Love of people and place is virtuous. It is good to love one's family, and love of one's family easily extends to a love of nation, which is largely an extension of the family. One way to honor my mother and father (and grandmother and grandfather, etc.) is to honor the land in which I was born. Cultivating love of people and place is an application of the fifth commandment, among other things.

A few more notes on the SBC Guideposts sex abuse report, now that the SBC annual meeting has come and gone:

Regular church attendance and formal church membership are important biblical teachings.

This is a follow up to last Sunday’s sermon on 1 Peter 2:4ff, “The Greatest Nation on Earth."

I have often thought this quotation from T. S. Eliot sums up what TPC is all about and what we are trying to do: The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide.

Heather MacDonald, explaining why feminism can never work:

[Note: This article was written in 1996 for the church newsletter of Redeemer Presbyterian (PCA) in Austin, TX, where I was serving at the time.]

THIS SERIES OF BLOG POSTS IS TAKEN FROM MY 2015 ESSAY, "AMERICA'S WAR ON GOD AND SEXUAL ORTHODOXY ."