Speaking to a gymnasium full of high schoolers in 2015, Angela Merkel sought to explain why Germany needed to close its borders to the tide of Syrian refugees. She was brought up short by Reem Sahwil, a refugee girl facing deportation. The girl’s tears accomplished what no lobbyist or newspaper . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Martens, a career attorney and an evangelical, believes that criminal justice needs a new ethic, specifically, a Christian one. Drawing on a range of theological and biblical texts, he argues that we should “conform such a system to Scripture”—that is, to “Christ’s love for . . . . Continue Reading »
The greatest challenge facing the Presbyterian Church in America is the temptation to adopt harmful therapeutic concepts. Continue Reading »
In the debate around Christian Nationalism, the term “nation” can be poorly defined. Continue Reading »
Ours is a time of anthropological crisis when we as a society cannot agree on what it means to be human. Thus, theologians who faced that issue in Nazi Germany are obvious dialogue partners upon whom we can draw. Continue Reading »
The shenanigans of the pope will put pressure on Protestants as well as Catholics. Continue Reading »
The Center for Classical Theology is a wonderful step in the right direction for Protestantism. May it help us to recover our roots in Nicaea and classical theism and to understand our confessions more accurately.
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Red state leaders refuse to do what is necessary because they are worried about trivialities, which is the kind of behavior that makes Protestant Franco all but inevitable. Continue Reading »
Casey Chalk joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Obscurity of Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical Perspicuity.
Continue Reading »The battle for the status of the body is as much a battle for the imagination as it is for doctrine. Continue Reading »
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