The Pastor's Blog

THE SITUATION American President Donald Trump is in the Canadian media for the second time in as many weeks, each time for telling jokes at the expense of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Three weeks ago, Prime Minister Trudeau hastened to Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, seemingly panicked over Trump’s public threat of tariffs on all CanadianRead more

A few weeks ago, a podcast featuring Tobias Riemenschneider critiquing Joel Webbon disappeared almost as soon as it appeared. Let me explain the context a little, at the very real risk of your eyes disinterestedly glazing over. If you do lose focus and nod off, just skip to the next paragraph where I rise aboveRead more

About two weeks ago, Tucker Carlson released an interview with Darryl Cooper, questioning, among other things, the consensus narrative surrounding WWII and Winston Churchill. I listened with curiosity, albeit admittedly somewhat distractedly: it was the podcast de jour during my morning 6 o’clock workout on leg day. But I did listen. I left the podcastRead more

Someone sent me a spicy take on Baptists and Christian Nationalists that recently appeared on social media. Apparently, it’s received not a small amount of attention, at least in our neck of the woods. Here’s the quip: “Post mill and Christendom will not work with Baptist ecclesiology. Because in their ecclesiology you cannot have ChristianityRead more

INTRODUCTION Attempting to combat wokeness, conservatives have framed the conflict with the woke left as “equality of outcome” vs. “equality of opportunity.”  Equality of outcome means that everyone deserves to live the same quality of life.  Equality of opportunity means that everyone deserves the same opportunity.  Conservatives allege that the woke left advocates for equalityRead more