Wherefore wait? Maurice Baring
One day I heard a whisper: ‘Wherefore wait? Why linger in a separate porch? Why nurse the flicker of a severed torch? The fire is there, ablaze beyond the gate. Why tremble, foolish soul? Why hesitate? However faint the knock, it will be heard.’ I knocked, and...
Phillip Blond’s Red Toryism: A Canadian Vision Revived and Revised
Red Toryism is a Canadian political tradition that has been revived (with some alterations) in the UK by the Radical Orthodox scion, Philip Blond. To get a sense of the similarities and differences between the Canadian Red Tory Tradition and its recent British counterpart, compare Ron Dart’s article on the [Canadian] Red Tory tradition with the following variety of attempts to define Blond’s current revised vision
The Red Tory Tradition by Ron Dart
The language of Red Toryism became popular in the mid-1960s when Gad Howoritz suggested that George Grant was a Red Tory. The publication and immediate success of Grant’s, Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism (1965), made it abundantly clear that there were historic forms of conservatism in Canada that could not be equated with American republicanism.
Political Ressourcement: Anabaptist Inaccuracies, Radical Orthodoxy, Red Toryism and George Grant by Ron Dart
The Constantinian Fall Myth
There is a rather inaccurate and shallow read of Christian history that unfolds in this manner. Once upon a time there was the pure New Testament church that was faithful and true to the radical commitment to Jesus Christ. This period of time was short, and the fire did not burn bright and with much light for long. The 1st century soon gave way to the post-apostolic era, and in the 2nd-3rd centuries, the intensity and spirit of the martyrs gave way to assimilation, many compromises and a thinning out of the faith journey.
The Beatitudes by Brian Zahnd
People have asked for the “BZV” Beatitudes. So here they are. Blessed are those who are poor at being spiritual,For the kingdom of God is well-suited for ordinary people. Blessed are the depressed who mourn and grieve,For they create space to encounter comfort from...
A. James Reimer and Anabaptist Anarchism: A Prophet to His People by Ron Dart
A. James Reimer died August 28 2010. For those who have not studied with him or read any of his books, he was one of the finest Mennonite thinkers of the 20th century. We have lost two of the best this year with the passing of Clark...
J. I. Packer and N. T. Wright: Charting the Evangelical Way — by Ron Dart
I have always believed that scripture stands over all our traditions, including our evangelical traditions. N.T. Wright, Anglican Evangelical Identity: Yesterday and Today (p.11) I don’t think there can be any doubt that J.I. Packer (1926….)...
The Church as an Alternative Society by Brian Zahnd
Charisma Magazine asked me to write an op-ed addressing this question: Can Christians save the mess that is today’s American political scene? Better yet, should we? I was asked to represent the position that the church is an alternative society and...
Renovare and Ressourcement: Deep and Deeper — by Ron Dart
I did my Masters in Christian Studies (MCS) at Regent College from 1979-1981. I was a Teaching Assistant (TA) of Jim Houston, when at Regent, and we had many a lingering and searching discussion about the classics of the Christian contemplative tradition. Jim had...
Canada’s Caesar — by Brad Jersak
Canada’s Caesar is Tolerance
Which means convictions can be dangerous.
We are very tolerant of everyone but totally intolerant of the intolerant.
Which is to say, of Evangelicals …
who are often seen and experienced as intolerant,
who mistakenly believe they must take a stand against the evils of tolerance.
And our most powerful means of punishing the intolerant is contempt.