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0 Blood-Red Church: How Redemption Colors Our Politics (Foreword)

FTNCI is pleased to introduce Jeff Kliewer’s new book, Blood-Red Church. Here we reproduce the foreword to the book.

0 “Tradition! Tradition!”

I’ve always enjoyed the movie Fiddler on the Roof, the tale of a Jewish family living in Russia in the days prior to the revolution of 1917. I’ve been thinking about some of its themes again. Central to the story is the role that Yiddish tradition and community play in the peasants’ lives. Tevye, the […]

0 The Postmodernism of Traditionalism

The world is drowning in postmodernism, and the tragic consensus among many conservatives is that traditionalism is a stalwart alternative against the postmodern dangers. I say it’s tragic because traditionalism, as I will argue below, is just a lazy and nostalgia-inspired version of postmodernism. No, not the hip cultural postmodernism of the late 20th century, […]

0 Russell Moore and Joe Biden: Two Lifelong, Grandstanding Democrats

Joe Biden is new to the game of playing up White Nationalism as an urgent national menace. Russell Moore is an old pro.

0 What Evangelical Christians Don’t Understand About Inequality and Privilege

“Privilege” and “inequality”—these two words can start a firestorm of discussion. Many pastors and evangelical leaders have latched onto the concepts and are preaching them with fervor. One would think the terminology ran through the pages of Scripture itself. I recently saw a church doing a series on “dismantling racism” for Lent, and one of […]

0 What Do Timothy Keller and Don Carson Say About Women Preachers? (Not Much)

The “Progressive” movement within Christianity has a motto: “Did God really say…?” Any group that speaks in this way should not rightly be called progressive, nor Christian. The Gospel Coalition (TGC) is a prime example. A recent TGC video (see below) featured founders Timothy Keller and Don Carson asking what Paul meant by “I do […]

0 Principles Over Personalities—A Response to Conservative Resurgence Voices

Chris Bolt at Conservative Resurgence Voices has written a critical piece against “discernment ministries” which has the appearance of applying to FTNCI, but in addition to his criticism being very misguided, it also contains a deep irony.

0 Cutting Through The Obscurities on Justice — A Response to Tim Keller

Tim Keller has finished his four-part series on justice and race, with the final article supposing to be an unpacking of the biblical view of justice. But I am concerned that his efforts will result in less clarity, rather than more, for Christians who earnestly want to cultivate and carry out a biblical view of […]

0 Yesterday, I Was Excommunicated.

Seventeen years ago today, I was baptized. Yesterday, I was excommunicated. Though, that is not entirely accurate.

0 How Great the Weight of Public Speech—A Call to Morally Charged Polemics

Perhaps one of the greatest tragedies of our Christian generation is that we have neglected to understand and to be sufficiently moved by the tremendous and holy weight of what it means to speak publicly as a Christian.

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