The attempt by Conservatives to form a government with the Democratic Unionist Party, the anti-Catholic organization of Northern Ireland, has generated attention on a form of politics that has white American evangelicals scratching their heads.… More
I think I have the way to form a more perfect union in this place we call the USA. It is to recognize that all Americans share a sense of fear. Anxiety is what unites… More
This is how you know when the Church of England goes over the cliff: I left the Church of England when, in 2008, it became clear what the inexorable trajectory had become. Wherever it leads,… More
I did not plan it this way, but Tim Keller winds up being the subject this week. Reasons for further reflection on the oh so successful Manhattan pastor arise from the missus and my visit… More
New Calvinists are mean but don’t know it. Jonathan Merritt was an unlikely person to confirm a point made here before, namely, that when you define orthodoxy you also draw lines that to outsiders will… More
On modernism in the Roman Catholic church: I am not saying that you can’t be a Christian if you believe that Jesus got important things wrong, that his human nature exposed him to errors and… More
Imagine (and you don’t need to try too hard) how some Christian communions might promote their accomplishments and uniqueness. The hipsters might say something like, “we are the church of the city and for the… More
For honesty? Why can’t Roman Catholic apologists be as realistic as Boniface (on Synod 2015)? (5) Speaking of “failed marriages”, let us remember that marriage is a sacrament. Sacraments do not fail. Are there “failed”… More
James Bratt describes worship and preaching at Eastern Avenue CRC (Grand Rapids, for the uninitiated in Dutch-American Calvinism) during the 1940s: Worship services themselves made modest accommodations to the American world. English services were introduced… More
Amazing Grace is now in the realm of civil religion (right there with Battle Hymn of the Republic), what with President Obama’s performance last weekend and the almost entire failure of the chattering classes to… More
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