Convergence and Classical Protestantism
by Peter J. Leithart“Classic Protestantism” clarified. Continue Reading »
Sola Scriptura, Una Ecclesia
by Peter J. LeithartReformational Catholicism in nuce. Continue Reading »
Encounter with Orthodoxy
by Peter J. LeithartPresbyterian theologian John Burgess spends a year in Russia among the exotic Orthodox, and gets a taste for “the holy.” Continue Reading »
Protestant Latin America?
by Peter J. LeithartLatin America was supposed to become Protestant by now. In one of the major non-developments of the past quarter-century, it didn’t.Catholics didn’t take predictions of a Protestant Latin America lightly, and responded with renewal efforts of their own. Rodney Stark (Triumph of . . . . Continue Reading »
Lutheran Evangelicals
by James R. RogersWhy is Calvinism so influential among American Evangelicals while Lutheranism is not? We might describe the statistically modal convert to Calvinism—that is, the most frequently observed kind of convert—as a person like this: A young adult, usually male. Raised in a broad though indistinct Evangelical (and sometimes nominally Catholic) home. Bright. A reader. Searching for better intellectual answers to questions about God, Jesus and the Bible. Is open to becoming a pastor. Why does this young man so much more often become a Calvinist instead a Lutheran? Continue Reading »
Til ‘Lack of Consciousness’ Do Us Part
by Sarah J. FlashingLast week, Pat Robertson told his viewers that he believes Alzheimer’s disease to be a “kind of death,” a basis for the un-afflicted spouse to seek divorce and move on with their life—so long as they act mercifully and provide a means for care of that spouse. This view . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s More to the Story: The Subculture of Women’s Ministry
by Sarah J. FlashingThe New York Times’ profile of evangelical women’s speaker Priscilla Shirer by writer Molly Worthen (Housewives of God) raises some interesting points about the complementarian view of leadership in church and family, intimating that a functional egalitarianism may more accurately . . . . Continue Reading »
The Many Worlds Adiaphora or Heresy?
by Mark OlsonTwo well known strands of Protestant theology are the Calvinist and Arminian. There are a number of differences between these two schools but one of them keys on soteriology (salvation). Calvinists would hold that once a person is saved, he is always saved. Arminians dispute this idea. Consider the . . . . Continue Reading »
A Pastoral Standpoint
by Frank TurkI have no idea how long ago I received my review copy of Abide by Jared C. Wilson, but it has had me on a guilt trip every since it came in the mail box.See: Jared and I sort of met because we both started blogging at Evangel, and I think we weren’t supposed to like each other. He’s a . . . . Continue Reading »
A follow-up on the Death of Evangelicalism
by Frank TurkA while ago I posted a few thoughts on the idea that Evangelicalism is somehow dying, and while we’re waiting for the next round of statistical data to roll in, the Christian Science Monitor — which first popularized the idea that Evangelicalism is about to collaspe — has come up . . . . Continue Reading »
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