In the years preceding the Civil War, the Bible functioned as the “most influential cultural force” of the young country” [1]. Americans...

Evangelicalism at the time of the Second Great Awakening was driven by three primary motivators. The first was perfectionism, “premised...

In The Baptism of Early Virginia, Rebecca Anne Goetz outlines conceptions of race in colonial Virginia, particularly the concept of...

Islam and Christianity have a long and storied history over the past 1400 years, marked by instances of fierce violence,...

The Christian Church has a long history of mission in diverse cultures, beginning with the Apostles spreading the Gospel from their...

The matter of God’s judgment in the Canons of Dort is perhaps my own biggest struggle with their teaching. It is hard not to escape a...

On the first read, the Heidelberg Catechism’s use of the word “hate” in Q&A 5 seems a bit harsh. In fact, my natural reaction is, “How...

The strength of world Christianity leads the West to reevaluate its role in the faith. The prevalence of the church in ancient,...

In the early days of the United States of America, reason served as the great leveler, tearing down what were seen as tyrannical...

Brad Gregory’s assertion that the Protestant Reformation fractured a consensus about where authority lies serves as a backdrop for...

In recent years, there has been a resurgence in the popularity of the early church fathers, not just amongst pastors and scholars, but...

For years, Protestants have accused Catholics of propagating a “works-righteousness” that neglects the role of God’s grace, to which St....

While God speaks through the entirety of the Scriptures, the Psalms have played a unique and special role in the life of the church. They...

St. Augustine of Hippo’s treatise on preaching, On Christian Doctrine, has a number of parallels to St. John Chrystostom’s On the...

St. John Chrystostom’s classic, On the Priesthood, is a sobering work for anyone considering a future in ministry. Over the course of its...

In his seminal work, On the Incarnation, St. Athanasius of Alexandria presents the incarnation of Christ as the decisive act of God in...

While Origen has been criticized for over-allegorizing Scripture, his own writings attest that he took great care when finding the...

The early Gnostic view of the world is comprised of a complex myths in which the eons, or spiritual powers, are constantly “playing catch...

In the early church, martyrdom was seen as the moment in which a true Christian attained to God. In his Epistle to the Smyrnaeans,...