Contra Omnia Adversa
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Edwards In The Hands Of Social Justice
The recent call to say “Farewell” to Jonathan Edwards was replaced with a more manageable observation to take the good and dismiss the bad.
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Weimar Republic and Gun Control
History has proven repeatedly that a disarmed populace is at the mercy of whoever seizes the government.
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The Problem with Borders
Oikophilia, the love of home. Do we have a duty to protect it and even share it? Is there a disctinction between immigration and assimilation?
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Socialism and Christianity Compatible?
The only way for true freedom and equity to take place is in a righteous society, a society in which the gospel is preached and Christianity is supreme.
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Is Oikophilia Biblical?
“Love of home” is central to conservative political philosophy. We at the Reformed Conservative contend that Oikophilia is a biblical concept.
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Are Calvinists “Nice?”
Christians mistake difference of etiquette for gracelessness. Does being nice equal love? Should Calvinists sacrifice genuine unity for short-term accord?
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Why Reformed Christians Are Vulnerable To Social Justice
Reformed Millenials are vulnerable to social justice. Social justice has become so widely accepted in mainstream Reformed circles it might be considered their sixth point of Calvinism.
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How the Church Paved the Road to Feminism
Around the time of the Second Great Awakening, the church began to see increased revivalism within its sectors. Social and moral reform spread across the United States.
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Social Welfare Programs and Christians
How engaged should Christians be in the realms of cultural and social issues, of poverty and oppression? Could good intentions produce negative results and ultimately harm someone’s good?
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Racial Reconciliation’s Stumbling Block
Racial reconciliation can easily lead to racial manipulation. Joseph Conrad addresses this concern in a grand tale of a crew of shipmates at sea. Perhaps Conrad’s most important work exposes a difficulty that must be overcome in the pursuit of racial reconciliation.
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The Dark Side of Feminism
“The nuclear family must be destroyed…whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of families now is an objectively revolutionary process,” hailed Linda Gordon. Is Feminism the right answer?
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Machen On The Need For Christian Education
Though Christian schools are good for liberty and are a check on public schools, Machen ultimately embraced the Christian school because he believed in the necessity of Christian education.
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Belgic Confession Article 36 and Two Kingdom Theology
The Confession equips Reformed missiologists with a timeless biblical position on the relationship between church and state.
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Bavinck, Rousseau and the French Revolution
Every generation in the modern era has had to deal with the question of inequality. As Christians, we desire to know if Scripture is sufficient for our life and our neighbors. Does Christianity alone have the requisite solution to make progress in the so-called “Social Question?”
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Groen’s Reformed Meta-History
History, no less than science and philosophy, must be done by the Christian sub specie aeternitatis — within view of eternity, and as always, coram Deo.
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An Unorthodox Introduction to Libertarianism
“An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by…
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How to Restore Community and Home
Community-building then is none other than home-building, and home-building is none other than—when understood broadly—love-making, though the narrow sense works as well.
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Capital Punishment Defended
This article gives a Biblical case favoring capital punishment with a response to three of the most utilized arguments against the doctrine of capital punishment.
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Psychology of Political Witch Hunts
Political witch-hunts follow a basic pattern. Random violence, false accusations, and crimes against a vague collective. These witch-hunts drive the cultural revolution, propelling the injustice of social justice.
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Pseudo-Conservatism
We reject two kinds of false conservatism. Only a Biblical conservatism shall benefit society through the ages.
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What is the Revolution?
Is revolution the same as rebellion or the same as political freedom? If not, then what is the revolution?
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Confounding the Postmodern Mind
Christians dare not succumb to either rationalism or relativism; rather, because of our mind’s limits and our sins, we must be dependent on revelation. The Word of God breaks into our narrow, human minds with God’s judgment and His grace, confounding both the modernists and the postmodernists.
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Libertarians And The Eternal Contract
Conservatism and libertarianism, at heart, are at odds. Conservatives hold that society is no mere temporary contrivance, but based on ‘Eternal Contract,’ as it were.
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Godly Environmentalism
Stewardship of the world goes beyond mere action and strikes at the heart of the Reformed Conservative. The way that God reveals Himself through His creation is why Christians ought to champion Godly Environmentalism.
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Conservatism and Sola Scriptura
How Sola Scripture fits with the principles of conservatism is the thread of our life tapestry. It keeps us together, guiding us to keep our paths straight.
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Our Conservative Political Principles
We have to choose between the sovereignty of man and the sovereignty of God. Reject sovereignty by the grace of God and you are left with nothing but radicalism.
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2020 Reading List to Rebuild Civilization & Community
A shared love of ideas, ideals, stories, and histories are necessary to rebuild civilization. Therefore, literature and history are necessary points of departure as we move forward in a crumbling civilization.
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Diagonisis of the Psychosis of Postmodernism
Reinhold Niebuhr correctly observed that identity comes from family, community and craft, or work. These three have taken a huge hit, and so we now struggle with a lack of identity. No identity; no meaning. Therefore, we have a deficit of happiness.
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Catholicism’s Impotence and the Liberal Revolution
Never forget that most of the abuses of the Roman Church are inextricably bound up with its doctrines, and that its so-called infallibility renders it incorrigible.
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Destruction of Nations in the Rejection of Children
Countries across the entire world are facing an impending population crisis. Women have neglected making a house into a home, and with that, neglected birthing and raising children.
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4 Principles for “The Good Life”
Sometimes, the hard talks, the hard lessons, and the most difficult times of our lives are what is best for us. These times “build character.” Tough words of love are welcomed by the wise.
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The Matthew Principle and Inequality
Does God care about equality the way we do? And, is it true that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer? The Matthew Principle, or the Pareto Effect, shows how inequality may not always be a bad thing.
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Machen: Politically Incorrect
According to Machen, the state was an involuntary organization whose duty was to protect the freedom of individuals, families, and other private associations.
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Christian Nationalism: An Introduction
Anthony Smith characterizes nationalism as a movement that seeks to…
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Augustine as Common-Law Conservative
Liberals and Conservative want to claim Augustine as their own. With the doctrine of precedent, we explore his views on law, justice, and equality.
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Racism and Rational Discourse
To attribute racism and discrimination to all of these unequal distributions is to assume the worst. Scripture, however, commands us to assume the best.
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Calvin’s Political Theology
The Calvinistic confession of the sovereignty of God holds good for all the world, is true for all nations, and is of force in all authority which man exercises over man.
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Groen’s Fight For Christian Education
Groen van Prinsterer’s battle for Christian education in the Netherlands…
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Dabney on Education as a Religious Task
Dabney’s prophetic voice has rung true in many areas, perhaps most of all in education and the secularization of American schools.
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What Is Reconstructionism? What Is Theonomy?
Should we as Christians fall under “Reconstructionism” or the “Theonomy” Camp? Should we focus on God’s law or man’s law? Could there be a middle ground?
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Exercising Non-Political Power in a Politicized World
Trying to gauge conservative reaction to the change in political wind, I listened to a segment of talk radio while traveling this week.
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Correction of the Theory of Kant
R.L. Dabney refutes Kant’s ethical theory, being one-sided. It, being overly rationalistic, cannot account for the moral nature of impulsive actions, and being overly altruistic, cannot account for the moral obligation to the self.
