Pre-Reformation in the Medieval World

Dr. Nathan Busenitz documents very well in his book “Long Before Luther” (Moody, 2017) that the idea of justification by faith alone was most definitely believed and taught by many of the early church fathers in the first five centuries of Christianity....

Long Before Luther

Were the main ideas of the Protestant Reformation (sola fide and sola scriptura) novel ideas unheard of before Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses in 1517? One Protestant historian, Alistair McGrath claims that the idea of justification by faith alone (sola fide) was a...

12 Strong — A Threat to the PC Crowd

I saw the movie “12 Strong” starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Pena. Pretty good war flick. Not as good as “Lone Survivor” or “American Sniper”– it definitely needed more character development– but still a pretty good...

Death at the Local School

A little over two weeks ago a teenager at Perry High School, near Canton Ohio, committed suicide. That is the SIXTH suicide in that school district in the past five months. Last week at the same school a teenager was arrested for threatening “to go...

Darkest Hour

After watching “Darkest Hour” the other day with my family, I am reminded of this quote by Winston Churchill: “…Still, if will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be...