Faith, Law, and the Free Society
This is where I think out loud about the things that matter most — how faith shapes public life, what the law demands of us, and why community is worth the work.
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Everything you need to know about the Army's Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course at the JAG School in Charlottesville: schedule, curriculum, daily life, and a week-by-week firsthand account.
What is the first sale doctrine? Learn how 17 USC § 109 limits copyright holders' distribution rights and protects your right to resell books, CDs, and other lawfully acquired copies.
Is Yale Divinity School worth the cost, time, and challenge? An M.Div. graduate evaluates the academics, community, career outcomes, and spiritual formation at YDS.
Thoughtful writing at the intersection of faith, public service, and constitutional principles.
A curated introduction to the ideas and themes I explore most.
Discover the Church of the East—one of Christianity's three ancient apostolic branches, stretching from Mesopotamia to China. Explore its apostolic origins, the Christological controversy of 431, its extraordinary missionary expansion, and its enduring witness today.
Everything you need to know about JASOC—the Air Force Judge Advocate Staff Officer Course at Maxwell AFB. Schedule, curriculum, and firsthand tips from a former JAG officer.
What is a patent? Learn how U.S. patent law protects inventions, the three types of patents, and the requirements for obtaining patent protection.
Governor Sanders was asked to leave a Little Rock restaurant. This essay examines what the Croissanterie incident reveals about political hatred, tolerance, and the slow death of civic life in America.
Discover the Church of the East—one of Christianity's three ancient apostolic branches, stretching from Mesopotamia to China. Explore its apostolic origins, the Christological controversy of 431, its extraordinary missionary expansion, and its enduring witness today.
Explore Donatism, the fourth-century heresy that refused the Church's sacraments because its ministers were sinners. Examine Augustine's response, the doctrine of ex opere operato, and how Donatism resurfaces today in fundamentalism and rigorism.
A comprehensive guide to infallible ex cathedra papal teaching. Explains Vatican I's conditions, examines the two universally agreed statements (Immaculate Conception and Bodily Assumption), and clarifies which other claims are disputed.
A balanced Catholic assessment of Martin Luther: honest acknowledgment of medieval abuses he rightly condemned, examination of his theological claims, and rigorous critique of his solutions and later works.
Did Jephthah sacrifice his daughter? A Catholic reading of Judges 11 with Augustine, Aquinas, the Fathers, the Catechism, and the full exegetical tradition.
How Peter Abelard's relational theory of the atonement reveals both the power and limits of subjective redemption. Explore the medieval scholastic synthesis of objective and subjective atonement in Catholic theology.
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