Proto-Protestantism

http://justandsinner.libsyn.com/a-critique-of-escondido-two-kingdom-theology Jordan Cooper of Just and Sinner recently lectured on so...

Every once in a while I feel it necessary to check-in with the Old Guard Theonomists. There aren't that many of them left. While I have ...

Chick, Ruckman, LaHaye and Schlafly So far this year has seen three significant figures pass from the Evangelical and Fundamentalist scen...

Our criticism of the system is on the one hand an example of shining light in the darkness but primarily our concern is to expose the nature...

In Roman times Christians were excluded from many aspects of society, many occupations, clubs, guilds and other means of fully participating...

Iain Murray's 'The Invitation System' rightly condemns the Altar Call for its tactics of coercion and manipulation, for making...

Updated March 2017 While perhaps a little off-topic for this website, I wanted to share a few thoughts regarding Part 1of this lecture on ...

Evangelicalism and Rome: Reckoning With Covenant Apostasy How should we view Rome? Is it a Church?

Like Babylon and Assyria of old, America can indeed be called the 'servant' of God and His Providence. In the New Testament the sta...

This was recently added to the glossary. The Dynamic Principle in Sociology states: All political and economic models break down due ...

There have been numerous reports as of late of towns within the Rust Belt that are trying to crack down on slum rentals by demanding inspect...

http://reformedforum.org/ctc443/ I'm referring specifically to the conclusion of the discussion beginning at about 53:00.

The recent episode regarding Macy's is telling. Macy's like many other retail outlets has been struggling for some time. Sales are d...

I believe special authoritative revelation ceased with the end of Apostolic Age. Christ himself was the Final Prophet as it were, at least a...

In another recent sermon entitled 'Who is God's Candidate', John MacArthur exposes deep flaws in his thinking, his own internal ...

John MacArthur's recent 'We Will Not Bow' sermon is getting some attention. It's evident the Christian Right is in turmoil w...

Tuininga v. Boot http://www.ezrainstitute.ca/resource-library/debates/two-kingdoms-and-cultural-obedience Listening to this debate was...

As the years march on post-2001 we're still only beginning to grasp the full implications of the Patriot Act and the fundamental changes...

There is an oft-repeated but utterly fallacious argument that Democracy and Capitalism go hand in hand. Capitalism is about 'voting...

This Sunday will effectively be the July 4 th Sunday, the day in which the National holiday is commemorated. In the Patriotic liturgy that ...

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...