Proto-Protestantism

Today, with the Culture Wars the emphasis is on continuity with the Middle Ages and the whole of Christendom. But even a generation ago ...

When did groups like the Waldensians emerge? Conventional histories point to Peter Waldo in the late 12 th century but older historians a...

It must be remembered that strictly speaking before the Enlightenment Protestantism on a social level was quite Liberal and Progressive. I...

The Bible itself provides us with an example of a meta-narrative. There's an overarching storyline from Genesis to Revelation regarding ...

For some trend watchers, this observation has already been recognized but I’m not sure how many Christians are aware of the argument or see...

Checks and Balances is a concept we all learned about in our high school civics class. This Separation of Powers was a key concept in the mi...

My father always said that America was a Bureaucratic Dictatorship. At the time I didn’t understand what he meant. In retrospect the observa...

David Jeremiah tried to vindicate these prophetic chronology-breaks by appealing to Jesus' use of Isaiah 61.   In Luke 4 Jesus reads...

A Discussion on the Kingdom of God, Eschatology, Millennialism, Hermeneutics and a brief Historiographical note. The Already-Not Yet fr...

It's interesting that in some Protestant circles, particularly the Reformed who are rightly concerned to argue for the Scriptural regula...

Undoubtedly Nelson Mandela will soon be departing this life and there will be considerable commentary reflecting on his life. In fact teams ...

Redemptive-Historical Structures, Deuteronomy, Distinguishing the Old and New Testaments Recently I was particularly blessed while rea...

Recently we were at my niece's high school graduation. The valedictorian was absent because she had already joined the United States Ai...

In no way do I mean to diminish the difficulties experienced by the Allied forces who stormed the beaches of Normandy, but every year I am s...

In the wake of the September 2001 attacks the Patriot Act was passed and in a hurry. Bush was riding on the wave of the attacks, capitalizi...

Every day I encounter articles, podcasts and other materials I want to share but I've also wanted to avoid any extra clutter on this w...

To continue with the issue of politicizing the Gospel....

A discussion about wisdom and worldliness, apostasy and witchcraft, the Temple of God, the various ways to speak of the Church, why we are C...

  Listening to the latest reports about Russia sending in missiles to Syria and the response from the American public prompted me to writ...

Part 3 (Final) Even supposed America-hating liberals praise the military. Just tonight Admiral Stockdale came up in a conversation. For th...

Part 2 Written by one who used to be fervent and violent patriot. But Christ delivered me... Social consensus cannot grant moral legiti...

This is part one of three. Here's a link to a related post. Memorial Day 2011 Beginning with Memorial Day and ending with the 4 th ...

It was Friday night in small town Pennsylvania and we were out procuring some groceries. I noticed the Mennonites were in town passing out...

In the Old Testament we find syncretism in the realm of worship is best symbolized by the High Places. Time and time again the kings of...

Listening to Christian radio the other day I overheard an author discussion regarding a new work of fiction, a Christian alternative to the...

If success is our goal and success is defined by the culture I contend we have a real problem. Either we are faithful to the Pilgrim ethic ...

Whatsoever we do is to be done to the glory of God. We are to work as unto God and not as unto men. These Biblical teachings are well known...

We live in a world of media chaos. We are assaulted by more information than we can possibly take in, assimilate or interpret. I am almost ...

Russia’s actions have to be understood in light of history. Americans have often made the mistake of assuming that the world really and tru...

Some readers will not be familiar with the Banner of Truth. This publishing house was founded in 1957 by Iain Murray and others and played a...

It’s been awhile since I’ve bothered with an interaction/critique but I heard this today on BreakPoint and I felt compelled to write somet...

An Old Paradigm Reborn If the Euro currency fails and the European Union itself collapses, more than ever we will be returning to an ol...

I've been so busy (actually far too busy) I forgot it's 'Holy Week'. That means it's time to re-post some old links appr...

The Cold War vis-a-vis Eurasian History While some heralded the end of the Cold War as the victory of Democracy others were more sceptical...