Proto-Protestantism

Mary de Rachewiltz (1925-2026) has died at the age of 101. She wasn't exactly a household name but as the daughter of Ezra Pound and Olg...

https://issuesetc.org/2026/05/25/the-uniqueness-of-the-lutheran-reformation-dr-jordan-cooper-5-25-26-1452-encore/ For the most part I appre...

In terms of philosophical analogy, the Biblicism being advocated here is akin to the Correspondence Theory of Truth - the Logos-Scriptures b...

We've considered various Sola Scriptura camps that are found wanting in their claims as well as briefly touching on some of the groups t...

To some extent the rise of Dispensationalism in the early 20th century can be understood as an expression of this same reaction-to-liberalis...

This sphere of discussion is both delicate and frustrating as these well-meaning folks are (in some respects) upholding Scripture and yet pu...

We must also mention the somewhat unusual structuring of Lutheran conceptions of Sola Scriptura - something a lot of people are unaware of. ...

Author Brian Godawa appeared on my radar back in the early 2000's when Christian publications called attention to his participation in t...

Recently I was in a used book store and stumbled across Christianity and Neo-Liberalism by Paul Elliott (published by the Trinity Foundatio...

https://reformedforum.org/vos-and-neo-calvinism-rethinking-a-transatlantic-identity/ Bucey provides some helpful analysis regarding this ra...

Woods' appeals to New Testament limits on state power are also guilty of non sequitur. He confuses a Christian ethic and call to bear wi...

https://www.vcy.org/crosstalk/2026/02/24/the-bible-and-your-vote/ If you can stomach it, listen to this episode of CrossTalk - or more prop...

https://cne.news/article/4938-how-arts-draw-europe-back-to-paganism This article struck me as rather strange. In many respects I can resona...

https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/book-review/not-god-divine-simplicity-simple/ I appreciated this review of James Dolezal's 2017 work ...

https://philosophical-theology.com/2025/10/17/abandoning-the-faith-in-college-really/ DiGiacomo finds parental discourse surrounding the is...

https://religionnews.com/2025/10/09/new-book-debunks-spanking-and-the-myths-of-christian-parenting/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/30/adu...

The BBC recently interviewed a farmer in the American Midwest. He was upset over rising fertilizer prices connected to the Iran War. The mar...

https://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1011-76012018000100013 I think I first encountered JAT Robinson (1919-1983...

Historians have long debated the relationship between the Cynics and early Christianity. There are some striking similarities to be found in...

https://petehurst.com/prosperity-the-big-lie-and-the-big-truth/ https://pilgrimunderground.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-sweet-taste-of-vomit.ht...

https://reformedpolitics.substack.com/p/a-christian-case-for-borders Apparently PCA pastor David Hall was so moved by Speaker Mike Johnson...

https://reformedpolitics.substack.com/p/religious-gains-2025 Hall's work has been repeatedly promoted on websites like The Aquila Repor...

The other day while driving I picked up an AM radio station out of Toronto and heard an interview with an expert on neurogenerosity - which ...

https://churchandfamilylife.com/sermons/6952196ce386b6135c21f915 As regular readers of my websites will know, I am not a fan of Scott Brown...

https://theopolisinstitute.com/leithart_post/epistemological-dualism/ Right from the onset I disagree with Meek's airtight definitions ...

https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/18/why-christians-should-build-cathedrals/ Nathanael Blake, the author of this piece was recently on LPR...

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-I-C-Herendeen/dp/B0FJZ4ZFY7 I am pleased to endorse this 2025 work authored by my son, Isaac. It would se...

https://pilgrimunderground.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-troubling-revival-of-historic-anti.html As I have recently indicated, the hijacking of th...

What are the options? To be frank, there aren't many. We can look to the Confessionalist churches within the Reformed, Lutheran, and Ang...

Evangelicals have frequently looked askance at Roman Catholic scholastic theology and its long tradition of philosophical syncretism - and w...

Medieval Romanism formulated its notions of law and justice in terms of a fusion between old Roman jurisprudence and the tribal codes and cu...

or, An Examination of the Twin Sisters of Medieval Roman Catholicism and American Evangelicalism Evangelicalism has moved much closer to R...

https://christoverall.com/article/concise/which-way-christian-a-contrast-of-david-platts-radical-and-michael-hortons-ordinary/ Chad Lawrenc...

I found myself frustrated listening to a couple of Missouri-Synod pastors discussing what they called The American Interim - an attempt to d...

There are few books out there that I would fully endorse, but Joshua Immanuel's 2024 work - My Kingdom is Not of This World is one of th...