Notes from a Byzantine-Rite Calvinist

A friend recently informed me that the daily First Things newsletter for 27 January 2026 contains a reference to an article I wrote for the...

Several weeks ago I was interviewed by Jairo Mendoza for the Spanish-language Cápsulas de Teología podcast. The subject matter: Can Christia...

My Global Scholars Canada newsletter for January 2026 is now posted for your perusal. Included this month are a reflection on mentoring you...

My latest in Christian Courier :  Justice for Ukraine may rely on Canada and Europe . An excerpt: Next month marks four years since Russia’s...

“Being a Christian does not make you immune to the temptations of political ideologies.” Five years ago Jeff Fountain interviewed me on an ...

Christian Courier has just published my latest:  What Trump’s actions in Venezuela mean for Canada . An excerpt: In this second quarter of ...

Five years ago today many of us watched in disbelief as a mob of protesters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC, egged on by a Pr...

If one feature of my ongoing ministry can be said to give me the most joy, it is mentoring young people. I've been doing this in some fa...

I am not generally accustomed to showing readers what I received for Christmas, but my beloved wife gave me a fascinating book that is at on...

I have now posted my Global Scholars Canada newsletter for December 2025 . Included this month are an (almost) award for my latest book, an ...

I am pleased to report that my book, Citizenship Without Illusions , which has been out for just over a year, has been designated a finalist...

This past saturday, 29 November, an event was held to launch a new book:  The Intellectual Legacy of Herman Dooyeweerd (1894-1977): A Hopefu...

As I have done every year for the past few years, I was privileged last friday morning (afternoon London time) to speak with the latest grou...

One of the more significant studies in my discipline of political science is Robert Putnam's award-winning  Making Democracy Work: Civic...

In chapter 1 of Political Visions and Illusions , I call into question the use of left and right as labels for identifying people's poli...

My Global Scholars newsletter for 2025 is now posted. Included this month are my thoughts on a controversial billboard, two podcast intervi...

Last week's conversation on Christian Nationalism has now been posted online. Listen here:

The recent tragic death of Charlie Kirk, the young founder of Turning Point USA, prompted these thoughts from me: Social media stardom . An ...

Tomorrow I will be participating in an online symposium titled, " An Evangelical's Guide to American Christian Nationalism ," ...

Cateclesia Forum has just published my article: MAGA Kuyper? Why the Dutch Polymath Would Not Wear the Hat . An excerpt: If the American nat...

Last week Allan R. Bevere interviewed me on the subject of my latest book, Citizenship Without Illusions . The interview, which forms a par...

A recent controversy over a billboard here in Hamilton prompted me to pen this article: Stop censoring unpopular speech . An excerpt: [T]he ...

I have now posted my Global Scholars Canada newsletter for October 2025 . This includes recent travels within Canada and to the US, a respon...

Three months ago I posted on a topic that has now been published in somewhat modified form in another venue:  ICE and the rule of law . An e...

My latest column in Christian Courier describes my boyish fascination with astronomy. In the print edition the title is "So Many Stars...

Anthony Bradley has been a great supporter of my work over the years, regularly assigning my first book to his students at the late and lam...

This week Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would be recognizing a "State of Palestine." Carney, in this statement ...

I have now posted my Global Scholars Canada newsletter for September . Included are an especially warm and positive review of my latest book...

A new review of my latest book recently appeared in Christian Scholar's Review . This one comes from my esteemed Calvin University coll...

Yves R. Simon Bob Sweetman, emeritus professor at Toronto's Institute for Christian Studies, has just posted a brief essay worth readin...