Category: Columns

Evangelicals and Liberalism: A Love Story That Never Happened

Miles Smith — February 4, 2026

Evangelicals and Liberalism: A Love Story That Never Happened

In 2008, James Wellman, a historian at the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, published Evangelical vs. Liberal: The Clash of Christian Cultures in the Pacific…

Three Poems on the Parable of the Vineyard

E.J. Hutchinson — February 2, 2026

Three Poems on the Parable of the Vineyard

Some poems on Matthew 20:1-16.

The Scandal of Evangelical Political Theology

Miles Smith — January 30, 2026

The Scandal of Evangelical Political Theology

The late Rev. Dr. Richard Turnbull wrote in 2022 that it was a mistake to think that political theology was an afterthought in John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion.…

When is Liturgical Diversity Acceptable? Sozomen and Forged Apostolic Literature

Andrew Koperski — January 28, 2026

When is Liturgical Diversity Acceptable? Sozomen and Forged Apostolic Literature

Surely, ancient Christians always erred on the side of doctrinal and liturgical purity?

Paul Oskar Kristeller and “Historical Pluralism”

E.J. Hutchinson — January 22, 2026

Paul Oskar Kristeller and “Historical Pluralism”

On how to look backward.

Open Doors or Moral Example? The Forgotten Protestant Argument Against Intervention and Mass Immigration

Miles Smith — January 14, 2026

Open Doors or Moral Example? The Forgotten Protestant Argument Against Intervention and Mass Immigration

In the reactionary aftermath of the great liberal revolutions that rocked Europe in 1848–49, liberal heroes, or heroes who were at least perceived to be liberal by the Anglo-American press,…

“Home Improvement” and Horace

E.J. Hutchinson — January 8, 2026

“Home Improvement” and Horace

During the break, I was watching some reruns of Home Improvement, that great Tim Allen vehicle of the 1990s. In S5E6, “Let Them Eat Cake,” Brad, one of the Taylor…

Melanchthon on Romans 13 (6)

E.J. Hutchinson — January 6, 2026

Melanchthon on Romans 13 (6)

Here is Melanchthon on Romans 13 from the Dispositio orationis in Epistolam Pauli ad Romanos with the next two paragraphs added. Translation Romans 13 Proposition: “Let everyone be subject to his own…

Special Festive Edition: Where the New Religious Right (Badly) Misunderstands Constantine

Andrew Koperski — December 24, 2025

Special Festive Edition: Where the New Religious Right (Badly) Misunderstands Constantine

'Tis the season for an airing of intellectual grievances!

Melanchthon on Romans 13 (5)

E.J. Hutchinson — December 22, 2025

Melanchthon on Romans 13 (5)

On the necessity of civil ordinances, such as laws, contracts, and courts.