The Unintended Reformation: Chapter 4–“Subjectivizing Morality” (Part 7)
We now continue with our walk through of The Unintended Reformation by Brad Gregory. In this post, I’m going to take a look at chapter 4, “Subjectivizing Morali...
Category: Church History
The Unintended Reformation (Part 5): Chapter 3–Controlling the Churches: From Luther to Jefferson in Five Easy Steps
In my last post, I covered chapter 2 of Brad Gregory’s book, The Unintended Reformation, in which he traced a historical line from the Reformation to the 19th c...
The Unintended Reformation (Part 4): How We Got From Luther to Marx in Seven Steps–Appeals to Reason Gone Wild
In this post I am going to crystalize Brad Gregory’s historical overview from the time of the Reformation to today in seven simple steps. For this is what he do...
The Unintended Reformation (Part 3): Church Tradition, the Reformation, Philosophical Naturalism, and the Quirky Thing About Science
In my last post, I discussed how Brad Gregory, in his book The Unintended Reformation, began to make the argument that our current secular society, complete wit...
The Unintended Reformation (Part 2): How Did We Get So Secular, and Why Is Luther to Blame?
So how did the Protestant Reformation lead to our current secularized culture? How did Luther’s famous “Sola Scriptura” lead to legal battles over Christmas crè...
The Unintended Reformation (i.e. Why Luther and Calvin should be blamed for the ACLU) (Part 1)
For the next week or so, I am going to provide you with a bit of a history lesson that, trust me, you’ll be glad you learned. If you are like me, and find yours...
Richard Dawkins and Thomas Aquinas’ 4th and 5th Proofs for God’s Existence (Part 9)
Yesterday, we looked at how Richard Dawkins failed to understand Thomas Aquinas’ first three “proofs” for the existence of God. Instead of even attempting to un...
Richard Dawkins’ Failed Critique of Thomas Aquinas (Part 8)
“Proving” the existence of God in any rationalistic, scientific sense is going to be a futile endeavor. The reason why is, not because God doesn’t exist, but ra...
Book Review: Karl Giberson’s “Saving the Original Sinner” (Part 3)
Here is the rest of my book review of Karl Giberson’s book, Saving the Original Sinner. Chapter 6: The Origin of Mrs. Cain (and the Posse that Chased her ...
Book Review: Karl Giberson’s “Saving the Original Sinner” (Part 1)
Karl Giberson is a Christian scholar and scientist who is at the forefront of the current “creation/evolution” debate in the United States. Among his other acco...