Proto-Protestantism

Fred Reed critiques the latest statements from Rick Perry, the Evangelical, John Hagee supporting, governor of Texas. Perry in all sinceri...

Take it or leave it. Either way, we're free from the bondage of keeping days..... Some thoughts on the fourth Thursday in November........

Here's a link of interest. This is thoughtful article tying in the rise of the Right in both Europe and America to events in the not so ...

For those who like to listen to podcasts.... Below you will find a link to a recent and worthwhile episode over at Christ the Center. The ...

Since I've probably upset and irritated more than a few as of late, I thought it a good time to answer the following email...... Why a...

This was posted by L. Vance at the LewRockwell Blog . Interesting quote. Sometimes that's what it takes to open someone's eyes. Than...

I'm not setting out to deliberately offend people, but a few thoughts. First, can you even imagine the early Church placing Roman stan...

SB 1070, the Arizona Immigration Law on NPR's Talk of the Nation... This was an interesting radio programme that aired a couple of day...

Sorry there haven't been many posts as of late. Life has overtaken me. There's been some family issues, work, and other things that ...

Yesterday I was listening to the local Constantinian radio station and I grew quickly bored with the repeated urges and then commands to go ...

A discussion regarding Halloween.

Answering Questions#6 -The nature of Power and how it presents itself to the world In light of all the discussion regarding media and info...

Just some follow-up on the NPR controversy.

Since we've been talking about power and its effects and the dangers it poses for the followers of Christ, I thought I would take second...

First I apologize to the international readers. Several of the recent posts, including this one, have concerned items almost exclusively wit...

Since we find Chechnya once again in the news, I thought I would post this Margolis piece from April. While Chechnya has nothing to do wit...

or Lies in the cause of Constantinianism Sharron Angle has been running numerous political ads which can only be described as dishonest...

Once again Eric Margolis has produced an interesting commentary. This time it concerns the latest news out of the United Kingdom concerning ...

or Truths so plain, only an apostate idolater could fail to see them. Another excellent piece by Paul C. Roberts . Again I ask, why does t...

Getting some great questions...keep them coming. Isn't Sola Scriptura anachronistic when placed in a medieval context? The people wer...

Who were the Protoprotestants? Could you explain Sacralism a bit more? Is there a difference between Sacralism and Constantinianism?

I've detected a little bit of confusion regarding my use of the term Romanticism so I thought I would take a minute and try to clarify w...

How important was the issue of Sacralism to the Anabaptists? The Church that had allowed itself to become identified with the State was to...

or Getting it right: Non-Sacralist Public Discourse On more than one occasion I've spoken ill of Albert Mohler, not for the soteriolo...

Comments and a link regarding the Sacralist judge in Mississippi...

The American Empire: An Unholy Alliance between Church and State by Lee Shelton This is a brief but helpful piece touching on several poin...

or A Replacement Concept to be rejected Many who attack the notion of Replacement theology, that is the idea that the Church has inhe...

This is important, so I wish to re-emphasize… In John 6 we read they tried to come and make him King by force, but he rejected this and sl...

Here's a link to some news reports regarding the troubles in Ecuador. and another paragraph on Wikipedia with some additional links . ...

or Rights and wrongs in the relationship between the Old and New Covenants and how we define The People of God In this 3-part series I...

A further comment concerning Colson. I remember just recently listening to Jim Daly of Focus on the Family praise Colson as a modern day P...

Just astonishing. After years of defending the Bush administration, its wars, its renditions and tortures, suddenly we have Evangelical le...

Here's an exchange I had with a cyber-friend. Though brief, I thought we touched on some interesting topics and wanted to share the conv...

No surprise, but the United States is once again employing Death Squads to do its work . This time instead of Central America and Vietnam, i...

Periodically, I receive questions via email and sometimes they are of a nature beneficial to the general audience. So I'm starting an on...