16 Jul The Latest – July 2021
It has been a while since we sent something and I just wanted to give up an update on some things I have been up to as of late....
03 Sep Should You Send Your Kids to College?
I was interviewed by the Epoch Times on the chapter in my book, Crisis of Responsibility, that deals with the failure of higher education....
20 Dec My Appearance On The Dennis Prager Show
Dennis and I talked about the causes of the 2008 financial crisis and Crisis of Responsibility. You can hear the interview at the Crisis of Responsibility Website [http://crisisofresponsibility.com/david-bahnsen-appears-on-the-dennis-prager-show-december-20-2018/]...
05 Jun The Faith of Christopher Hitchens, by Larry Alex Taunton, reviewed
My dear friend, Brian Mattson, a Christian apologist and thinker in is own right, alerted me some time back to a book he had received a preview copy of that deeply impacted him. When my group of inner circle friends shares a book recommendation with...
14 Apr My Speech in Defense of Free Enterprise
I delivered this speech on Thursday evening, March 3, at an event we did in Newport Beach with Father Robert Sirico of the Acton Institute. I previously posted the video link of my speech, but recognizing some may prefer the written word, wanted to provide...
24 May A Farewell to Mad Men
If Mad Men wasn't the greatest show in the history of television (geez I loved The Sopranos and Breaking Bad), it certainly was the greatest "business" show in television history, but really that doesn't come close to covering it. What Mad Men was can best...
02 Mar Tim Keller: My Intro and Some Thoughts
Because my church in Newport Beach, St. Andrews Presbyterian, is committed to the growth of the believer's mind as well as their heart, we have frequently brought in guest speakers over the years to accomplish just that: Spiritual stimulation that involves the whole of the...
06 Apr Some Musings on Upper Middle Class Guilt Manipulating Pietism
There are few things in the world that annoy me more than upper middle class pastors living an upper middle class lifestyle in an upper middle class home within an upper middle class community who moralize over the evils of an upper middle class existence....
25 Aug What do you think of John Piper and John MacArthur?
A friend of mine privately emailed me that given my "outspoken Calvinism" he wanted to know what I thought of John MacArthur and John Piper. I thought my response may make for a fun blog. ***** I like both but am not over the top on...
17 Feb Alexander Hamilton and Greg Bahnsen
A month or so back I read Thomas McCraw's very informative work, The Founders and Finance. The book essentially paints a picture of the early developments in American finance, particularly as directed by three immigrants (Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, and Albert Gallatin). Because...
