My Reformation Study Bible, ed. by R.C. Sproul, Sr., (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1995) exposits the crux of “The Authority of Scripture” (p. 1922). It succinctly notes: The Christian principle of biblical authority means that God is the author of the Bible, and has given it to direct the belief and behavior of His people. Our […]
Category Archives: Tradition
A Review of the Benedict Option.
A Review of Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation (New York, NY: Sentinel, 2017) by Ryan Setliff. [originally published on November 2018] Here’s the Cliff Notes’ version of the Benedict Option; in case you missed the apologetic for the monastic trap; simply put, it’s a failed strategy of […]
Boredom, despair, and nihilism?
Boredom, civil strife, despair, and nihilism are the fruit of anti-civilization. In his poem The Hollow Man, T.S. Eliot wrote, “This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang but with a whimper.” Nevertheless the ancient light from the past as well as the faith of our forefathers gives us hope to escape […]
Why Restoration of Tradition is Invigorating
โIn a revolutionary epoch, sometimes men taste every novelty, sicken of them all, and return to ancient principles so long disused that they seem refreshingly hearty when they are rediscovered.โโRussell Kirk, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ: ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต Western man has wrestled precariously with the last few centuries of Enlightenment’s obsession with rationality and naked […]