Often, we Protestants and Evangelicals are mocked for the divisions found among us. The number of denominations that exist within Protestantism are an albatross around our collective neck. Yet moderate Nonconformists of the late-seventeenth century like Philip and Matthew Henry, Edmund Calamy, and James Owen found significant unity even with important denominational differences. This is […]
Month: April 2020
We are living in a time of deep and profound political polarization and it has seeped into the church. Here in our country we are experiencing some of the deepest rifts our nation has ever faced. These rifts are evident in and, perhaps, exacerbated by social media and this new era of tweets, posts, and […]
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So far, so (much) good
Early in the book of Acts, persecution broke out, Christians scattered, and the Gospel spread throughout the world. What was hard on the church was used for its expansion and the fulfillment of its mission: make disciples of all nations. On the other hand, a lot of church historians would point out that after the […]
When I was 18 years old and had recently graduated from high school, my good friend and I were invited to the Mars Symposium in Washington, D.C. We had been the winners of a JPL-NASA sponsored essay competition for high school students. My friend wrote most of our essay, which is to say that I […]