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Denominations in Time
In a 2005 piece in Word & World, Russell Richey argues that denominationalism in the US has…
Transcending Agricultural Time
We live in unnatural times because of our unnatural time. We can eat foods produced on the…
Vine of the Land
Revelation 14 ends with a harvest scene. First grain is harvested by the son of man, then…
Semper reformanda
In his contribution to Denominationalism, Winthrop Hudson suggests that one of the principles of English Independent ecclesiology was…
Tale of Two Sacrifices
The 144,000 martyrs of Revelation 14 are prepared for self-sacrifice. They are the firstfruits harvested in death.…
First Links—6.10.15
Explainer: The Supreme Court’s Ruling in the Abercrombie Hijab CaseJoe Carter, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Why…
A Day Late, A Dollar Short
Tony Campolo has become the latest evangelical leader to declare for gay marriage. It is perhaps not…
Kalief Browder and Black Suicide
Kalief Browder committed suicide this past Saturday in his home after losing a battle against depression that…
The Double-Edged Sword of Sentimentalism
At the March for Life this past January, I saw a teenage girl holding a sign that…
Founding Pastor
George Whitefield: America’s Spiritual Founding Father by thomas s. kidd yale, 344 pages, $40 In 1775, a…
First Links—6.9.15
Choosing a Path in the World Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal New Churches, Old Europe Philip Jenkins,…
On Subjects and Objects
“I believe in subjects and objects,” writes David Martin at the outset of his Future of Christianity (4).…
Notes Toward a Johannine Theory of Labor
Jesus tells His disciples that they are being sent into a field to harvest where they had…
Sources of Schism
In a study of American Protestant schisms between 1890 and 1990, John Sutten and Mark Chaves claim…
Where there’s fire…?
The Greek kapnos (“smoke”) appears twelve times in Revelation. Hold that number, because it might be significant.…
