Christians often strike me as the most Freudian of people. Say what you like, I have a sneaking suspicion that Freud, rather than Augustine, Luther, or Calvin, probably offers the best insights into the way that Christians really think and…
In an earlier post to this blog, I stated that whatever problem we are facing from evangelical feminism, we have at least as big a problem with Christian masculinity. Also, I stated that the best remedy for feminism is a…
I see that Phil and I are on the same scent and barking up the same tree (since we’re talking about guys, we might as well start with the dog metaphors right away!). Like Phil, I am actually a bit…
The book review section of Reformed Man Today lists the following three must reads for all cutting-edge confessional types out there:
I am grateful for Rick Phillips’s latest post on feminism. There are errors on both sides of a biblical view of godly male leadership in the home and in the church. Authoritarian, domineering men who stifle the gifts of women…
Many thanks to Rick Phillips for his helpful comments on slavery, servitude, and manstealing. The topic seems especially appropriate in 2007, which is the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire. In support of what Rick has already…
You can’t choose your family . . . or can you? Last week ABC News reported that 40-year old Jenna MacFarlane has adopted new parents. Feeling estranged from her own family, MacFarlane took out a personal ad that began “Single…
In a recent post, taxi driver Keith Moon was quoted as saying that entertainer and post-Wittgensteinian linguistic philosopher, Charo, claimed in the back of his cab that Del-Boy was converted at a Stryper concert. It has since emerged that this…
It is always nice to receive constructive comments and questions from readers of ref21. A question I received with reference to the sin of slavery (from my reply to Susan Wise Bauer) reads as follows: “Could someone kindly show me how this…
Thanks, Phil, for your helpful comments regarding feminism. In light of this, I would like to say that I am sympathetic to the reasons why women are drawn in a feminist direction. While I do not believe that patriarchy (biblically…
