https://missionspodcast.com/podcast/more-modern-lessons-from-medieval-missions-with-glenn-sunshine/ In part two of our insightful discussion with...
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The Legacy of John Witherspoon
The month of November marks the death of John Witherspoon, one of the most important and most underrated of the American founding fathers. Born in...
A Brief Introduction to Fasting
Fasting is a spiritual discipline that was practiced by Jesus and early Christians and that today is practiced in many places around the world today...
Death at Christmas
Hope in the Face of Darkness Back in 2012, a friend of mine who was a pastor in Hartford, Connecticut, asked me to preach at his church. I was...
Does Christmas Have Pagan Roots?
Every year at Christmas time we hear arguments that our Christmas celebrations are little more than warmed over paganism. We hear that the date was...
Misappropriating the Reformation (3): Sola Scriptura
The Protestant Reformation was triggered by a conflict over the issue of justification, that is, how our sins are forgiven and how we obtain...
A Thanksgiving Precedent: What Really Happened in Plymouth?
Like everything else it seems, American history is being weaponized in our political and cultural wars, with both sides often playing fast and loose...
Church as Institution
This video discusses the dual nature of the church as both the Body of Christ and an institution and incubator of...
Late Middle Ages & Reformation | The Church Militant – Session 3
Misappropriating the Reformation (2): Sola Gratia
In the first article of this series, I argued that modern American Evangelicalism has misunderstood the teaching of the Reformers that we are saved...
Misappropriating the Reformation (1): Sola Fide
Although there were many streams of Protestant thought during the sixteenth century, nearly all of them agreed on three key ideas summarized by...
Misappropriating the Reformation (3): Sola Scriptura
The Protestant Reformation was triggered by a conflict over the issue of justification, that is, how our sins are forgiven and how we obtain...
The Believer’s Three Callings, Part 1
When evangelical Christians think about God’s purpose for the church and for their lives, they often think almost entirely in terms of evangelism....
The Believer’s Three Callings, Part 2
In the previous article, I argued that a fully-formed biblical worldview recognizes three callings on the life of the believer: the Great...
The Believer’s Three Callings, Part 3
Dominion in Proper Context In the previous articles in this series, I discussed the Great Commandment and the Great Commission and argued that these...