Matthew Schmitz

My favorite songs that weren’t released in 2014, but that I first heard—or got into—this year. Continue Reading »

Should we stress or suppress what makes us distinctive? Continue Reading »

I am inclined to blame pacifism for our embrace of torture Continue Reading »

A translation for the Twitter age. Continue Reading »

What explains the new enthusiasm for cultural difference? Continue Reading »

Why don’t we turn our ears to Africa—and this time really listen. Continue Reading »

Defenders of offensive remarks left with little ground to stand on. . . . Continue Reading »

Or the Mideast Christians Continue Reading »

I was recently accused of (actually, praised for, but it seemed to me an accusation) supporting “marriage equality”—a slogan that indicates whoever uses it fails to understand either of the terms it combines. The occasion for this slander was, rather ironically, a piece I had written rejecting calls for gay marriage. The piece was misread, I think, because I had positive things to say about gay people and about the love present in countless gay relationships. Apparently this fact was significant enough that there was no need to attend to my actual conclusion. Continue Reading »

Evangelicals are changing their minds on gay marriage. So argues the Log Cabin Republicans’ David Lampo in a recent op-ed in the Daily Caller. In defense of his thesis, Lampo trots out the examples of two prominent evolved evangelicals: David Blankenhorn and yours truly. There are two problems here: Blankenhorn is not an Evangelical and I have not changed my mind on gay marriage. If David and I are the two best examples of an evangelical evolution, it ain’t happening. Continue Reading »