Many Christians have been led to believe that we should be apolitical so as to eliminate any unnecessary distractions or impediments in our witness to others. After all, they say, what really matters is the Gospel. The implication of their argument…
Political Engagement
A Requiem for America: Are We Being ‘Repaganized’?
📄The Areopagus Update Jan/Feb 2024 Are we living in “the last days” of our uniquely Christian-influenced society and culture? Since its founding in the late 18th century, America has been a unique nation in all of world history – one founded on such revolutionary but...
Thoughts on Eric Metaxas’ Book and Sermon, “Letter to the American Church”
Why are pastors shrinking from speaking God’s Word in all its truth? A prime reason I’ve heard been given is because they are afraid of turning people off to the Christian faith. To this I would say that it’s not the pastor’s responsibility to change people’s hearts....
The Christian Sage We So Desperately Need Today
📄The Areopagus Update – Aug/Sept 2022 Our Areopagus fall seminar is “HOW SHOULD WE NOW LIVE? PART 1: THE LIFE & LEGACY OF FRANCIS SCHAEFFER.” Unless you’re a young adult or a relatively new Christian, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Francis Schaeffer who, along with...
Reaping What We Have Sown
📄The Areopagus Update – Mar/Apr 2022 This past week we witnessed quite a spectacle as the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee held hearings on Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson – perhaps the most radical and least qualified person to ever...
The Birth of Jesus: The Best Historical Evidence
“In the Fullness of Time” In Galatians 4:4 the apostle Paul writes that “In the fullness of time” God sent forth his Son to redeem us so that we might become true [spiritual] children of God. In other words, Jesus appeared at the most propitious time in history — a...
The Pilgrims, Plymouth and Thanksgiving: The Backstory
NOTE: This Thanksgiving – November 25, 2021 – marks the 400th anniversary of the original Thanksgiving feast as celebrated by the “Pilgrims” of Plymouth colony and their Native American neighbors in the autumn of 1621. Although generally a familiar story to many...
The Wages of CRT
To borrow from Romans 6:23 [“The wages of sin is (spiritual) death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”], I contend that the wages of critical race theory is cultural death, but the gift of God is the understanding that all people are created...
A Requiem for Afghanistan
Last week I wrote an essay on our Areopagus Facebook page and website entitled “Don’t Trust Anyone’s Judgement Who Didn’t See This Coming” that began with this warning: Here is a simple lesson in prudential judgment:Don’t trust anyone’s judgement on any political,...
Don’t Trust Anyone’s Judgement Who Didn’t See This Coming
Friends, See the link below related to Megan McCain’s recent criticism of Joe Biden's Afghanistan policy. Here is a simple lesson in prudential judgment: Do not trust anyone’s judgement on any political, social, cultural, or moral issue of our day who was too ignorant...
Critical Race Theory: An Analysis
“The Revolution won’t happen with guns, rather it will happen incrementally, year by year, generation by generation. We will gradually infiltrate their educational institutions and their political offices, transforming them slowly into Marxist entities.” – Max Horkheimer
The 2020 Election: What Was Really at Stake
In keeping with the old Chinese curse, “May you live in ‘interesting’ times,” this has certainly been an ‘interesting’ year. In fact, it has been in many respects a ‘perfect storm’ marked by an unprecedented degree of domestic chaos, dysfunction and disruption as...
Initial Reflections on the Elections
~PART 1 ~ I know that many Christians are disheartened and apprehensive as a result of yesterday’s election. The final count is still undecided, and we should pray for a fair and honest counting of all legal votes in states such as Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North...
Political Priorities, Personalities and Policies
The Most Consequential Election Since 1860 –And the Choice Could Not Be Clearer Those who endured the first presidential “debate” (or more accurately, “brawl”) of 2020 on September 30th witnessed perhaps the most disgusting public debacle in the annals of American...
Politics Matters
On Loving One’s Neighbor as Oneself Many Christians have been led to believe that we should be as neutral as possible on the great social and political issues of our time so as to eliminate any unnecessary distractions or impediments in our witness to others. After...
C. S. Lewis: Sage Wisdom and Relevant Insights On Politics and Government
📄The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2020 (Excerpts from the new book by Jefrey D. Breshears, C. S. Lewis on Politics, Government, and the Good Society: Relevant Insights and Sage Wisdom for Contemporary Christians (CentrePointe Publishing, 2020) C. S. Lewis is generally...
Christianity Today Is Wrong… and Mark Galli Should Be Removed from Office
On December 19, 2019 the editor in chief of Christianity Today magazine, Mark Galli, published an editorial entitled "Trump Should Be Removed from Office," Galli’s analysis was so flawed that one is tempted to respond with something like “Mark Galli Should Be Removed...