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...
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
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...
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...