George Bailey Is the Protestant Elite We Need
He changed the entire future trajectory of Bedford Falls for the better
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Church
From Disengagement to Devotion
The Restoration of the Men of the West Has Come
The Death of Thanksgiving
And Hope for its Revival I was driving around where I live a few days after Halloween and noticed something: […]
Calvinism: Not Just a Pretty Tulip
We Must Return to the Strength of Calvin's Teachings
Denying the Trinity to Affirm Sodomy
A Critique of The Widening of God's Mercy by Richard Hays
The Political Theology of America’s First Book of Common Prayer
On the 1789 American Edition of the Book of Common Prayer
Culture
Piety and Dominion
Man’s Twofold Nature
The Liberal Consensus and the New Christian Right
The Regime Fears the Rise of a New Rival
Marxists, Maniacs, and Lunatics
Part II: The Dark Age of the Mind
American and Christian Art
Toward a Revival of Identity and Beauty Introduction It truly is necessary for a nation to develop an art and […]
The American Way
A Review of Religion & Republic by Miles Smith
Family
Beating Them at Their Own Game
A Review of The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can’t
For the Children
A Review of Pro-Child Politics: Why Every Cultural, Economic, and National Issue is a Matter of Justice for Children, Edited by Katy Faust
The Terrible Revenge of the Media’s Childless Cat Ladies
Lashing Out In Rage At Their Own Poor Life Choices
Precious Life From the Lord
The Trials of Having a NICU Baby
Christ and His Culture Is the Only Cure for Cults
A Review of DeTrans: True Stories of Escaping the Gender Ideology Cult by Mary Margaret Olohan
Forum
What We’ve Been Reading
Fall 2024 Edition
Founder’s Note from the Chairman
Toward Evangelical Alternatives
The Dangers of Emotive Vagueness
On David Platt’s Radicalism Along with 612,000 other people, I watched a video by Rev. David Platt, posted on X, […]
Rethinking Worldview with Biblical Wisdom
This article is an edited excerpt from Simon P. Kennedy’s forthcoming book Against Worldview: Reimagining Christian Formation as Growth in Wisdom (Lexham Press, 2024).
Show Up or Shut Up
The Political Future of Evangelicals Over the summer, Evangelicals complained about being underrepresented at the RNC. Too much was made […]
Reports
A Broken System Exposed: What Happened with Leatherwood and the ERLC Trustees
Brent Refuses To Be Managed; The Trustees Refuse To Do Their Job
Lifting the Fog on the SBC Finances
The repeated quashing of the majority of the messengers has raised reasonable doubts about the integrity of the process
BREAKING: SBC Decisively Approves Law Amendment, Restores Male-Only Pastorship
The amendment passed overwhelmingly with the support of approximately 80% of the SBC’s messengers by raised ballot.
How Many Female Pastors are in the SBC?
“While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.” (Baptist Faith and Message)
Mr. Smith Goes to the Convention
Whether women can be pastors in the SBC seems increasingly likely to be decided by a popularity contest over Rick Warren.
Resources
A Sermon on the Day of the General Election
An Election Resource Brought to You By American Reformer
Preface to Francogallia (1574)
An Appeal to Republican Government and Restoration in France
The Duty of Civil Rulers to Be Nursing Fathers
A Sermon Preached Before the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut Introduction Edward Dorr (1722-1772) was the pastor of […]
Pure and undefiled religion, the highest obligation, and truest glory of civil rulers
A 1735 Election Day Sermon Introduction Like so many of the preachers we republish here at American Reformer, we know […]
Natural Religion, as Distinguished from Revealed
A Dudleian Lecture by Ebenezer Gay, May 9, 1759
Society
George Bailey Is the Protestant Elite We Need
He changed the entire future trajectory of Bedford Falls for the better
Loving the Truth is Necessary to Write History
Does Criticism of Churchill Cross the Line?
The Right and Responsibility of Free Speech
Disinformation in the Modern Republic
Trump Triumphs in the 2024 Election
Evangelicals Should Capitalize on Trump’s Victory
The Election Tightrope
Silence is not an option Christians have long wrestled with how best to engage the political process, and few things […]
State
Donald Trump: American Statesman
The Return of the Statesmanship of the Past
Natural Right and Our Historicist Constitution
A Review of Johnathan Gienapp’s Against Constitutional Originalism
Is Democracy a Good Thing?
Evangelicals and America’s Constitutional Order
Democracy is Not on the Ballot
Why Good Government Trump’s Popular Government
Political Man vs. Managerial Machine
Human Civilization is the Struggle Between Great Men & Hordes of Mediocre Statesmen