Proto-Protestantism

My kids and I were going through a lesson about the rise of Venice and the unique role it played in the Middle Ages...not to mention the out...

As Christians we are to die to ourselves. We are in the process of putting to death the old sinful nature and living as those who are alread...

The state has nothing to do with us. We don't go to their courts. We don't seek its approval. We obey the laws, pay the taxes. We in...

I was attempting to explain the anti-abortion movement to my kids and trying to help them understand why on the one hand I am completely aga...

As regular readers will know I am not an Anabaptist, but when it comes to issues regarding the Kingdom, Christian ethics and the Church...

http://www.janetmefferdpremium.com/2014/01/01/janet-mefferd-radio-show-20140101-hr-3/ One of the few figures in Reformed circles that I ge...

Can I recommend any books on American Church History? That's actually kind of a difficult question. There aren't really any hi...

Heritage also used organizations like Citizens for America to move money around. This is one of the many shell games played by these organ...

The Reagan Doctrine and Rollback   Heritage's policy was to reject the Cold War doctrine of Containment and certainly reject Nixon a...

Think tank policy and influence is pretty public. It's just slightly out of the mainstream. The influence easy to find but you'll ha...

Mohler's guest Mary Eberstadt has researched the demise of the family, the Church and the rise of Secularism. By the end of the inte...

Or, The Danger of Believing Your Own Propaganda http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/09/09/how-does-secularization-really-happen-a-conve...

America can even thwart and in some cases betray its own allies and has a long record of doing so. This story dates back to July when an ...

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 ...