Proto-Protestantism

Practically speaking a Restorationist mindset means frustration with the state of things and many difficulties in relating with other C...

Once again I offer the following to consider during this time of....whatever it is that's happening right now. It's interesting th...

I saw something this morning that drove me to sit down and write this even if it meant being late for work. It started with a podcast a...

I'm including a link to Part 5 because I noticed many seem ed to m iss it in the flurry of sub sequent and unrelated posts. Thus fa...

For those who haven't read it yet or for those who are interested, here's a link to my 2010 article on Thanksgiving . As is usuall...

A friend in Turkey recently wrote to me regarding a Christian man who is in a difficult situation. Many countries have conscription and...

Another interesting link and a comment I posted with some information some might find to be helpful. Some other worthy commentators also co...

Here are some comments I put up at Green Baggins, a Reformed website. They will interest some readers. But for context you'll need to ...

Here's a link to a 2010 Veteran's Day post. Sorry about the spacing on the Vance piece. I didn't go through and fix that. The ...

The Church of Christ represents one aspect of Restorationism that I at least in principle would seek to emulate... a commitment to Bibl...

Every year at this time I post the following link. I'm afraid for those of us in the Eastern United States, this year's Halloween wi...

The Stone-Campbell Movement, Biblicism, and the example of musical instruments . What does this Restorationism I propose look like? Usu...

I recently heard a Reformed podcast in which the host and guest caricatured the whole idea of returning to the first century. Look at all...

Some of this distaste for Restoration is also related to ideas of 'progress' and Primitivism (or Restoration) is by nature regressi...

You're ideas while interesting seem to lead toward some sort of Restorationism. Your ideas concerning theology and church history...

These posts have generated some offsite discussion. I've been posting some of these exchanges. This is a continuation of the discus...

Continuing this discussion, a friend and I have been interacting via email. With all argument you tend to have to keep peeling back lay...

This is kind of a strange lead-in, but my friend and I were discussing one of my favourite movies. ‘The Last Valley’ came out in 1971 and ...

The role of reason and logic in the realm of metaphysics....

** These discussions will not interest most readers. They will seem perplexing, pedantic, if not arcane and impractical. In the end wha...

A few comments regarding the ‘Dishonorable Disclosures’ film….  

Sacralist minded American Evangelicals have long hoped for some form of synthesis between Church and State. While they generally eschew ...

While Bradley Manning certainly committed treason in releasing the diplomatic cables made famous by Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks website, ...

This is the final segment of this discussion on marriage the state and the related issues concerning sexuality and behaviour. It may see...

One, the final part of the Gay Marriage series is basically done. I hope to post it sometime Saturday. Thank you for the recent comments. ...

Marriage for the unbeliever is like all things....ultimately sinful. It's part of what condemns them. The little bits of relationship, l...

The Israelite Theocracy presented a multi-faceted picture of Adam (the Hebrews) in the Garden (the land of milk and honey) as well as a p...

At this point Proverbs 14.34 is usually invoked to contradict what I’ve said…. Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach ...

To answer my first question: For the unbelievers among us, what purpose does marriage serve?

There were some Christians in the 1600's...early Congregationalists who refused to perform marriages. [i] These elders said the Bibl...

I have several more articles just about ready to go, but tonight I wanted to comment on three things.

There are others who have made America into an idol and created a myth-narrative to go with it. Essentially the United States has become t...

I've received a couple of questions regarding this matter and basically I can sum up the questions in this way... Why are so many Ev...

  Since these comment threads are so long, I'm just putting them up as posts. The comment module will only take about a page at a time...