Personality profiling is a way for moderns to receive an identity, rather than craft one.
Label Me!
Author: Samuel D. James
Believer, husband, father, acquisitions editor, writer.
Not Magic, But Not Nothing
On New Years and the gift of seasons.
Yeah, But What if the ‘Elites’ Are Right?
Mark Galli and the editorial leadership of Christianity Today believe that Donald Trump should be removed from office. Carl Trueman writes that this is a perfectly defensible position, but takes serious issue with Galli's notion that Christian faithfulness entails it. I too worry that Galli's editorial took the wrong angle, emphasizing the constitutional case against [...]
The Rise of Skywalker
The ghost of inevitability has always haunted the Star Wars films. That's true in the stories, where the word "destiny" comes early and often from the lips of the most important characters. But it's also true in the structure and production of the movies themselves. Return of the Jedi ended the original trilogy's story arc [...]
There Are No Extraordinary Means
We all want extraordinary fixes to our problems. God's given us ordinary ones instead.
Letters of news and such
A quick announcement that I've launched a little newsletter. I'll be doing some short form writing in it, as well as sharing stuff I find interesting, life updates, and more (but not much more). Read the first newsletter here and while you're there subscribe.
Safe, Legal, and Rare
A conversation between three friends.
Death of a Critic
On Scorsese, cinema, and parenting.
The Meaning of Kanye
The evangelical Kanye moment reveals more about evangelicals than Kanye.
The Outer Ring
On learning wisdom from the Wrong Kind of People.
