Proto-Protestantism

The title of the movie is taken from George Elliot. In Middlemarch she writes: "The growing good of the world is partly dependent on ...

In recent days while reflecting on Afghanistan and the US withdrawal, I have thought more and more of Vietnam and what happened there in 197...

I was at first a little surprised to see that PBS-American Experience had produced a documentary on Billy Graham. In other respects it wasn...

What should we think about William Wilberforce?   I think Wilberforce was sincere in his intentions and who can doubt that his campaign re...

I had to laugh over Memorial Day weekend 2021. I happened to be someplace where I had access to television and so I couldn't help it – I...

https://evangelicalfocus.com/science/10764/john-polkinghorne-saw-the-doctrine-of-the-trinity-as-consonant-with-the-entangled-world-of-quantu...

It's hard to miss. In Evangelical and Confessional circles there's a heavy despondency over the Biden presidency and the fact that T...

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/exile-ok/ The Gospel Coalition has run a recent article by Alistair Begg that I notice is getti...

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/02/eric-metaxas-2020-election-trump/617999/ Metaxas has simply applied the logical outwo...

As is already clear in the historical record, reflections and fallout from the Second Trump Impeachment are producing a wide array of opinio...

Hebrews for its part is Redemptive-Historical theology par excellence as it elaborates the nature of the prophetic word, the Sabbath, priest...

It is with fondness that I often reflect upon friendships I formed in the 1990's with some fellow Christians. We always marvel that in t...

Most Conservatives will insist that the American political spectrum has shifted rapidly to the Left over the past fifty years and will make ...

https://evangelicalfocus.com/life-tech/9854/is-the-great-reset-a-plan-of-the-global-elites-to-restrict-freedoms This was a remarkably sobe...

We can speak of a Social Accommodationist Triad or SAT. There are many aspects of social life that could be plugged into this equation but i...

Evangelicals are outraged at the prospect of being kicked of Twitter, Facebook, or some other form of social media.

There is a lot of anxiety at present, fears that the blowing winds of social and political change will find the Church in a place of danger....

The History of the Protestant Church in Hungary from the beginning of the Reformation to 1850 is a commendable historical work. It value is...

Trumpites and Conservatives are desperate to pin the insurrection (in reality a failed coup) on groups like BLM and Antifa but despite their...

I've been struck by the number of Trumpites and Republicans that seem genuinely shocked at the 6 January storming of the Capitol. 'T...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XXII/Final) We ought to understand that technolo...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XXI) This topic may seem off-base or represent a...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XX) The dominant monism of today is a result of ...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XIX) There are several additional areas that are...

What a catastrophe. What a shame and disgrace. Covid cases are increasing and even our small town newspaper is reflecting this – the obituar...

I have paraphrased the question(s) below: If the Decalogue is technically defunct in the New Covenant era and yet still expresses the Eter...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XVIII) While our Biblicist theology is necessari...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XVII) The time is now. These essays have attem...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XVI) The time is now. The revisiting and recas...

Has Xi extended his power or has he been rebuked and curtailed by elements within the Beijing bureaucracy? It depends on how you read the 19...

Moreover I also gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.(Ezekie...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XV) The time is now. Dominionism and the reactio...

The panicked reaction to Trump's planned troop withdrawal from both Iraq and Afghanistan has been palpable. The media and the US Establi...

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XIV) Once again we are reminded of the strange r...

https://www.aomin.org/aoblog/christian-worldview/where-we-stand-how-church-history-can-help-but-only-so-far/ Though he's a bit late to...