This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm the importance of beginning our pursuit of sound… Read More »Article 12: On the Cultivation of Christian Tradition
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that expressions toward God, be they prayers, preached… Read More »Article 10: On Meaning
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that inordinate expressions of worship often arise from… Read More »Article 9: On Harmony and Variety in Ordinate Expression
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that ordinate affections are often expressed and evoked through… Read More »Article 8: On Works of the Imagination
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that the worship of God is regulated through his… Read More »Article 7: On Scripture Regulated Worship
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that manipulation of the visceral appetites is dangerous to… Read More »Article 5: On the Appetites
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that Christians are able to speak of orthopathy, or… Read More »Article 4: On Ordinate Affections
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that truth, goodness, and beauty are transcendent realities rooted… Read More »Article 3: On Transcendent Absolutes
. In his farewell address to the Ephesian elders, Paul declared that he was “innocent of the blood” of all, because he had not shrunk… Read More »Preamble to "A Conservative Christian Declaration"
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that the center and apex of Christian faith and… Read More »Article 2: On the Whole Counsel of God
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the boundary… Read More »Article 1: On the Gospel
Click here for the print edition (and Kindle) of this Declaration. To affirm this declaration and join the Conservative Christian Network, click here. Fulfilling a… Read More »Introducing “A Conservative Christian Declaration”
Many Christians today are understandably concerned about the state of our nation. There seems to be corruption on many levels, and very few politicians appear… Read More »We Must Perpetuate a Conservative Christianity
Some time ago, I posted a link here to one of my favorite quotes from the eminently quotable C. S. Lewis. Lewis offers a comparison between… Read More »Lewis, liturgy as dance, and the regulative principle
Dear saint, You have been reading about orthopathy and ordinate affection, and perhaps it all sounds rather perplexing and intimidating. The controversy around these matters… Read More »Letter to a Concerned Saint
As conservatives, it can be easy to grow discouraged. There are very few of us. It seems that all of American Christianity (sorry, David de… Read More »The Lord is God (still)
To understand reality, a child must think. Thinking that brings understanding is not the thinking that a cow does when it notices a car passing… Read More »The Technology of Thought
All the problems of heaven and earth, though they were to confront us together and at once, would be nothing compared with the overwhelming problem… Read More »Tozer on the Destruction of the Gospel
I’m currently reading Tozer’s The Knowledge of the Holy and plan to share some quotes over the coming weeks. From the preface, here is the… Read More »A. W. Tozer on the Church in His Day
Conservative Christian churches are not eccentric. They believe they are merely consistent in their understanding and application of Christianity. They believe that the Christianity they… Read More »Conclusion: Brothers, We Are Not Populists