Proto-Protestantism

Over the years I have heard various appeals to the Book of Revelation as some kind of guide or normative template for New Testament worship....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgBOsGFc5h4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJVMoe7OY0 I don't doubt this testimony for one moment and...

Irwin C Herendeen (1883-1982) is a name few remember today. Those who are familiar with the name usually connect it to Arthur Pink. A Christ...

https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/articles/2021/the-christian-mans-calling/ Helm begins by arguing that Evangelicals have adopted an ...

That the Old Testament was harder to understand did not minimise the onus placed on the saints of that era. And yet, New Testament believers...

https://blog.tms.edu/is-the-old-testament-unintelligible-without-the-new I was struck by two recent displays of the reductionist hermeneut...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLI_iF75_-8 Overall this was a very good forum. My wife and I both agreed that is was some of the best pra...

His comments on the government operating outside parameters and violating its God-given authority are frankly ridiculous. It's the wrong...

https://thelocalkirk.org/a-postmortem-on-covid-and-the-church/ Perhaps what I found most disappointing about this piece is that many will ...

https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881 The stage for all of this was set in the aftermath of 9...

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...