Category Archives: Protestant piety

Religious Bigotry, Like Sin, Is an Equal Opportunity Affliction, or Toward a Better Anti-Catholicism

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

Much of the brouhaha over Jason Stellman’s development has garnered a lot of chatter over the Catholic-Protestant divide, the sound of a squeaky wheel being reinvented.  In the process, strong language tends to give way to incivility. Even those of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Conservative, DG Hart, History, Protestant piety, Protestantism/Catholicism | 18 Comments

Watch What You Say…

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Pastor Jim Cassidy contemplates two kingdom theology and concludes with a worry that it …may in fact cause Christians to lose their greatest apologetic and witnessing opportunities. This is because while the unbeliever and the believer may not have any … Continue reading →

Posted in David VanDrunen, Protestant piety, Two-kingdoms | 21 Comments

Thesis Thursday

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

We’re up to Lecture 35, and Thesis XXII, where it seems that Walther is rejecting prevenient, resistible grace (but using different words). It is a great and awful sin not to draw any soul that has been entrusted to us … Continue reading →

Posted in Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Gospel, History, Law/Gospel Distinction, Lutheranism, Pietism, Protestant piety, Protestant preaching, Protestant slogans, Protestantism/Catholicism, Quotes, The gospel, The Protestant Reformation, Thesis Thursday | Leave a comment

The Curmudgeon on Calvinist Piety V. Spiritual Treadmills

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

And especially the second one that owes particularly to the relative (ahem) victory of revivalism in American-made religion: This treadmill can be particularly damaging to covenant children and young people. What do we expect to happen with those born within … Continue reading →

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Thesis Thursday

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

We have now come to Lecture 6 and Thesis III Rightly distinguishing the Law and the Gospel is the most difficult and the highest art of Christians in general and of theologians in particular. It is taught only by the Holy … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessionalism, Gospel, Law/Gospel Distinction, Lutheranism, Protestant piety, Protestant preaching, Protestant slogans, Quotes, Thesis Thursday | 2 Comments

Thesis Thursday

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Last time, we finished the fourth lecture, and the bigger “half” of: Thesis II. Only he is an orthodox teacher who not only presents all the articles of faith in accordance with Scripture, but also rightly distinguished from each other the … Continue reading →

Posted in Calvin, Calvinism, Gospel, History, Law/Gospel Distinction, Lutheranism, Protestant piety, Protestant preaching, Protestant slogans, Protestantism/Catholicism, Quotes, The gospel, The Protestant Reformation, The Weekly Standard, Thesis Thursday | 32 Comments

Thesis Thursday

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Last time, beginning the fourth lecture, we considered the first half of Thesis II, so we pick up with the question that we left off with Thesis II. Only he is an orthodox teacher who not only presents all the articles … Continue reading →

Posted in Compare and Confess, Gospel, Law/Gospel Distinction, Lutheranism, Protestant piety, Protestant preaching, Quotes, Rapture, The gospel, The Protestant Reformation, Thesis Thursday | 5 Comments

Even More Reasons to Like Lutherans (You Go, Girl)

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Because they’re so bleeping worldly. You can smell earth all over them. One is named Mollie Hemingway. She is a journalist who blogs at GetReligion.org and was briefly interviewed by the Washingtom Examiner. To the question, “Many people consider a … Continue reading →

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