Is Christmas Pagan?
It is not unusual to find arguments, both from atheists and Christians, that Christmas was started as an attempt by Christians to... Read More
Luther’s 95 Theses
On this day 499 years ago, a monk named Martin Luther (1483–1546) approached a church door in Wittenberg, Germany and posted a... Read More
E3 Workshop Teaser: Why Did Wesley Think God Raised up the Methodists?
Just six months before he died, John Wesley (1703–1791) wrote to a preacher named Robert Carr Brackenbury (1752–1818). In that letter Wesley... Read More
An Able and Faithful Ministry
In the early 1800s the church in America faced a number of challenges. Intermittent revivals of religion in the previous decades had... Read More
The Man Who Would Be Santa Claus
It’s that time of year when complete strangers ask children what they want a dead guy to bring them when he sneaks... Read More
A Church History Series for Children (and Those Who Teach Them)
Most seminary students are involved in teaching children in some venue or another. Many are husbands and fathers, and so are responsible... Read More
A Couple of New Books on Those “Troublers of Churches”
“In America, Baptists were once the ultimate religious outsiders. The Puritans called them ‘the troublers of churches in all places’ and banned... Read More
Abortion: Is This Really a New Problem?
Recently released videos by The Center for Medical Progress have brought to light some of the more egregious atrocities committed by Planned... Read More
Arminius’s Declaration of Sentiments
A little over fifty years ago, Carl Bangs lamented that Jacob Arminius (1559/60–1609) had been consistently misunderstood and misrepresented by both friend... Read More
Adoniram Judson and the Question of Baptism
At the beginning of the nineteenth century the country of Burma was almost 100% Buddhist, but such is no longer the case.... Read More