Proto-Protestantism

Here's the latest column from Cal Thomas.

A quick 5 minute listen.......... http://www.theworld.org/2011/04/evangelical-role-in-sudan/ But a disappointing one I'm afraid.

Doesn't the recent UN action in Ivory Coast show the UN is in fact a growing global power?

Though often viewed as a rising threat it must be remembered that about a century ago, the Ottoman Empire was on its knees, the Persians wer...

*Updated 11 April 1900EST Like it or not, one has to admit Roger Ailes the architect of FOX news, Rupert Murdoch its owner, and Republican...

A common historical and geo-political error is to view cultures or movements in monolithic categories or terms. By oversimplifying there is ...

Been very busy as of late. God willing more articles will be finished soon. I've got several in the works, but not enough hours in the d...

One hundred and twenty five years ago today, on April 1 1886,  Arthur Pink was born in Nottingham England. Growing up in the late Victorian...

Here's a worthwhile read from Paul Roberts . Speaking of hypocrisy, add the hypocrisy of the Christian Right...cheerleaders for war wh...

It would seem in truth some of the last remnants of Old England are being swept away. The England that endured the Blitz seems a distant dre...

I would imagine some have grown weary of my critiques of Colson. I can’t help it. He amazes me. I’m not going to spend a great deal of time ...

The author of this post has been receiving quite a bit of attention. To many his argument deals a mighty blow to the advocates of Two Kingdo...

This is exactly the point I made in my earlier post in reference to the Clintonian Wars of the 1990's.  You can't have it both ways,...

I think Rockwell does a decent job in assessing the Libya situation. I like best his statement: Is it possible to both oppose Gaddafi and ...

So now we’ll have to wait and see what happens. During the Bosnian War, Russia was down on her knees and dared not oppose the UN resolution ...

 I’m used to disagreeing with Chuck Colson, but today really shocked me. I’ve long believed that many Evangelicals are in fact Deists, that ...

This is a good quote which demonstrates why Dutch Reformed Theology can sound so good and convincing, but at the same time can be so mistake...

or Why I'm thankful for the First Ammendment to the United States Constitution. The people of Westboro Baptist Church are thoroughly d...

Today someone told me that a family friend who had a difficult delivery and a premature baby was being sent home from the hospital early...w...

I heard this sad and outrageous interview today. It reminds me of several I've heard in the past. It just goes to show that unbeliever...

I’ve run into some recent critiques of Two Kingdom Theology that I’ll be interacting with over the next few days. Here’s the first. I’ve lin...

I'm not sure yet how the whole Libya affair will fall out, but yesterday I was thinking about all of the Christians who are so afraid of...

With regard to the Age of Accountability, not only is it absent from Scripture but it raises a couple of points to consider.

I have been in the process of trying to clean up some of the older posts. Back in June and July I laid out some of my initial ideas. I expla...

Here's an article worth looking at. US neo-cons urge Libya intervention - Features - Al Jazeera English Many Americans grow frustrat...

In light of my recent post regarding Egypt and the comments made from the pulpit, I though this Roberts piece to be appropriate. Why does he...

With regard to this whole concept of Means..... What about the Proto-Protestants? What about the Church Fathers? For me all of this came...

For some this discussion of Means will seem strange. Many who are interested in the non-institutional or as some would put it the tradition ...

Paul speaks of Circumcision in Colossians 2.11 and then of Baptism in verse 12. The ideas are related. The physicals signs differ but the cu...

God willing this will be the first of several posts in which I try to interact with present ecclesiastical understandings and discuss what I...

Sorry for the lack of posts in recent days. Work and other things have kept me occupied. In addition to writing new pieces I have been going...

I received the following email the other day. I decided to post it and interact with it publicly. I receive a lot of emails, some are from q...

Continuing this line thought, this article is rather interesting…. Here you have Chinese Christians that want the American Government to p...

During the Lebanese Civil War back in the 1980's I can remember very clearly that when the Maronite Christians were mentioned in the new...

A couple of additional comments.... In Acts we do see Paul making use of the Roman authorities. He's not afraid to appeal to his citiz...