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Where would Christianity be without the civil powers that privileged it?
https://www.circeinstitute.org/blog/benedict-or-constantine-part-2 Dreher and Ben Op Reynolds: I guess I have a real concern here, though, in that I don’t think that it takes the actual history of the world seriously enough. Orthodox communities would not have survived in the Middle … Continue reading
Carl Trueman on the Ben Op
First Things The talk on Friday night made all of that clear. And it offered an outline of the assumptions of the Ben Op, which might be summarized as follows: Conventional politics will not save us. Nota bene: This is … Continue reading
Experimental Theology’s Progressive Evangelical Ben Op
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 (the best of the bunch so far) Part 5 Sabbath as resistance Part 6 Liturgy is overrated
The Lost World of the CRCNA
Dismantling the CRC I was born in 1963. I was in college and seminary in the 80s, returned back to US ministry in the late 90s and have been pastor in a local church ever since. In the 80s CRC … Continue reading
The Benedict Option
Dreher has been beating this drum consistently enough that he’s getting discussion. Noah Millman serious questions, HT Dreher Alan Jacobs Snakes and Ladders (same Dreher piece) But I think the reason you’re frustrated, and the reason the conversation has gone the … Continue reading
