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The claim that Protestantism is responsible for the rise of moral relativism rests on a simplified reading of intellectual history and an equally simplified understanding of the Reformation itself. Before one can assess whether Protestantism “caused” relativism, it is necessary to recognize that the cultural, philosophical, and theological conditions that later produced rela...


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"All the Puritans regarded religious feeling and pious emotion without knowledge as worse than useless. Only when the truth was being felt was emotion in any way desirable. When men felt and obeyed the truth they knew, it was the work of the Spirit of God, but when they were swayed by feeling without knowledge, it was a sure sign that the devil was at work, for feeling divorced ...

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The pathos of the crucifix obscures the glory of Christ, for it hides the fact of His deity, His victory on the cross, and His present kingdom. It displays His human weakness, but it conceals His divine strength; it depicts the reality of His pain, but keeps out of our sight the reality of His joy and His power. In both these cases, the symbol is unworthy most of all because of ...

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Following is an intense dialogue about whether America’s greatness came from its principles or its conditions:

Jesse:

I will simplify matters for you by just saying that we should stick with the genius of our founding fathers. Only a fool would believe that he could honestly conceive of a system better than what they themselves devised. The American Constitution is n...

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          Patrick Madrid’s portrayal of medieval Bible access smooths over too many historical rough edges to be taken at face value. By emphasizing rare examples of openness and downplaying the structural barriers that shaped ordinary people’s experience, he offers a partial, and therefore distorted, account. His own article can be read by interest...

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