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Articles by Jake Dell
Who Are These?
All Saints’ Day Psalm 34:1-10, 22; Revelation 7; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 You can download the sermon listening guide here. I. Today is All Saints’ Day. Last night was All Hallows’ Eve, or Halloween, which, by inversion, has become anything but hallowed. That we are gathered to commemorate All Saints’ Day settles a common question among Christians today: should we celebrate Halloween? The answer is yes, but not as our heathen neighbors do.
A Guide For The CT GOP: How NOT To Offend God And Lose The Christian Vote
Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter, YouTube By Rev. Jake Dell Dear Connecticut Republican Leaders and Candidates: The past 48 hours exposed a painful truth: too many in the Connecticut GOP appease the cultural commissars rather than honor the God who raises up and tears down nations. A young candidate quoted Scripture, colonial law, and common sense on protecting families from what the Bible calls abomination—yet the party stampeded to discard him.
A Response To Rev. Goodwin: Who's Really Steeplejacking?
Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter Conference Minister Darrell L. Goodwin’s June 30, 2025, op-ed, “Steeplejacking Attempts on the Rise,” published on the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ website, is a revealing exercise in projection, fearmongering, tone-policing, and hypocrisy.
Protestantism Is Dead! Long Live Protestantism!
The progressive left is happy for American Christianity to be privatized. They are more than happy to subsidize the evangelicals’ tax-exempt irrelevance. It is the denominations they fear. That is why they have captured the major ones and are frustrated that the SBC still eludes them. To my friends in the SBC, I say: do not give the left what it wants. Brad East asks us to “imagine a world without Protestantism” in a recent First Things article.
Brad East asks us to “imagine a world without Protestantism” in a recent First Things article. By this, he means the via media between Romanism and the radical Anabaptists. This was—and still is—called the magisterial Reformation, an attempt to reform (and by that, the reformers meant they wanted to conserve) the Church catholic. The magisterial Reformation was institutional, conservative, and Erastian. It was also deeply at odds with America’s frontier spirit, according to East.
The Conflict Averse Church
I rediscovered J. Gresham Machen after a period of profound personal and spiritual upheaval. As a former priest in the Episcopal Church, I had spent years navigating the delicate balance of preaching what I believed to be biblical truth while avoiding the sharp edges of controversy. Then I got involved with Redeemed Zoomer’s Operation Reconquista. I tried to help his nascent online movement get an institutional toehold in the real-life Episcopal Church.
A Pro-Tariff Pastor
You’re sorry your 401(k) is down. I’m sorry you’re sorry. Here’s why it has to happen. Your 401(k) was never real money anyway, never real profits. Stocks have been inflated for decades because there was no alternative. William Devane and all those guys on Fox selling gold and silver were right. So were Ron Paul and Gary North. Trump has been talking tariffs and reshoring for much of his public life. This was always his plan.
America’s “zombie” Protestant denominations and the coming land grab
Here is the church, here is the steeple, open it up, where are the people? Church properties across the country are up for grabs as more and more congregations close for good. Two bills, one in California, the other in New York, offer a glimpse at how these properties might be repurposed — at the expense of — and often against the wishes of the communities these local churches once served faithfully. Governor Gavin Newson of California in 2023.
America’s “Zombie” Protestant Denominations and the Coming Land Grab | Jake Dell
Here is the church, here is the steeple, open it up, where are the people? Church properties across the country are up for grabs as more and more congregations close for good. Two bills, one in California, the other in New York, offer a glimpse at how these properties might be repurposed — at the expense of — and often against the wishes of the communities these local churches once served faithfully. Governor Gavin Newson of California in 2023.
Nationalized Cathedral | Jake Dell
Congress chartered the National Cathedral. After Bishop Marianne Budde’s blatant politicization of the National Day of Prayer on Tuesday, Congress should revoke that charter. Bishop Budde used her congressionally chartered pulpit to bully the president on transgenderism and illegal immigration. The bishop should know better. The first perverts God’s law, and the second the law of nations. But that would be asking too much.
The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated Guide to the Chosen Food
The past fifteen years have been a boon for cookbooks, memoirs, and histories about Ashkenazi Jewish food whose pages may as well be dripping in the schmaltz and pickle juice they describe.
Kibbitz and Nosh: When We All Met at Dubrow's Cafeteria
By – May 15, 2023 For New Yorkers of a certain age, Kibbitz & Nosh will kindle warm memories. Leafing through Marcia Bricker Halperin’s photographs immediately recalls picking up your tray, proceeding to the line, and, often with much difficulty, selecting your meal from a dizzying array of choices.
Is “Reconquista” a Good Strategy for the Mainline Churches?
Reconquista, or, reconquest, is a fraught term. Historically, it refers to the seven centuries of military campaigns to expel Arab Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula. With the steady recapture of land, also came efforts at Christian repopulation. The Reconquista ended in 1492, a fateful year, which also saw Columbus’s discovery of the New World, and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.
Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen
Sound the alarm! The corner delicatessen is in danger! Help! In Save the Deli, David Sax has written an entertaining call to arms. This gustatory travelogue is part polemic, part portrayal of cardiacstressing food preparation, part exercise in nostalgia, and part sociological treatise, but it is all a loving celebration of uniquely Jewish food. Sax fresses his way around the world while offering an historical perspective.
Eater's Fall 2013 Cookbook and Food Book Preview
[Illustration: Eric Lebofsky] Welcome to the Eater Fall Cookbook and Food Book Preview. Here you will find Fall releases (September 1 to December 31) that are about, written by, or could be useful to chefs/restaurants. Also, per reader request, you'll find more non-American books than in previous lists; you can find the international section of the list here. Below, the onslaught of American books. As previously noted, this is one hell of a year for chef and restaurant cookbooks.
Eating Delancey: A Love Letter to Jewish Food and Its Iconic New York Bastions
If it is true that we are what we eat and that telling stories is what makes us human, then at the intersection of these two adages lies an immutable truth about the stories we tell about the food we eat. That is why the greatest books of all time are full of memorable meals, why we find food so sensual, and why the best cookbooks tell the stories of their time and place.
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