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The Great Tradition—the Essential Guidance System for the Church
Before writing his famous book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis was told by many advisors that ordinary Christians would not be interested in theology, that “dry old stuff,” but rather in plain,...
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Liberation Theology Enters Gotham Politics
The New York City mayoral race has experienced a resurgence in liberation theology, at least in the history of one of the candidates. The New York Times discovered that Democratic hopeful Bill de...
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The United Miracle: A Mainline Seminary Turns from Liberalism to Orthodoxy
Not long ago, United Theological Seminary (UTS) in the Dayton, Ohio area was just another declining, has-been mainline seminary, facing ominous financial hardships, dominated by Scripture-demoting...
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Bishop: We Episcopalians Are Just “Open” Liberal, Not “Crazy” Liberal!
In defending his denomination, the Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. C. Franklin Brookhart, Jr. was not always truthful in the ecumenical greetings he brought to the global United Methodist Council of...
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Best Articles of the Week
This past week has provided a wide-range of free excellent articles, proving the beneficial side of the internet. A strong body of content has been published that merits the thinking Christian's...
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Slap an Arian Day, or the Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra
Today we commemorate St. Nicholas of Myra, whose resume boasts enough miracles for him to be called the "Wonderworker" in some parts of Christendom. Even before he became the Coca-Cola chugging...
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Chinese Christians Rattle Government
For some Chinese Communist Party officials, seeing crosses atop churches from a highway are an intolerable symbol of who owns the future. Christianity is transforming the country; a pill too bitter for...
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David Cameron’s Christian Britain
This article was originally published at The American Spectator. It is cross-posted with permission. Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron is enjoying some controversy for again hailing Britain as a...
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An Interview with Brad Littlejohn: The Davenant Trust
Recently, IRD had the privilege of interviewing Dr. W. Bradford Littlejohn, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh. He now serves on the board of directors for The Davenant Trust, an...
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An Interview with Brad Littlejohn: Reformed Irenicism?
This is Part 2 of a four part series. Here is Part 1. IRD: Speaking of vision and foundations, where is the center of gravity for the renaissance of Protestant social thought? Dr. Brad Littlejohn: Ha,...
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An Interview with Brad Littlejohn: Roads to Rome
This is Part 3 of a four part series. Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2. IRD: Before we get ahead of ourselves, I want to ask something else about Davenant Trust. It’s not merely academic in scope,...
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An Interview with Brad Littlejohn: Whither the Restless and Reformed?
This is Part 4 of a four part series. Here are links to Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. IRD: You may have noticed that the Restless and Reformed Movement in evangelicalism (also called the “New Calvinism”)...
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Theologizers and the Anti-Seminary
This past year or so has witnessed a rollout of liberal evangelical nonsense. Matthew Vines wrote his controversial God and the Gay Christian, which asserts that evangelicalism and the homosexual...
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The Latest Threat to Evangelical Support for Israel
In 2010, a film was released that perfectly encapsulated the erosion of Evangelical Christian support for Israel. The film, With God on Our Side, featured a young man learning about the Palestinian...
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The Festival Where ‘Christianity’ Is Just Earth Worship
Every year, Hot Springs, North Carolina hosts the Wild Goose Festival, a four-day musical and spiritual festival marketed towards Progressive Christians. This year, I made the trip to catalogue the...
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The Local Church: Equipping the Saints
Editor’s Note: This interview is the fifth installment of Evangelical Action’s series “How Does Your Church Grow?” and is your opportunity to meet the pastors of the local church plants, hear their...
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What is the Foundation for United Methodist Political Lobbying?
The differences between IRD/UMAction and groups like the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) or the unofficial Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) are well...
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How American Evangelicals Are NOT Following New Testament Christianity
Much more than a single article could be written detailing all the ways in which American evangelical Protestantism looks very different from the early church. Certainly not all of the developments in...
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Rekindling the Longing for Meaning
Blaise Pascal, in one of his excellent Pensées (194 on The Project Gutenberg) writes that there are two kinds of people; those who care about their role in the cosmos and what eternity has in store for...
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Christians Should Just Die Already
Yesterday I read the following poem on death entitled “Moriturus” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. If I could have Two things in one: The peace of the grave, And the light of the sun; My hands across My...
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