Natural Right and Our Historicist Constitution
A Review of Johnathan Gienapp’s Against Constitutional Originalism
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Church
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
Getting (Infant) Baptism Right
Understanding the PCA’s Baptismal Doctrine
I Wish that I could Be Like the Cool Kids
The PCA and Paedobaptist Insecurity
What about Moms?
The Impact of a Mother’s Spiritual Nurture A recent TGC podcast discussed the “vital partnership of men and women in […]
Culture
Against the Vitalists
A Critique of the Vitalist Phenomenon
Hysteria and Neurosis: What Happened to our Intellectuals?
Part 1: The Dark Age of the Mind
Everyman’s Guide to Protestant Political Thought
A Crash Course in Historic Reformed Political Discourse
The Stakes Of The Election Couldn’t Be Higher
The Many Issues to Consider in this Election
Is Christian bias the solution to secular bias?
A Review of Against Worldview: Reimagining Christian Formation as Growth in Wisdom, by Simon P. Kennedy Christian teaching about worldview […]
Family
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
The War On Ordinary Families
A Review of Tim Carney's Family Unfriendly How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be
Forum
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 […]
Nursing Fathers in America
A Response to Kevin DeYoung Over the summer, Kevin DeYoung entered the apparently emerging debate over the congruence of the […]
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
The Election Tightrope
Silence is not an option Christians have long wrestled with how best to engage the political process, and few things […]
The 2024 Election: Who Will Win?
Trump, Harris, and the Future of the Nation
Pastors for Propaganda
Courage Is Contagious
The Christian Case for the New Right
The Time is Now for Christians to Get in the Game This post was originally given as a talk at […]
Kamala Harris: No Religious Exemptions for Abortions
A Renewed Tyrannical Civil Rights Regime in the Making
State
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
Who is the Sovereign?
The Populist Implications of Archbishop James Ussher’s Political Theology of Sovereignty