John Mark Reynolds

Townhall.com ought to be one of my favorite websites, but I rarely hit a link from my reader.Why?If I go there, I am assaulted by an aesthetic weapon of mass destruction.It is problem for a believer. Would a good God put Hugh Hewitt on a site with this design?“Yes,” we must say with . . . . Continue Reading »

This is the first time in its nearly three-week history that I will be silent on Evangel. I invite my friends here to do the same.The reason is the same as it always is.I decided to read Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish.When dealing with a delusional fantasist like Andrew Sullivan, it takes time . . . . Continue Reading »

Enemy soldiers should be held in prisoner of war camps. If they are spies or have done something that merits the death penalty, they should be tried in military courts. They should not be tortured and they should be treated with human dignity.These seem like safe assumptions, but the Obama . . . . Continue Reading »

When talking to a fellow who bemoaned how bad his employer was (not Biola), I asked if he was going to let the boss know or going to resign . . . but it appeared he had no such intention. It wasn’t that he was looking and had to keep his job in the short term. He was content to keep doing . . . . Continue Reading »

Let me say that I think Patrol is an interesting site full of well written articles. I don’t ever want to dismiss people’s experiences or ideas because of their (relatively) young age just as I despise people who think they can explain me, because I am over forty.I also agree with Matt . . . . Continue Reading »

As I look toward 2012, I realize that as a Romney guy I often feel like the kind of person who would have a party for Windows 7 . . . my candidate is  very attractive, but safe as an Osmond.But then I realized that if I become an Obama guy, I would be one of those people who buy Apple . . . . Continue Reading »

When I was a kid, I used to root for people to pick the next year as the date of Christ’s return. Since I really wanted to get married, I did not want the Day of Doom to come too soon. Using my childish reasoning, I figured that since the Savior had said no man knew the day or hour of His . . . . Continue Reading »

I have no icon of football hero Brett Favre, but if he continues to play well this year, somebody will be tempted to make one. Safe to say veneration heads his way each Sunday from millions over America.Brett Favre makes me feel better about being over forty. Of course at no time in my life did I . . . . Continue Reading »

When I was a little boy, I knew pious Christians driven a bit mad by their failure to follow reason. I also knew impious pagans sterile as great fact-grinding machines by their lack of care for metaphysical facts. God created a world of spirit and a world of matter, a world of form and substance. . . . . Continue Reading »

Perhaps the weirdest thing on the right is tolerance for the bloviating novelist Ayn Rand. The philosophical problem with Ayn Rand is not so much her views, but that she does not argue for them. She asserts them, but when counterarguments are made there is no response. Her philosophy, such as it is, . . . . Continue Reading »