Children in Worship
Should we have “children’s church”? For many Christians, this kind of question is not even be asked because the practice is already assumed. Just as they have youth group, college outreach, etc., so too would they have a specific children’s ministry. But for others, the opposite is assumed—everyone worships together. So, should we have children’s […]
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Amyraldianism and English Hypothetical Universalism: What’s the Difference?
Because of my knowledge of John Davenant’s hypothetical universalism, I am often asked what the difference is between Davenant’s hypothetical universalism and so-called Amyraldianism. Jonathan Moore’s helpful study on English hypothetical universalism, insisting that we ought to distinguish it from Amyraldianism coupled with Richard Muller’s similar claim that there were varieties of early modern Reformed […]
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“Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body,” by John Kleinig
What are bodies for? Why do we have bodies? John Kleinig sets out to answer such simple, yet profound, questions in his recent book Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body. As Kleinig puts it, such an inquiry “is not a theoretical question for idle speculation, something for philosophers to consider. It is a […]
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Open Marriages and Closed Hearts
Open Relationships: The Next Big Trend I once led a discussion about love with a group of young adult soldiers and spouses. What does true love consist of? Everyone quickly jumped to the issue of honesty—a persistent point made by our Orphan Generation. But what about faithfulness? Not a single member of that conversation said […]
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Death, Dogma, and Discourse
Death, dogma, and discourse might not go together at first glance. Death and dogma perhaps—as John Henry Newman wrote, “Many a man will live and die upon a dogma”—but that makes discourse the third wheel. How is discourse—personal exchange—related to death and dogma? My experience has shown me that discourse is actually the beating heart […]
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The Decline of Religion – Q & A with Steve Bruce
Modern Reformation recently asked Steve Bruce, University of Aberdeen sociologist and leading international authority on secularization, to discuss some of the major issues he raises in his important book Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory. What is the “Secularization Paradigm” and why has it come under fire in recent decades? The Secularization Paradigm (SP) […]
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Transforming Truth: Apologetics in a Postmodern World
It was educational, if distressing, to read some college newspapers right after September 11, 2001. Students were often shocked by the unspeakable cruelty of the terrorist acts and had no problem calling them “evil.” Some professors, however, had a different take. “You haven’t listened to us!” was their rhetoric. In the vigorous exchanges that flooded […]
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From the Editor
In the very first “In this Issue” of Modern Reformation, Editor-in-Chief Michael Horton lamented that both popular culture and evangelicalism had pushed aside attentive and careful consideration of God, seeking instead entertainment, amusement, and fun. “So in this issue,” Dr. Horton wrote, “we will be raising thinking to the top of the agenda.” Indeed, not […]
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What Has Become of American Fundamentalism?
The answer to this question depends—not surprisingly—on what we mean by “fundamentalism.” As a religious designation, the term is just over a century old. Yet it never had just one meaning, and over the decades, these principal meanings have changed. So, to avoid confusion, we need to stay alert to these various meanings and be […]
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Fundamentals for the Evangelical Future
My spiritual pilgrimage offers one microcosm of American evangelicalism’s basic story arc: from mainline pietism through fundamentalism to both neo-evangelicalism and confessional Protestantism. I was born into mainline pietism as a Methodist in rural Ohio. But when the denomination began sending pastors to our congregation who did not believe and preach the Bible, we shifted […]
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