Jonathan Edwards was indicted for falling away from Calvin’s views on the Lord’s Supper.
Free to Be or Free to Believe? What the Battle for Baptist Identity Tells Us About Religious Liberty
The Baptist idea of “soul competency” has been distorted, and with it our whole notion of religious liberty.
“In Order Flesh by Flesh to Free”: A Fifth-Century Hymn (1)
For Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, I think I'm going to change things up slightly for "Melanchthon Monday." For the next several weeks, I want to turn our attention to one of the two surviving hymns from the hand of the fifth century biblical epic poet Sedulius....
The Church Calendar As Word Ministry
How can evangelicals reconcile the church calendar with an emphasis on the ministry of the Word?
Materialism Old and New
Today, non-material reality is conceivable but not believable. How does the Church perform its mission in such a world?
The Forgotten Political Theology of Thanksgiving
Our politics now makes a vice of thankfulness. How can our political community remain thankful?
Bog-Standard Protestantism: A Primer
Conservative Roman Catholic intellectuals are never more likely to make a misstep than when they comment on Protestants or Protestantism. Such comments frequently mar otherwise worthwhile works, like the birth-mark in Hawthorne's story. Examples abound, to such an...
They Even Let The Heretics Keep The Psalms
Why do we deprive ourselves of the Psalms when even the Pope let heretics keep them?
Why Christians Should Use People
Why did Augustine say to use people, rather than enjoy them?
Christians and Fast Fashion Pt. 2: Pursuing Virtue Through Dress
How can we pursue a full-orbed Christian ethic in the clothes we wear?