Proto-Protestantism

I happened to catch a news story the other day about Amy Grant and how she has completely caved to the Sodomite ethos that now dominates thi...

One could say (given all that has been argued here) that I might be a prime candidate for swimming the Tiber (or Crossing the Bosphorus) and...

While the aforementioned councils of Late Antiquity were not 'ecumenical' councils – a point some make to argue their canon proclama...

As mentioned previously contemporary Evangelicals and Confessional Protestants are quick to adopt the canons and concepts of Higher Criticis...

http://proto-protestantism.blogspot.com/2022/12/gems-from-shepherd-of-hermas.html In light of recent statements regarding the Early Church...

https://www.ironsharpensironradio.com/podcast/november-30-2022-show-with-dr-joe-boot-and-joel-webbon-on-the-mission-of-god-a-manifesto-of-ho...

It's been quite a few years since I read The Shepherd of Hermas. Reading it anew I was reminded of how alien it is to Evangelical sensib...

Recently re-reading some Early Church Fathers, I was both pleased and inspired to discover this exhortation on the part of Ignatius of Antio...

https://issuesetc.org/2022/07/29/2101-christian-crusaders-raymond-ibrahim-7-29-22/ This was but another ridiculous interview I found on Is...

The psychology explosion took place (culturally speaking) in the 1970's and the Evangelical movement in its zeal to be culturally releva...

This piece is in response to the 16 August 2022 piece entitled Secular Psychology and the Denial of Scriptural Authority found here: https...

https://rfbwcf.substack.com/p/does-the-bible-trump-the-bco The Book of Church Order (BCO) is utilised in various forms by various Presbyte...

Following recent Christian discussions on historiography, it was inevitable that criticism directed at Historicism would eventually be put o...

Albert Mohler and other Evangelicals are right, we as Christians cannot vote for Democrats. Amen. And they go further and suggest those that...

When inflation rates rise, the Right often makes demagogic appeals to the Gold Standard accompanied by denunciations of fiat currency and ce...

As our routine has been further derailed by my son's injury, I decided on a recent rainy Sunday to revisit an Alliance (CMA) congregatio...

Whether Meloni is able to implement her policies or not is yet to be seen. Her coalition may very well implode as she is contending with som...

God, Family, and Country – what's wrong with that? This is the response of the Christian Right to the electoral victory of Giorgia Melon...

What drives these Christian teachers to stay in the public system? For some it's just pragmatic concerns about job change and pensions. ...

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/12/1121999705/sex-education-school-kindergarten Parents need to understand the sodomite-feminist ethos is omni...

On many occasions I've been driven to reflect on the immigrant experience. Apart from my Germans who came from Russia in the late ninete...

I was asked concerning Romans 9 and Paul's affection for the Jewish people. Apparently this passage is used by some Dominionists to just...

Did Biden err in making this now infamous speech – in calling out MAGA Republicans and the Trumpite movement, and in identifying them as a t...

It goes without saying that the death of Elizabeth II is a cultural milestone. It's unsettling for many as one of the foundational pilla...

The New Testament tells us to honor the king and given the Neronic context of these writings and apostolic exhortations, that imperative rem...

https://mereorthodoxy.com/church-architecture/ This was another offering at The Aquila Report. A ridiculous article and all the more in th...

The point in all this is to say – that at some point his employers may conclude that he has no future there (or no near future) and they may...

As I reported a few days back my son (who is in his early twenties) recently broke his back in a bicycle accident. He came very close to los...

It's one thing to break free of philosophy or tradition, or the extant influences of the Magisterial Protestant Reformation, but for Ame...

I feel something of a burden for the members of this group. They are to be commended, for on many points they put the larger Evangelical and...

https://www.christianpost.com/news/churches-address-mental-health-stigma-in-the-pews.html In some respects it's surprising that this a...

For years commentators have spoken of the decline of America and what it would look like. Others (including myself) have argued that the Ame...

After many years I finally found the time to read Norman Cohn's The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical A...

As far as charging interest to the unbeliever and that sort of thing – for me it's out of the question. I don't believe I can view t...

https://www.holytrinity-lansing.org/articles-from-father-mark-1/2020/1/20/the-sin-we-stopped-feeling-sorry-for This article was sent to me...