Earlier this summer I was in a large city and honed in on an Uzbek restaurant. There were others in town but this one caught my eye because it was literally in a non-descript store-front, in a run-down neighbourhood - a section of ghetto. It was in a dilapidated strip mall alongside a dollar store and some other businesses - but it had no sign, nothing to indicate it was a restaurant.
Calling for a Return to the Doctrinal Ideals and Kingdom Ethics of the First Reformation
18 October 2025
Reflecting on John MacArthur's Legacy
John MacArthur died three months ago (July 2025) and the buzz concerning him and his ministry have waned. This is especially true in light of subsequent events such as the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
There were some voices of concern and criticism lodged regarding MacArthur, his ministry, and testimony, but overwhelmingly the assessments have been positive.
11 October 2025
Christian Nationalism, the Wilson Ethos, and the Venture Capital Backing American Reformer
Christian Nationalism is nothing new but it has been re-cast and reinvigorated in recent years. Preferential Pluralism once dominated the Evangelical scene. The absolute nature and universal claims of Reconstructionism were considered fringe and even revolutionary and yet now are mainstream. Basically, Reconstructionism lives on in a slightly modified form. It lives on under the aegis of the more recently named Christian Nationalism.
06 October 2025
Al-Sharaa, Petraeus, and the End of the War on Terror: A Most Revealing Episode at the UN General Assembly
Recently
Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly al-Julani) met with David Petraeus at the
UN General Assembly. It was a unique moment that quite a few news
outlets found worthy of note. And while some saw it has symbolic, few
reflected on its actual meaning.
They tended to focus on how far
al-Sharaa had come, how he had once been a prisoner of the US, and a
member of al Qaeda. And yet (supposedly) he has renounced his
previous Salafism and is now being put forward as a leader that will
turn Syria toward Western Liberalism, democracy, and the rule of law
- or so they hope.