Proto-Protestantism

What practical choices do you make that are odds with Middle Class life? How are they perceived? I greatly appreciate the spirit of the q...

Recently I encountered someone bringing a rather novel interpretation to the 'Lord, Lord' passage of Matthew 7. The well-known peri...

The title comes from Simon Wiesenthal's famous work. It's the story of ex-Nazis and fascists with dark pasts blending back into the...

The Septuagint (LXX), the Greek translation of the Old Testament produced in Intertestamental Egypt by Jewish scribes is frequently cited b...

The recent racist incident at the USAF Academy was certainly appalling and is rightfully condemned but I'm afraid I cannot go along wit...

His Critics and Some Comments http://theaquilareport.com/n-t-wrights-long-farewell/ Earlier this summer I offered a few comments on thi...

http://paulhelmsdeep.blogspot.ca/2017/03/augustine-pilgrim.html?m=1 Helm's writings have always been worthwhile, even when I disagree...

https://proto-protestantism.blogspot.com/2011/02/a-concise-apologia-for-syllabic-prose.html This is an older essay that I've chosen t...

Apart from the Scriptural evidence that supports the nonviolent and pacifist position, there is a significant testimony to be found in Chur...

Christ brings division, even among Christians (1 Cor 11)... the peace we seek, is found only in him. False worldly peace doesn't excuse...

Non-violent activism is not pacifist but political, a form of manipulation rather than overt coercion. But it is coercive nonetheless. Once...

Pacifism and Nonviolence are controversial and sometimes confusing topics. This is compounded by the fact that they mean different things t...

It's a minor thing but it continues to gnaw at me. My work takes me to many people's homes and I often get a window into how people...

If you've never been to Princeton, New Jersey I highly recommend it. It's a fascinating place filled with history and character. Th...

I've touched on this issue before but I recently encountered it again and have been meaning for several years to write a small piece ab...

It is one thing to evangelise the lost in other cultures, but this is quickly followed by another question. After becoming Christians, how ...

From time to time the issue of Church boycotts comes to the fore. Usually what is meant by this is that certain denominations and para-chur...

Tim Keller is but one among many who argues that Christians ought to live in and focus on the city. It's the centre of culture and the ...

On the one hand many Protestants champion Classical Liberalism as an outgrowth and even the natural offspring of the Magisterial Reformatio...

Increasingly there are many US corporations that are prima facie immoral. Their business practices are openly dishonest and in working for...

When philosophers, apologists and other thinkers labour to destroy certainty, attempts at coherence and confidence in logic, the scepticism...

  http://theaquilareport.com/desire-woman-response-susan-fohs-interpretation/ The question over the woman's desire in Genesis 3 has...

The counter to Systematic Theology is to focus primarily on Biblical Studies and largely within a framework that is often called a Redempti...

Increasingly Evangelicals are trying to 'claim' feminism and wed it to the anti-abortion movement. This is such a strange shift and...

It is not uncommon to hear it suggested that Tolkien's idealised depiction of The Shire reflects the type of society envisioned by Libe...

Recently I reported in a comment of an experience I had at a local Evangelical Church that related to the newer edition of the New Internat...

In the world but not of the world

Elitist Knowledge

The Matter of This Age

Varieties of Contra Mundum

The Hellenistic-Judaizing Spectrum After watching this brief lecture from Ryan Reeves a professor at Gordon-Conwell I've decided to u...

Recovering Authoritative Scripture and Questioning the Western Heritage

Anchoring and Scepticism

The Razor and Rationalist Views of the Text

Saving Faith and Scepticism