16 Jan 2019
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
One of the dangers inherent in "complementarianism" is the perception that ordination to ecclesiastical office is a matter of semi-arbitrary positive law and private zones of jurisdiction, that male leadership in church is only a question of ordination or specific church polity and only because a few bible...
Read more → 07 Jan 2019
Posted by Mark Jones 
On Social Media, I came across this article on Frank Reich, the former President at RTS Charlotte and now head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. The article was promoted by several men I know and respect. I do, however, have some questions I'd like to ask about how we are to view Frank Reich's remarkable...
Read more → 17 Dec 2018
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
A little over a year ago, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, I commented in a short piece on the salutary effect that event had on education. The general historical picture is clear enough without detailed statistical analysis; but statistical evidence can help to contribute...
Read more → 05 Dec 2018
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
Philip Melanchthon is nothing if not consistent in the way in which he handles the appropriation of classical, and particularly Aristotelian, thinking about virtue for the benefit of Christians (a topic treated recently at Mere Orthodoxy). Melanchthon finds Aristotle (or an eclectically ressourced...
Read more → 13 Nov 2018
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
This paper was originally delivered as a lecture to All Saints Church in Lancaster Pennsylvania on Feb. 18, 2017 as a part of a conference on church history and education. The audio from the entire conference is available here. Like all catechisms, the Heidelberg Catechism has a section dedicated...
Read more → 24 Oct 2018
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
Talk of the supposed "disenchantment" of the world of "modernity" continues apace, providing (as it has always done) a cottage industry for academics and connoisseurs of Angst--and little else. I thought it might be useful to have a quick look at the history of the word, and what it means--or, at least,...
Read more → 19 Oct 2018
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
I'm reading Alan Jacobs' recent book The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis. I'm more persuaded by some aspects of it, less so by others, and stimulated by all. I likely will not have time to write up a full review, which would in any case probably be longer than the book...
Read more → 03 Oct 2018
Posted by Steven Wedgeworth 
I grew up with a very normal American view of Halloween. It was a day where I dressed up like cartoon characters or cartoonish or campy monsters in order to have a few laughs and get some candy. There really was no weighty “significance” behind it. It was just good clean fun. As I got older, things...
Read more → 03 Oct 2018
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
In response to yesterday's post on Benjamin Rush, a colleague in History, Matt Gaetano, points to more on this issue among early Americans as recorded in Ellis Sandoz's book Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of America. Today we'll look at one brief episode in the drama. John Adams, a frequent...
Read more → 02 Oct 2018
Posted by E.J. Hutchinson 
The folks over at Sententiae Antiquae recently posted a passage worth reading from a letter of Benjamin Rush to Ashbel Green from 1807. Therein Rush says: No more Latin should be learned in these schools than is necessary to translate that language into English, and no more Greek than is necessary...
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