off the final vestige of financial optimism any of us are likely to ever witness again, enfeebled though it was. Just as Francis Fukuyama and his neocon ilk proclaimed an ‘end of history’ after the supposed demise of the Cold War, so too did the neolib proponents of unfettered global vulture capitalism begin to subtly champion a post-economic era in the hopelessly naive West, wherein jobs didn’t matter, deficits didn’t matter, the sustainability of fiat currencies didn’t matter, and so on and so forth, just as long as the entrenched managerial (((cabal))) managed to further feather their own nests. We were all relentlessly scolded to concentrate on ‘bigger’ things like global warming and racist police forces, and left to fend for ourselves to schlep together enough shekels to be able to attend a centralized Antifa happening in Portland or wherever. read more

Mass Migration Won’t Save Us: A Response to Tim Keller

By Davis Carlton

Tim Keller has decided to formally endorse the Great Replacement as a means of bringing about “revival” in American Christianity. Keller is by no means alone. Recently Joel Berry of the Babylon Bee suggested that “mass immigration could save this country” and that we could prevent them from becoming “a permanent underclass voting bloc” by simply “assimilating them.” Apparently this was not intended as satire. Keller argues that Christians must acknowledge and even embrace the demographic shift that can only accurately be described as white genocide in order to grow the American Christian church and stem the tide of secularism. Keller believes that the emerging nonwhite population of America could embrace a version of Christianity that is concerned with advocating for “social justice” as a main priority. read more

The Cost of True Faithfulness: Comments on the Persecution of Thomas Achord

By Davis Carlton

“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake” – Matthew 10:22

“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” – Matthew 16:24-25

“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” – John 15:18

I don’t know Thomas Achord personally but I wish that I did. I know of Thomas through social media, through his commentary with Stephen Wolfe on the Ars Politica podcast, and through his co-authorship with Darrell Dow of the masterpiece Who is My Neighbor? An Anthology of Natural Relations. I always find his posts and comments on Facebook to be wise, insightful, and articulate. Thomas is able to speak to controversial topics without rendering needless offense in a concerted effort to maintain peace. I have found Thomas to be a true “man’s man” who combines his considerable learning with practical knowledge that he is able to use as a provider and protector of his family. It’s without exaggeration that I can say that Thomas Achord provides an excellent example for other men to follow. I often feel challenged in a good way by Thomas’s posts to better myself. read more

Dracula, the Wandering ((( ))), and ‘Blood Libel’

By Ehud Would

A large portion of this essay could be written from either end of the spectrum, Right or Left. Were I a Leftist, however, it would be a “call-out” and cancellation of Bram Stoker and the entirety of the Vampire genre. Even the Vampire archetype, itself.

But as a Christian, I necessarily approach the matter from the Right. Which means I can embrace the DRACULA story for the sociopolitical analogy the author meant it to be. Something which bears intrinsically on our contemporary political scene. read more

Why Not Both? Doug Wilson Asks Whether National Identity Should be Determined By Covenant or Race

By Davis Carlton

Doug Wilson has posted a couple of articles on Blog & Mablog (or as Pastor Bret cleverly refers to it; Blog and Mehblog). Wilson attempts to develop an alternative in his blog posts addressing national identity in which he asks if identity should be determined by “covenant or color” (see Part 1 and Part 2). Wilson’s covenant vs. color argument depends upon the tired and vapid equation of race with mere superficial color differences. More problematic is that Wilson has posed a false dichotomy. Covenants are central to Christianity, but there is nothing about the nature or existence of covenants that is remotely opposed to ethno-nationalism. read more

Mild Exasperation: A Response to Doug Wilson

By Davis Carlton

Doug Wilson has recently responded to criticism from Pastor Bret McAtee with a video on his YouTube channel. Pastor Bret has provided a thorough response on Iron Ink, and Wilson’s blog post has also caught the attention of Vox Day. I have just a few additional thoughts of my own to contribute to the discussion. Wilson begins by stating, “Here we are defending our culture helms deep, and the next wave of orcs comes swarming up the walls. And then suddenly down our rampart a little bit I hear the cry raised by the Kinists, ‘Just shoot at the darker ones.’ I would suggest mildly, and with just a hint of exasperation, that somebody doesn’t know what the Hell is going on!” read more

What Is a Nation?

By Davis Carlton

This summer Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire has released a documentary titled, What is a Woman? The documentary records Walsh’s conversations with many people on the subject of gender ideology, which seeks to abstract a person’s gender identity from their biological sex. Walsh interviews many who are skeptical of gender ideology, but it is his interviews with proponents of gender ideology that are the most interesting and entertaining. Walsh repeatedly asks his interlocutors the question that serves as the documentary’s title, “what is a woman?” In asserting that “trans-women” are real women, the goal of gender ideology is to deconstruct the reality of sexual identity altogether. The interviews expose the abject irrationality, equivocation, and intellectual dishonesty behind gender ideology. read more

Guess Which Religion Holds Abortion as a Sacrament?

By Davis Carlton

Seriously, you had to ask?

This is the argument being advanced by a Jewish synagogue in Florida in claiming religious based exemptions from a state law restricting abortion access. The legal journal Verdict reports, “The Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor, a Jewish synagogue in Florida, has sued the state saying that Florida’s new restrictive abortion laws violate their religious faith. As a matter of faith, they reject the notion that life begins at conception and further believe that the pregnant person’s health and life matter.” The article continues, “To be sure, the Satanic Temple has filed similar cases in particularly restrictive states over the last decade, but mainstream religions have been sitting on the sidelines as restrictions in a number of states have become increasingly inconsistent with their faiths.” read more

Cursed Are the LOOR in Spirit: Marcus Pittman’s Woke Cinematic Schlockbuster

By Colby Malsbury

The culture is fetid. That’s no secret to anyone.

Why else would the mighty conglomerate known as Netflix show its first-ever signs of legacy fatigue because, as it turns out, people don’t look upon it as their moral duty to pay ever-increasing subscription rates to view Barack Obama narrating a history of the Stonewall Riots, or to view Idris Elba portraying Thomas Jefferson, or to view the umpteenth iteration of a poor Jewish soul wandering lost and abused through Nazi-occupied Europe spreading the heathen gospel of Semitic humanism? This offal is why Christians cut their cable to begin with. No thanks. Time to move on. read more

Why The Left Wins The Culture War: Considerations on a Possible Reversal of Roe v. Wade

Skelton: Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision sure to hurt GOP - Los Angeles Times

By Davis Carlton

Recently a draft document leaked from the Supreme Court indicates that a preliminary majority of justices would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, which infamously struck down state laws banning abortion in 1973. The Left has reacted with all too predictable anger and outrage, as well as firm resolve that murdering children is a woman’s “right” that will be forever protected throughout the United States. The mainstream conservative response has ranged from jubilation to cautious optimism. Many acknowledged that whatever happens when a final judgment is reached in June that there is still much work to be done. read more