Can Christians Be Conservative?

A dispute in recent issues of TheNewYorkReviewofBooks provokes an old but ever-new question: Is it possible for authentic followers of Jesus the Anointed of God to be conservatives, or must they by definition be liberals? The ongoing disagreement between Professor...

Liberalism Fails to Recognize Problem of Sin

Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series on conservatism and liberalism. Last year, I published “The Limits of Liberalism.” While the book is primarily about theological liberalism rather than social or political liberalism (my main...

The Slippery Slope of Conservatism

“Torture, burning at the stake and other punishment for the faithful condemned as witches or heretics by church tribunals during the Inquisition was not as widespread as commonly believed, the Vatican said Tuesday.” This lead paragraph in an Associated...