Of all the solas of the Reformation, critics from both within and without the Reformed tradition have most hesitated and argued over sola Scriptura. With good reason. Depending on how you define it, you can quite handily make the case that either not a single soul in the whole, holy catholic church actually believes sola […]
Continue reading →Why did New England Puritanism ultimately fail in its “errand to the wilderness”? Almost as early as the advent of the second generation of Puritans, one can already find first generation Puritans lamenting the corruption and near dissolution of their beloved “city on a hill.” An aged William Bradford manually supplemented his earlier, optimistic record […]
Continue reading →“Keep the main thing the main thing,”1 Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert intone to no probable disagreement in their amply-titled book What Is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission. Literally everyone wants to keep the main thing the main thing. The real disagreement comes when one […]
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