Proto-Protestantism

I'm still here....though I haven't been online much lately. Thanks for the recent comments and handful of emails. God willing I...

Here's an interesting blog post with accompanying links. Some of you will be aware of the controversy surrounding Goshen College in In...

And a general exhortation regarding Africa past and present. For those who might be somewhere near Ohio on 12 June, there’s a worthwhile e...

I’ve remarked before how American Evangelicalism is increasingly embracing the Liturgical Calendar with Lent (not to mention Passover) and o...

While Paul certainly exhorts us to eschew the wisdom of the world, what exactly does that mean? It can mean a lot of different things, but p...

 This also brings us to what is often called the Law/Gospel hermeneutic. As we've discussed, there are several dynamics at work in how t...

Thus far I have been in agreement with the Vosian crowd rejection of the Federal Vision understanding of Redemptive-History. But at this poi...

Anyone reading this series may think that Obama's speech on 19 May has negated what I've said here regarding Israel. Howse argues th...

I wish to touch on a few more issues. This series is not very popular. It's not being read by a lot of folks. Either people already deci...

I've mentioned this before but there's a scene in Fiddler on the Roof that always makes me chuckle.

Pardon the somewhat bitter tone…….. Some are apparently surprised by this, but I'm not. Apparently John Ashcroft, the Evangelical and ...

Theonomist Bret McAtee's (IronInk) recent article, another critique of Two Kingdom theology provides a good opportunity to demonstrate w...

updated 5 Oct 2011- I removed a factual error I made regarding the Department of Education. It was started under Carter, not Reagan...but th...

1. Obama obviously wants to ride this Bin Laden Raid Wave as long as he can. His numbers are poor, he’s been humiliated, and this gives him ...

Here's a link to the text of a good sermon pertinent to the Hyper-Solafideism discussion. He does well in defining Saving Faith... avoi...

Howse: The second dangerous national tipping point that is inviting God's wrath is found in the book of Nahum. The prophet Nahum shows...

Now that I've probably lost or upset many by writing about Justification, I'm afraid I will probably only alienate more folks with t...

The Bible presents us with a strange dynamic, one that defies Aristotelian-like attempts at systemization. As with the Incarnation, we are p...

 The Scriptures clearly teach that Salvation is a free gift. We can do nothing to earn it. We are lost, alienated from God, cursed and deser...

For those unfamiliar with theological jargon, this article will delve into unfamiliar waters. As much as possible I'm trying to avoid us...

 *updated 15 May 2011 Despite President Obama's evident humiliation in having after two years in office to produce the long form of hi...

Emmanuel Goldstein. If you don't know what that refers to, then you definitely need to read George Orwell's 1984. Of the two major...

 We watched the Royal Wedding Friday morning. I'm not a great fan of the British Monarchy, but it was a historic moment, the anachronist...

Genesis 1-11, Old Testament Chronology and the Theological Implications Many Christians have been stymied and frustrated by modern scienti...

This link is quite interesting . Erdogan the Turkish Prime Minister demonstrates…. Turkey’s increasing self-confidence. Rejected by the...

  We read in Genesis 11 that the men who sought to build the Tower of Babel were trying to build a tower to reach heaven and to make a name ...

Our supposedly 'liberal' media refuses to report the real issue regarding America's financial situation...the one everyone refus...

Am I really this narrow and severe? Just a quick note, a final thought to wrap up the recent posts……I argue these points and I believe in ...

This could be seen as a part 3 to the Easter discussion, but this goes far beyond Easter. Interestingly not that many years ago, Protestan...

Regarding Comments: A few of you have expressed frustration at losing you comments in the vortex of cyberspace. I'm not sure what the ...

This was both interesting and refreshing. This is a short news clip from NPR covering Robert Redford's new movie 'The Conspirator...

Hilary Clinton was outraged at the possibility the Libyan government was using cluster bombs. This is despite the fact that the United St...

Here's a Christian guy that's trying to be reasonable . I don't agree with everything he says, nor do I endorse Ron Paul in any ...

As I said in the last post (#1) we can apply the concept of binding the conscience and legalism to a host of issues. What about the notion...

This is a connected supplemental discussion..... A few points on Apostolic Authority, Canon, and Text What if indeed John the Apostle we...