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Amy MantravadiHistory/Church History

The Reformation Moment Is Our Moment

Though our moment might feel uniquely complex and chaotic, history is full of examples of similarly uncertain and tumultuous eras.

Jake MeadorHistory/Church History

Even When He Was Drunk!: A Reformation Day Lament

The Reformation was a call for renewal founded on faith in God and commitment to the ordinary practices of Christian piety.

Camron BendfeldTheologyHistory/Church History

Learning About Eternal Security with Clement of Rome

The problem of apostasy has always been with us. So too has the question of eternal security. The 1st century father Clement treated this issue at length.

Noah DiekemperHistory/Church History

What Media Got Wrong About Supposed Christian Self-Immolation

After Aaron Bushnell's death, multiple media outlets badly misrepresented the story of the Nicomedia martyrs to suggest they too practiced self-immolation.

James WoodTheologyChurchHistory/Church History

Warfield Was Wrong

Calvin, at least, would object to Warfield's characterization of the Reformation as Augustine's soteriology set against Augustine's ecclesiology.

Terence SweeneyPolitical TheologyHistory/Church History

The Universal Christ: Neither Imperialist nor Localist but Evangelists

Christians should reject calls to a quietistic localism, but attempts to simply baptize the imperium are no less wrongheaded.

Camron BendfeldTheology and PracticeHistory/Church History

Polycarp and the Power of Grace

The one surviving epistle we have from St Polycarp offers a valuable window into how the early church understood the relationship between faith and works.

Mark McDowellChurchHistory/Church History

What the Reformation Teaches About How to Address Ecclesial Abuses

The Reformation was not purely a movement of theological reform, but was also a movement of moral reform combatting ecclesial abuses.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismPolitical TheologyHistory/Church History

The End of Evangelicalism and the Possibility of Reformed Catholicism

The evangelical moment is ending, buried under contradictions and corruption. But a new, better chapter of Christian history in America might be beginning.

Joshua HeavinHistory/Church History

'Passages,' Chapter 1

'Passages,' Chapter 1

Jake MeadorHistory/Church Historychurch historyLawMarcionism

Christian Ethics, Evangelicals, and Functional Marcionism

When evangelicals talk about the Old Testament they can quickly slip into a type of Marcionism, particularly when talking about the Pentateuch.

Kevin WhiteHistory/Church History

Papal Resignations -- A Historian's Take

Papal Resignations -- A Historian's Take