On Francis Schaeffer

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Francis Schaeffer’s birth. In honor of the occasion, the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture at Southeastern Seminary is celebrating 100 Days of Schaeffer. The CFC has asked one hundred different Christian leaders to share how they’ve been influenced by Schaeffer’s ministry. The responses are...

On Patrick Henry: An Interview with Thomas Kidd

Every American who finished elementary school knows that Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death!” But there was more to the man than one great speech. In Patrick Henry: First among Patriots (Basic, 2011), Thomas S. Kidd reintroduces us to one of the most important leaders among the Founding Fathers. Recently, I had the opportunity to...

Responding to Bell on Hell: Some Lessons for Evangelicals

The January 2012 edition of Credo Magazine is now available online. From the Credo website: The January issue argues for the exclusivity of the gospel, especially in light of the movement known as inclusivism. This issue will seek to answer questions like: Can those who have never heard the gospel of Christ be saved? Will everyone be saved in the end or will...

Searching Out the Sacred in US Political History

Darren Dochuk has written an insightful article for Perspectives on History titled “Searching Out the Sacred in US Political History.” In his article, he notes that seven years ago Yale historian Jon Butler called upon scholars to make religion central to understanding twentieth-century history. Dochuk, a political historian, recounts several recent...

Whatever Happened to Christian History?

During my last couple of years in college, I became increasingly interested in American religious history. It seemed like a reasonable fit: I was intent on attending seminary and preparing for pastoral ministry, but was also a history major who loved studying the past. The more I read, the more I became particularly interested in a couple of areas: American...