The Road Not Taken
As we remember the Reformation this week, those who stop to think about the anniversary (too few of us, no doubt) will probably either celebrate it as the birthday of the Protestant churches, or lament it as the beginning of…
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Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain! Roman Catholic History and the Emerald City Protocol
In the field of Reformation studies, Professor Brad Gregory is somebody for whom I have immense respect. Those outside the discipline of history are possibly unaware of the ravages which postmodernism brought in its wake, making all narratives negotiable and…
Komodo Dragons and the Virgin Mary: a Belated Christmas Story
It’s a tad late for this, but the story only broke a few days before Christmas. The London Times ran with the headline, “Wise Men seek a virgin Mother.” Another newspaper ran the headline, “Lizard’s Immaculate Conception.” The story was…
When Is a Confession not a Confession?
I will delay answering the above question until the end of the article. Instead, I want to start by noting that Father Richard John Neuhaus has some good fun at Protestantism’s expense in the latest First Things. In the priceless…
Window on the Past The Didache
Along with The Epistle of Barnabas, 1 & 2 Clement, The Shepherd of Hermas, The Epistles of Ignatius and Polycarp, Te Epistle of Diognetus, and The Martyrdom of Clement, Ignatius and Polycarp, The Didache comprises one of the documents of…
Is the Devil Really in the Details?
A simple, isolated statement about belief in scriptural authority is not enough on its own to distinguish Protestants from Catholics. Some months ago, Wheaton College was thrust into the limelight in circumstances which caused what can only be described as…
Is The Reformation Over?
Mark Noll is well-known both within and without evangelicalism as an outstanding scholar, a gracious and thoughtful commentator on religion and America, and one of the most significant public religious intellectuals of the last decade. Indeed, disagreeing with him is…