Back to gender reality for Gen Z
Not that long ago, it seemed like a growing number of young people thought about traditional notions of gender like most people think about flat earth theory: “You mean people still believe that?” There was considerable societal pressure for Generation Z to reject a binary understanding of gender. Gender-specific bathrooms and locker rooms were disappearing. Seemingly […]
The Church and the “Boy Crisis”
Too many young men are aimless, angry and even hopeless. Suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among men aged 25 to 34. Approximately 7 million men between the ages of 25 and 54 are unemployed and, in most cases, not seeking employment. A troubling number are attracted to influencers like Andrew Tate, who champions a crass and chauvinistic […]
Carl F. H. Henry on the Gospel
Carl F. H. Henry (1913-2003) was one of the founding fathers of the postwar evangelical movement in America. He was a theologian, philosopher, ethicist, and apologist. In many ways, the lines between those disciplines were blurred in his many writings. His legacy continues to loom large in evangelicalism, especially among the sorts of theologically conservative […]
A revival pattern in America
I teach full-time at a Christian university in the Southeast. I speak frequently at other schools, as well as events geared toward collegians and other young adults. My wife and I serve in the college ministry in our local church. I’m the father of four children, three of whom are between the ages of 14 […]
Socially conservative superheroes
As a fan of superhero movies, I awaited July 2025 with eager anticipation. Two major films were scheduled for release just a couple weeks apart. On July 11, DC Studios released Superman, directed by James Gunn. This was followed on July 25, with the Marvel Studios film The Fantastic Four: First Steps, directed by Matt Shakman. Both […]
Advertising traditional family values
In recent years, Madison Avenue has mostly walked in lockstep with the progressive agenda to reinvent the American family. Consider the following commercials over the past decade or so: A same-sex couple joins the rest of the extended family around the table during a holiday. Two men discuss the joys of raising their toddler daughter […]
Aspirational Conservatism for the Common Good: A Review of John Wilsey’s Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer
Labels are fluid, taking on different meanings in different contexts. The label conservative is a good example. Consider politics, for example. The principles and priorities of a politically conservative American don’t perfectly map on to those of a politically conservative Brit, conservative German, or even conservative Canadian. There is an even bigger gap between an […]
Playing the Long Game
It wasn’t that long ago that social conservatives were understandably concerned that transgenderism was on the road to full normalization and perhaps even coerced celebration throughout American society. But the tide has been turning for a couple of years. The two major battles in this particular front in the culture war have been biological men […]
Confessional fidelity and denominational faithfulness
This summer, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is celebrating the centennial of the Baptist Faith and Message (BF&M), the denomination’s confessional statement. When the SBC was formed in 1845, the Convention didn’t adopt a confession of faith. This was not because most Southern Baptists rejected confessions. In fact, all 293 of the delegates, as they […]
Outlawing pornography for the common good
Pornography is nothing new. Archaeologists have found evidence that the vice is nearly as old as recorded human history. But the internet has raised the stakes considerably. Long gone are the days when pornography was mostly limited to seedy theatres in red-light districts, the back room of video rental stores, and salacious magazines sold in […]