Proto-Protestantism

Memorial Day was born out of the US Civil War. All wars deal heavily in propaganda but a civil war can be the most vicious in this regard an...

The Right-wing media assails Obama for his 'apology tours' in places like Cuba, Vietnam and Japan. The reality couldn't b...

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/10/476651373/as-u-s-attitudes-change-some-evangelicals-dig-in-others-adapt http://www.npr.org/2016/05/10/47...

The world is a crazy place. Black is white and white is black, evil is good and good evil. Mark Zuckerberg is esteemed, a tech-sage, an i...

This is not meant to condemn those that do or those who invest in the market. You must form your own convictions but I will briefly explain ...

This is not a comprehensive piece on Church buildings. I could easily put together a book-length piece on this but for now I'll only rai...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCVRrybYWNE This 4 minute video while both humorous and repugnant reveals more than it intends. Like it o...

This is a composite of several emailed questions. I get these emails from time to time and even though I've addressed these issues ...

In 1757 the British defeated a joint Mughal-French army at the Battle of Plassey. This set them on a course to dominate the whole of the In...

It always impresses me when you cross the Arlington Bridge over the Potomac. After whipping around the Lincoln Memorial and skipping the rig...

My wife and I are always struck by the security in places like Philadelphia and Washington DC. We remember these places in the 1990s and in ...

The movie Downfall (Der Untergang) contains many fascinating scenes but there's one in particular that recently came to mind. In the mov...

As much as I appreciate the New King James Version for both its textual basis and philosophy of translation I was disappointed to find a the...

Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons (Titus 1.12) This quotation taken from Epimenides and utilised by the Apostle Paul i...

If you're listening to the second season of the Serial podcast then you're learning about Bowe Bergdahl and the circumstances of his...

In terms of the differences between the confessional Lutheran position and my own maybe I can shed a little light, but I will be brief and p...

This is a follow-up discussion to the previous essay: http://proto-protestantism.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-us-fifth-republic.html In th...

This is a subjective exercise to be sure but it is certainly in keeping with the frameworks imposed by many others on the American narrative...

Recently former Attorney General Ed Meese was interviewed on LPR's Issues Etc. and asked to comment on the death of Supreme Court Justi...

When you break with a group like the Brethren you have taken a wholly different path and it's no surprise that some who have done this e...

The antithesis requires that our children will grow up knowing that it means something to be a Christian and this affects the whole of life ...

When the antithesis is heightened, so is the risk. The Plymouth Brethren represent not only a more conscientiously separatist form of Christ...

All Christians committed to the veracity of Scripture acknowledge the reality of the demonic and yet there's a wide spectrum in how this...

In 1979 a group of Salafis overtook the Grand Mosque at Mecca. This group deliberately associated themselves with the Ikwhan movement from t...

While not a fan of Wheaton, this is one of those moments where the divide between Christians and the world becomes all too clear. The worl...

When poking around in the 19 th century the name Trieste often comes up. Today situated in the northeast corner of Italy it was the Habsbur...

While many conservative and Christian cultural commentators will speak of the dominance of postmodernism I would argue that particular cate...

I've been asked this several times. I would love to but I don't have the time to do it and in the end the means of publication would...

I've received various emails both in the past and as of late that request assistance with regard to what media sources I utilize. Where ...

The embrace of Christmas is a rejection of Scripture as the ultimate authority and arbiter of all matters concerning the faith and Kingdom. ...

Eliason 2015 and Bahnsen 1995 This is a somewhat sombre and unpleasant reflection. Read it, or not. Perhaps by the end the reader will und...

The movie industry is producing some of the most debased and worthless films ever made and yet at the same time there are a very small numbe...

What of Principled Power? We hear of many Christian leaders who argue that our society would be improved and the Church's cause aided if...

I recently finished Kevin Kruse's One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America. It was a worthwhile read and I...

A local Baptist Church recently and perhaps unknowingly called a Calvinist to occupy their pulpit. He's a good man and I've enjoyed...