A Resilient Church on the Fringe
Strategies for a church hated, targeted, institutionally weakened, and financially poorer.
Hail Caesar?
The Christian prince, the living law, was tasked with guaranteeing the doctrinal and moral integrity of the national church.
John Witherspoon, Protestant Statesman
John Witherspoon provides a realistic vision of Protestant political engagement which is beholden neither to a belief in national election nor to Enlightenment anthropocentrism with its claim of a neutral public square. In this biography of Witherspoon readers will encounter a model Protestant statesman who embodies both our theological convictions and the principles of government which shaped our nation’s political character.
Why Protestants Need Natural Law
Protestants can and should use natural law arguments to help society pursue and protect the common good of all people. By pursuing and protecting the common good of society, peace in the earthly realm is promoted and protected. This allows for the freedom peacefully and publicly to present the Gospel to all men, which all Christians should desire. As such, natural law can be used not only to promote civil goods, but also eternal good.
The Bible and the Nation
Throughout the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and the first half of the Twentieth Centuries the American education regime gave the Christian Scriptures an influential–if not preeminent–place in the national education regime. In the Twenty-First Century, even in the Bible Belt, the notion that religion and particularly the Bible have a place in public education elicits howls of theocracy and fretting over “separation of church and state.”
Just Follow the Science: The Cult of Experts and COVID-19
How scientism conflicts with science by stifling debate, citing expert credentials to demand unquestioning acceptance, and uses the power of science to advance political agendas.
Who is the Sovereign?
The Populist Implications of Archbishop James Ussher’s Political Theology of Sovereignty
Samuel Davies, Colonial Presbyterian Patriot
Be of Good Courage, and Let Us Play the Man for Our People
Is America a Propositional Nation?
On Defining Our Political and Cultural Inheritance
Baptists Against Religious Liberty?
Charles Hughes was right: religious liberty is indeed the “glory of the Baptist heritage.” But how that heritage was applied and how it has changed over time is the topic of important debate. And, given the state of our American public square, it’s a discussion that will only continue to intensify in its significance.
