Proto-Protestantism

In terms of philosophical analogy, the Biblicism being advocated here is akin to the Correspondence Theory of Truth - the Logos-Scriptures b...

To some extent the rise of Dispensationalism in the early 20th century can be understood as an expression of this same reaction-to-liberalis...

This sphere of discussion is both delicate and frustrating as these well-meaning folks are (in some respects) upholding Scripture and yet pu...

We must also mention the somewhat unusual structuring of Lutheran conceptions of Sola Scriptura - something a lot of people are unaware of. ...

Author Brian Godawa appeared on my radar back in the early 2000's when Christian publications called attention to his participation in t...

https://reformedforum.org/vos-and-neo-calvinism-rethinking-a-transatlantic-identity/ Bucey provides some helpful analysis regarding this ra...

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/12/has-hitler-won-on-the-left Carl Trueman of Grove City College laments the moral decline...

For as 'woke' as the environment supposedly is – he's been appalled at the Establishment-friendly narratives (that while sometim...

After having stated on repeated occasions that I don't believe Christians should send their children to public school, how can I justify...

Having recently finished Gerard Russell's Heirs of Forgotten Kingdoms (Basic Books, 2014) I found myself once again irritated and put o...

After many years I finally found the time to read Norman Cohn's The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical A...

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/11/the-history-of-national-flags-in-churches The debate over flags in the Church is riddle...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (I) The study of Church History is one dominate...

The ancient Greek myth regarding Philemon and Baucis tells the story of an impoverished couple visited by Zeus and Hermes in the guise of ...

While I would love to recommend Heiser's works to family and friends, I cannot do so in good conscience. I know some would benefit fro...

For me the tragedy is that Protestant Scholasticism created a theological paradigm that had little room for spiritual duality and tension....

I first started thinking about the Divine Council many years ago when reading the works of Meredith Kline. In particular his 2001 commenta...

In the wake of RC Sproul's death there have been a host of tributes written on his behalf. Recently I encountered an article praising S...

The question of Final Salvation is further clouded by what could be described as Today's Calvinism and the metanarratives it has attach...

If you've never been to Princeton, New Jersey I highly recommend it. It's a fascinating place filled with history and character. Th...