Tag Archives: Rod Dreher
Which Way, America?
Another Conversation With Rod Dreher
Dr. Carl Trueman: How Did We Get Here?
Dr. Peter Leithart: How Are We Living in Apocalyptic Times
Legendary Hypocrisy and Deceit of Democrats
As Leftists unravel and incinerate the fabric of America, it’s helpful—unpleasant but helpful—to recall some of their now legendary acts of hypocrisy and deceit, including the widespread use of Newspeak. So, let’s start with that.
While claiming to have a corner on compassion and love, Leftists now refer to human beings by the soulless, utilitarian term “human infrastructure”—something to be used, manipulated, repaired, or destroyed and rebuilt in ways that better serve the omniscient and omnipotent among us. I guess we should count ourselves lucky that they are including the word “human’’—for now.
Leftists cheer for the acts alleged by …
A Conversation with Rod Dreher [Full Interview]
Previously we have featured a series of video excerpts, but, as promised, we are now pleased to present the entirety of Pastor Derek Buikema’s recent interview with Rod Dreher, senior editor at the American Conservative and author of The Benedict Option.
Mr. Dreher begins by stating that one purpose of a Christian is to transform the world with the truth of the gospel – but how can that be accomplished when so many people don’t know what the faith teaches and lack spiritual discipline?
Pastor Derek and Rod engage in an in-depth discussion of the Benedict Option, …
Ordinances Banning ‘Sexual Orientation Change Efforts’ Are Unconstitutional, Says 11th Circuit
A ruling last month from the 11th Circuit court challenges the inevitability thesis.
Postcard From Pre-Totalitarian America
Rod Dreher Answers, “Isn’t the Benedict Option a Retreat?”
Media Misrepresents the Story of Christian School That Expelled Student
The story of an innocent birthday cake that wasn’t and the expulsion of 15-year-old Kayla Kenney from Whitefield Academy, a private Christian school in Louisville, Kentucky, has been covered in multiple news outlets. Kenney’s mother, Kimberly Alford, took a photo of her daughter sitting in front of a specially designed rainbow-colored birthday cake, wearing a sweater adorned with rainbow stripes, and then posted it on Facebook. Shortly after the Facebook posting, the theologically orthodox Christian school notified the family that Kayla was expelled.
Here’s an excerpt from the Washington Post story:
…Alford instructed a bakery to decorate a
Rod Dreher: What is the Benedict Option?
Pastor Derek Buikema Interviews Rod Dreher on Christian WorldView
IFI has a special treat for our readers. Recently, Derek Buikema, senior pastor of Orland Park Christian Reformed Church, interviewed Rod Dreher, senior editor at the American Conservative and author of The Benedict Option, when Rod spoke at the Touchstone Magazine Conference held annually at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois.
Starting today, we will release the first in a series of short video excerpts from this informative, inspiring, and delightful interview and then will release the full uninterrupted video. In this first excerpt, Pastor Derek and Rod discuss the nature, importance, and cultural implications of a …
LGBTyranny Spreading in Purportedly Free Countries
Several months ago, Paivi Räsänen, a Finnish lawmaker, physician, mother of five, and wife of a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland was investigated by the police for her posting on Twitter and Facebook of Romans 1: 24-27 with these accompanying words:
How can the church’s doctrinal foundation, the Bible, be compatible with the lifting up of shame and sin as a subject of pride?
Her comment was prompted by the decision of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland to “become an official partner of the 2019 LGBT Pride events,” which Räsänen rightly believes conflicts with biblical …
