Proto-Protestantism

A Quote From Hedges Let me be clear once again. I'm not really concerned for the United States. I pray for the peace of Babylon. I liv...

American Amnesia and the Greatest Threat My disagreement with him really struck a chord. I think he wanted to hand me the booklet, tell ...

The Iraq War "Were you in the military?" he asked. "Unfortunately," I replied. "What branch?" ...

Gospel Gimmicks So here I am with this poor man who lost his son and is now trying to share his story but has jumbled it all together into...

A bereaved father, and a gospel tract loaded with perversions of the Truth I'm not fond of fabric stores. What can I say? As a male I...

(final segment) Revolutionary thought can justify not only violence but crime...because crime (like murder or not paying your taxes) is ...

Consistent Application of Sacralist Law and Morality can only lead to one thing... If something is morally right, and we believe it to be...

Part 5- The Inevitable Road to Violence and Revolution -My apologies. This conclusion comes weeks late. I'm trying to tidy up some lo...

In addition to Charles Colson's amazing shift regarding Evangelical attitudes toward Rome, there has also been a colossal shift regardin...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/14/us-usa-campaign-evangelicals-idUSTRE80D0OF20120114 I already alluded to this in another recent...

http://www.breakpoint.org/bpcommentaries/entry/13/18531 My wife picked up on this the other day. I really have no deliberate plan to pi...

Some time ago I was in a discussion on another site and made this comment: Like I said I'm uncomfortable with these laws being employ...

In the end, the presence of the middle class brings its own problems. For the Church, at least in the United States it has been disastrous. ...

On another perhaps more practical level, one might engage in a discussion regarding the middle class. A society lacking this contains a lar...

Granted in some ways Georgian or Victorian society would have been nicer to live in than today's pajama wearing in public, body pierced ...

As Christians we've been taught to loathe multi-culturalism. Rather we should be all for such pluralistic understandings of society. D...

Unity, the essence of Sacralism Sadly, Britain has not abandoned the Sacral model, instead largely substituting a Secular Sacralism...o...

So what can make a society turn around? Lots of things I'm sure, but one thing I've noticed or observed as I read history is this....

David Cameron has suggested Britain needs to return to its Christian foundations . What do we do with a statement like this? I know most C...

The Blessing of Communion If it's a blessing, is it desirable or even prudent to neglect it? Is frequent or regular Communion supe...

How Christmas overrides the Scriptural way of corporately celebrating and recognizing the Incarnation. So, why don't you celebrate t...

Of course if I accepted the premise of Christmas I would go much further and celebrate all 12 days of Christmas ending on 6 January with Epi...

What of the other symbols of Sacralism the Evangelicals fight for...the Pledge of Allegiance, the motto on our currency, Scripture quotati...

In recent days I've heard what I consider a somewhat odd argument in the American Evangelical Christmas wars. It's funny you can a...

*updated 24 December (evening) Francis Nigel Lee has died. Most have probably not heard of him. He was something of a pariah even in Refor...

The final installment of this so far less than popular series dealing with CrossTalk in particular and Christian radio in general. If I...

Since it is the season I thought for now I would provide links to some of last year's posts dealing with the salient topic of the hour. ...

I find this story to be beyond outrageous. It is both shameful and sad, but is also an opportunity. I continually talk about the effects o...

This same kind of fear-mongering has been going on since the beginning. I first noticed it when Clinton won the presidency. At the time I ...

Hurry, don't miss your chance to get this and be part of restoring the Church to its true purpose. I am excited. Just follow the link ...

A few comments on the effects of Sacralism on the Church with regard to politics, morality, social narrative, race, and authority I’ve been...

Adding to the confusion…. In the last post I talked about how those on the Right, especially in Christian circles are guilty of misusin...

Aka Christo-American Radio -Some reflections on an episode that demand comment I know there are some readers at this site who listen ...

Taking up the sword of the Spirit, which is Civil Litigation. There was another story on the programme regarding a woman who was attendi...

It sure isn't the God of the Bible. Maybe it's the giant idol in New York harbour? Actually it's pretty clear what America worsh...