Paul Fine

Dec 12, 2024 | heidelblog.net | Paul Fine

IApproaching the one-thousand-year-old Oxford Castle and Prison from the east, at the corner of Castle St. and New Rd., the entire crosswalk is emblazoned with rainbow colors, indicating the Oxford city council’s solidarity with the local LGBTQ+ community. The juxtaposition of the ancient walls of the castle towering above the symbol of the sexual revolution is striking.

Nov 27, 2024 | heidelblog.net | Paul Fine

A few stalwart defenders of Reformed theology have coined the term “Glawspel” to refer to the confusion of the law with the gospel. This is pithy, helpful, and infinitely better than any clever invention of my own. The coiners of this term have also made helpful observations about the various factors and tendencies which lead to this confusion (neo-nomianism, Lordship Salvation, etc.).

Sep 24, 2024 | mereorthodoxy.com | Paul Fine

Among the various proponents of Christian nationalism in America, there is general agreement that the cultural Christianity of the Eisenhower era presents a model to which we should aspire (see here and here). The 1950s references to “under God” or “In God We Trust” are taken as evidence that America has always been a Christian nation. Until recently, the narrative goes, America recognized the “lordship of Christ,” and it is only fitting that we now openly reassert what has always been the case.

Sep 20, 2024 | goldjournal.net | Kevin Alter |Charles White |Paul Fine |Benjamin Ecklund

QUESTIONFifty-five-year-old male with a history significant for a superficial stab-wound without repair, diabetes mellitus, and recurrent UTIs is presented with abdominal pain and burping for 4 days. Exam revealed generalized abdominal tenderness and ventral hernia. Imaging showed 8-cm cystolithiasis, moderate bilateral hydronephrosis, and left staghorn renal calculus. A nasogastric tube was placed, however, he subsequently developed small bowel obstruction (Fig. 1).

Aug 29, 2024 | heidelblog.net | Paul Fine

In early July 2024, at the fourth annual National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C., Albert Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Doug Wilson, Pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, ID, met to discuss Christian nationalism in America.1 During a panel, the two agreed that the state should maximize its Christian commitments as a way of addressing the crisis of morality and meaning in American.