Executive Director: @TheCRCD @firstliberty_ | Columnist: @WNGdotorg | Senior Research Fellow: @henry_institute

Dallas | DC | Grand Rapids
Joined August 2009
This week, we’ll be hosting a symposium on the legacy of the Declaration of Independence for our Journal of Religion, Culture, and Democracy at The Blake Center for Faith & Freedom.
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“A fire eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself.” —Salvor Hardin
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Robert Burns on Adam Smith and ‘Remorse’ bcscholar.substack.com/p/rob…
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Notre Dame Law's religious liberty clinic wrongly supports the ACLU's SCOTUS petition to keep the Ten Commandments off Texas classroom walls. It misreads the Religion Clauses. A poster compels no one. Attendance is required. Attention is not. My rebuttal: ncregister.com/commentaries/…
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Adam Smith said (according to Burke) that after first conversing “on subjects of political economy” that Burke was “the only man, who, without communication, thought on these topics exactly as he did.” thepublicdiscourse.com/2017/…
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The Spirituality and Innovation Field Guide helps ministry innovators integrate faith and innovation through 10 practical, inspiring pillars featuring Scripture, prayer, reflection, and tools for action. spiritualityandinnovation.co…
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I had a good time speaking with my friend Greg Forster of the Oikonomia Network about what we do at @firstliberty_ and @TheCRCD as well as my work with @erikwmatson on Christian political economy and the future of theological education. There's a lot packed into this 15 minute discussion! oikonomianetwork.org/2026/10…
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I had a good time speaking with my friend Greg Forster of the Oikonomia Network about what we do at @firstliberty_ and @TheCRCD as well as my work with @erikwmatson on Christian political economy and the future of theological education. There's a lot packed into this 15 minute discussion! oikonomianetwork.org/2026/10…
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Checking in on Woke 2.0...
“Schitt’s Creek” star Dan Levy is calling out Shane Gillis' #SNL monologue. "I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live national television. And to be perfectly honest, more men need to be standing up in opposition to it because it’s complacency that has created the environment in which women are sexually assaulted and it’s a ‘conversation’ as opposed to a ‘crime.'" variety.com/2026/tv/news/dan…
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Coming up next week @TheCRCD is hosting an event, "Securing the Divine Endowment: The Legacy of the Declaration of Independence in American Religion & Culture," at the Blake Center for Faith & Freedom in Connecticut featuring a series of public lectures from: @MDH_GFU @GregCollins111 @bradleybirzer More details here: crcd.net/jrcd-symposium/ @firstliberty_
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There's just a month until applications close for the D.C. Fellowship for Civic Renewal! Don't miss your chance to engage with the most pressing challenges in modern governance with conviction and prudence. Apply before November 13.  crcd.net/dc-fellowship-appli…
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What does it mean to write an honest history of our country? How does hope influence society & government? You're invited to the RWR this week with Josh Bowman's review of of Wilfred M. McClay’s Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. crcd.net/projects/reading-wh…
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"...that ideal equality about which they entertain pleasant dreams would be in reality the levelling down of all to a like condition of misery and degradation." bcscholar.substack.com/p/leo…
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Jordan J. Ballor retweeted
Baker Books is giving away FREE audiobook versions of my next book, "The Fatherhood Effect," (Nov. 17), when you pre-order a copy of the book. Link's in the replies.
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