This message features a Chestertonian twist on the popular phrase “Out with the old, in with the new.” It is a reminder that, while it may at times be necessary to do away with old things and bring in new things, it is also necessary—perhaps more so—to examine the new in light of the old and to chuck those new things and new ideas that are incompatible with old ones, especially those new things and new ideas that claim to exist in opposition to what came before them.

This message is part of The Trad Store’s Chestertonian series, which features sayings by and in the spirit of the great journalist and apologist, G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936).