Category: Brad Littlejohn

In essentials, gravity. In nonessentials, levity. In all things, charity.

On Naming the World: A Protestant Vision for Training in Wisdom

Brad Littlejohn — August 4, 2022

On Naming the World: A Protestant Vision for Training in Wisdom

We educate, above all, by equipping each new generation to name the world rightly.

Beyond Order: A Review

Brad Littlejohn — July 20, 2022

Beyond Order: A Review

In a world of Chaos, Peterson speaks wisdom into the whirlwind.

So Natural is the Union of Religion with Justice: Blogging through Hooker’s Laws, Book V

Brad Littlejohn — March 9, 2022

So Natural is the Union of Religion with Justice: Blogging through Hooker’s Laws, Book V

So I know I’ve been absolutely terrible about contributing to this blog, but I am at last ready to start making up for lost time by using this blog, at…

The Pandora Papers and the Problem of Tax Havens

Brad Littlejohn — October 26, 2021

The Pandora Papers and the Problem of Tax Havens

Earlier this month, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a bombshell: 11.9 million confidential documents revealing tens of trillions of dollars in shady financial dealings by over 400…

The Tyranny of “They Say”

Brad Littlejohn — October 6, 2021

The Tyranny of “They Say”

“‘They say,’ is the monarch of this country, in a social sense. No one asks ‘who says it,’ so long as it is believed that ‘they say it.’ Designing men endeavor to persuade the publick, that already ‘they say,’ what these designing men wish to be said, and the publick is only too much disposed blindly to join in the cry of ‘they say.’” (233)

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and the Paradox of Politics

Brad Littlejohn — September 20, 2021

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and the Paradox of Politics

A couple of weeks ago, President Biden announced that he was at last going to put the massive and seemingly unlimited powers of the federal bureaucracy to work in a…

What I’ve Been Writing

Brad Littlejohn — August 30, 2021

What I’ve Been Writing

Over the past eighteen months, I have been blessed to be free to pursue the vocation of a writer as very few are ever so blessed. However, since I’ve been…

Giving Voice to the Voiceless Creation

Brad Littlejohn — August 25, 2021

Giving Voice to the Voiceless Creation

Last week, I was honored by the opportunity to address the students, parents, and faculty of Greyfriars Classical School in Matthews, NC for the Convocation to mark the start of…

Brad Littlejohn — August 3, 2021

The Ethics of Masking in an Unending Pandemic

After a brief summer of freedom, the United States is reeling under a fresh assault of coronavirus, the India-bred Delta variant having proved more than infectious enough to overtop our…

“The Most Biblicist National Culture in the World”

Brad Littlejohn — July 13, 2021

“The Most Biblicist National Culture in the World”

A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of Sam Goldman’s very stimulating new book, After Nationalism. In the book, Goldman narrates three different conceptions of American national identity: the…