Today, this question raises theological temperatures to a boil. Three hundred years ago, at the dawn of the evangelical movement, ministers banned this question from being asked from their pulpits. The early evangelicals took their questions, and more importantly, their answers, elsewhere. Trumpeting across the field, a voice could be heard from a person too
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Reflecting on God’s Sovereignty and Goodness with Travis Campbell
When a crisis hits, the most natural question is “where is God in all this?” While questions about God’s goodness and sovereignty—and how they relate—are common in theological debates, the tragedies of life rudely shove them in our faces. Travis Campbell has suffered tragedies of his own and asked these very questions. The Wonderful Decree
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Born Again: An Interview with Sean McGever
What does it mean to be born again? While there are many opinions about the term—and many use it without a clear definition—our theological forebears had much to say on the topic. In Born Again, Sean McGever interacts with two of the earliest and most prolific writers on the subject of conversion: George Whitefield and
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The “Greatest Generation” and Its Theological Legacy
The essays in Basics of the Faith originally appeared as a series of articles published in Christianity Today from 1961–1962. As such, they constitute a veritable time capsule of the state of the art of mid-twentieth century evangelical theology in the English-speaking world. To be precise, the essays all date from the time between two
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Appreciating the Theology of Benedict XVI: A Round Table Interview
In The Theology of Benedict XVI, a group of prominent Protestant theologians present a full picture of Benedict’s theology. In this round table interview, we ask some of the contributors to give their thoughts on the importance of Benedict’s theological legacy to both Protestant and Catholics alike. Lexham Press: Why should Protestants engage with the
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Benedict XVI’s Theology through the Eyes of Protestants
“Is the Reformation over?” Prompted by a growing thaw in relations between evangelicals and Catholics in the United States, in particular, Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom weighed the evidence and concluded that the answer was (at least in 2005), “No.” Though certain evangelicals and certain Catholics had started to cooperate in matters of social concern,
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Abraham Kuyper and the Fight for Educational Liberty
Abraham Kuyper accomplished much over the course of his lifetime, but perhaps his most lasting contribution to Dutch society was a radical restructuring of the Dutch school system according to the principle of religious liberty. Over a span of almost fifty years (1869–1917), he and his Antirevolutionary Party worked diligently to establish the right of
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The Timeless Legacy of Groen van Prinsterer
Why are the populism that hailed Napoleon, the nationalism that supported Bismarck, the naturalism of Darwin, and the nihilism of Nietzsche still with us in the twenty-first century? Of the making of many books there is no end—warns the Bible—but once in a while a book comes along that swallows up many others. Groen van
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Untangling the Problem of Evil
Knots come in many shapes and sizes and perform a variety of functions, as any Boy Scout or outdoors enthusiast knows. Understanding how to tie a knot may mean the difference between life and death. Some knots unravel easily, while others need persistent focus and attention in order to untangle. Working through the problem of
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Recovering Old Testament Theology for World Mission
A familiar trope in contemporary evangelical Christianity posits two kinds of knowledge: the kind that resides in the ?head,? on one hand, and the kind found in the ?heart,? on the other. According to this line of thinking, one can dispassionately acknowledge the truth of certain facts but fail to allow those facts to ignite
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