Part I is here: http://bereansatthegate.com/churchill-on-collectivism-and-the-limits-of-politics-part-i/   Winston Churchill was an outspoken critic of Communism as well as the milder Socialism that was a political force in Britain. He understood the difficulties presented by human nature for these political doctrines in a non-academic, wonderfully common sense way: human nature being what it is, Communism and Socialism are […]

We have a new video blog up on the website. In it, the Bereans discuss President Trump’s first veto as well as Beto O’Rourke’s presidential aspirations. Pondering a question on politics, culture, the Christian life, or really any topic? Submit it to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com! Your question may feature in Matt’s Marvelous Monday Mailbag.

A 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle only achieves verisimilitude when it is complete and from a distance. When a piece falls out of place, or you creep close enough for the lines to emerge, the illusion fades. What was an idyllic meadow, or famed work of art, is now a jagged approximation. The political system works […]

Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com.   I was talking with a friend this week about Star Wars, and we came to the obvious conclusion that John Williams’s music is […]

The Weekly Sage hopes to regularly bring brief profiles of key contributors to thought and faith before a Christian audience for historical education and awareness of valuable resources. Irving Fisher “We have seen that all wealth and property imply prospective services or ‘desirable events.’ It is the desirability of these future expected services which gives […]

The Bullington Diatribe Chronicles will run occasionally for the amusement of some, the facepalming of many others, and the inconvenience of all. The following is satire….obviously. Oregon made the headlines last week by becoming the first state in the union to impose statewide rent control, enacting another bucket list item on the progressive agenda. Governor […]

Winston Churchill was an outspoken opponent of Russian Communism from the beginning, not only because he saw it as a threat to the British Empire, although that was true, but because he perceived that its principles were inimical to healthy human society. In 1920, for example, he wrote an article for the Illustrated Sunday Herald […]

Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com.   Well, the good news for the mailbag is that I’m beginning to get nudges throughout the week asking me about when the mailbag […]

The Weekly Sage hopes to regularly bring brief profiles of key contributors to thought and faith before a Christian audience for historical education and awareness of valuable resources. William James “It is not difficult to notice a curious unrest in the philosophic atmosphere of the time, a loosening of old landmarks, a softening of oppositions, […]

Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com.   Not to flatter any of you, but y’all ask some mighty fine questions on a regular basis. Take a second to pat yourselves […]