Christianity is a subversive religion: One does not ordinarily think of the following activities as having deep political implications, or as sending a strong message…
The powerless do have a voice: Václav Havel was an important writer, playwright and political activist. He worked tirelessly against tyrannical communism, and when Soviet…
Continuing the work of countering our culture: Christians are not only strangers in a strange land. We are not only at odds with the…
Believers should seek the welfare of the surrounding culture: All believers should know about the great commandment (loving God with all our being) and the…
On holding governments to account: A government without accountability and checks and balances is not a proper government but a tyranny. In a fallen world…
There is a place for the right kind of rebellion, resistance and nonconformity: The 60s and 70s were a time of radical social and political…
Jesus alone rules over all of life: The Christian SHOULD know that there is only one true king who is over all, and that his…
The enormous task that is facing Trump: In just one week Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated, and he will commence his second term in…
Yet another terrorist attack in the West: We can often tell when we are nearing Christmas because even more terrorist attacks occur. Europe has had…
Regnery, 2024. The West is quickly descending into totalitarianism: We used to think of ugly totalitarianism as applying to monstrous ideologies such as Communism and…
A big swing to the conservatives in Europe is a game changer: Recent national elections and European Union elections have sent shock waves down the…
What we must know about opposition to the Nazis: In my ongoing series of articles on resistance theory (and practice), I have looked at various…
Thoughts on Israel and the world powers: The great bulk of my articles on resistance theory concern those Christians from the time of the Reformation…
Some key quotes by Schaeffer on this important issue: For quite a long time Christians in the West did not think much or worry about…
Rethinking Romans 13 in the light of our current situation: When we hear the phrase, ‘the Great Awakening,’ we think of some amazing religious revivals…
We must heed the warnings of Solzhenitsyn: Many of my readers know about the very important book Live Not by Lies released in 2020 by…
When is it right to resist unjust rulers? In this irregular series on resistance theory, I now turn to the French/Swiss reformer John Calvin (1509-1564).…
Aspects of Luther’s social and political thought: Protestants have given much thought to the issue of if and when it is permissible for the Christian…
An important early document on how Christians might deal with tyrants: One of the earliest Protestant statements on the place of resistance to wicked rulers…
2023 The story of this champion needs to be heard far and wide: Monica Smit was one of Australia’s champion resistance fighters during the Covid…