John Mark Reynolds

Advent is here.Advent is the time the church prepares for the coming of King Jesus at the Christ Mass.We are excited for the simple reason that our secular princes always let us down. Christians are the most hard headed of people. We know that nobody can be trusted, because we don’t trust . . . . Continue Reading »

This was a bad and unhelpful book.It was not bad because it was simple. Goldwater (or his ghost) used fewer pages in Conscience of a Conservative and said more. It was not bad because it was autobiographical. Though I don’t like his politics, President Obama confessed more and said it better . . . . Continue Reading »

Introduction to the Project:(This is a completed live blog. I have decided not to correct most typographical errors or “fix” it. Some was done as late as 3 AM as I finished the book, but I felt the authenticity of the moment generally better than a smoothed out version.)I have defended . . . . Continue Reading »

He was Post-Evangelical before Post-Evangelical was cool.The kids love him.Visit his web site . . . . Continue Reading »

Greetings:Google analytics have shown that you are, in fact, the only person pathetic or lonely enough to be reading this blog on a holiday. You have escaped family and friends to read a blog on Evangelicals and the culture.Well done.I am the recently appointed Obama administration czar in charge . . . . Continue Reading »

Every town has the annoying messenger of cheer.This is the lady, it is almost always a lady, who will come to you with your broken arm and point out that you could have broken both your arms. If your town is unlucky enough to experience this lady in her born-again form, then she will remind you that . . . . Continue Reading »

When I was a kid comics were not comix and only a Goober read them when he was grown up. They had yet to become the graphic novels taken seriously by any student of pop culture.It was a more child-friendly era and so comics were governed by a “code” that eliminated overt swearing. I . . . . Continue Reading »

A myth is a story so deeply moving and true that it shapes the rest of your life. When I was in seventh grade, I found a copy of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings in the Rochester Christian School library. On the bus ride home, I started reading it and knew from the first page that my life would . . . . Continue Reading »

The best way to get web hits is to say something loudly.Our discourse is often as subtle as a teenager with a stuck caps key. We don’t just oppose the President’s agenda, but WE STAND AT ARMAGEDDON AND WE BATTLE FOR THE LORD.While that last line got Teddy Roosevelt some cheers, and T.R. . . . . Continue Reading »

President Obama is just returning from China having gently mentioned to the butchers of Beijing that human rights are important. The witness for human dignity will continue in China, but it will not be the soft approach of kowtowing to dictators while speaking softly to them.How do we know?The . . . . Continue Reading »