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Not Dead Yet

This is the introduction I didn’t want to write.Over the last few years, I’ve watched Patrol Magazine grow. I’ve written on and off for the site—served as the head editor for a short stint—and I’ve been amazed and excited to see its growth. I’ve always wanted . . . . Continue Reading »

Grateful: a daughter’s blessing

Because God is the author of the entire creation, it is difficult to know where to start in offering thanksgiving for the many discrete blessings he has given us. I could run through any number of things for which I am grateful, but probably the greatest is my daughter, Theresa, who just turned . . . . Continue Reading »

Jewish People Apparently a Jewish Conspiracy

The Jewish people have no distinct racial or biological identity—and they came from the Caucasus, not Palestine. So says Tel Aviv University professor Shlomo Sand, who admits that he wrote The Invention of the Jewish People in order “to undercut the Jews’ claims to the land of . . . . Continue Reading »

Grateful

Thanksgiving Day, presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. It did not become a federal holiday until 1941. Thanksgiving was historically a religious observation to give thanks to God, but is now primarily identified as a . . . . Continue Reading »

An Apologetic’s Apologetic

The question was raised by Jared regarding the significance of Leftist concerns (to me and to this site) and our understanding of what it means to be “evangelical”.  If we accept that evangelical theology is the most orthodox, the closest to the teachings of the Word, then it . . . . Continue Reading »

Serving Christ While Serving Time

Louisiana’s Angola Prison—known as “The Farm”—is the largest maximum-security prison in America. All of the prisoners are murderers, rapists, armed robbers, or habitual felons. The average sentence is 88 years, with 3,200 people in one place serving life sentences; . . . . Continue Reading »

Beatles 3000

In the year 3000, music historians are still talking about the four lads from Linverton—John Lennon, Paul MacKenzie, Greg Hutchinson, and Scottie Pippen. (I sometimes wonder if our views about the other Fab Four (Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Aristotle, and Plato) aren’t similar skewed by the . . . . Continue Reading »

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