American History Archives - Reformed Journal

ETHICS LESSONS IN A BLOCKBUSTER FILM

Thinking and acting morally is not a matter of discerning unchanging principles and applying them in all circumstances. It is an evolving process of testing and reconsidering our principles as we apply them, a recursive deliberation in response to the outcome of our actions and the challenges offered by others who disagree.

David A. HoekemaAugust 14, 2023

American History Church History Featured

Slavery and the Difficulty of Interpreting the Bible

When I listen to fellow pastors and church members say to me, “The Apostle Paul in Romans 1 is very clear about same-sex relationships,” I hear echoes of the way many cited scripture to justify slavery. This has caused me to revisit my own plain and literal reading of the Bible. To do so is not to be lost in the sea of relativism, nor a failure of moral formation, nor a failure to take the Bible seriously, nor a…

Kent FryJuly 3, 2023

American History Featured

A Rent in the Fabric of the Earth

Forty years ago a memorial wall, placed in a rent of the earth’s fabric, spoke eloquently to the American people about both the heroism and the futility of war. May we have ears to listen.

David A. HoekemaNovember 14, 2022

American History Around the Web White American Evangelicalism

White Protestants aren’t losing liberty. They’re losing power.

David French writes how a "post-Christian" USA animates and motivates a lot of American Christianity.

Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 13, 2022

American History Around the Web Culture White American Evangelicalism

Uncivil Religion: an amazing examination of January 6

A phenomenal digital resource, includes an essay by Kristin Kobes DuMez of Calvin University.

Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 6, 2022

American History Around the Web Church Racial Justice

Watch Night, Emancipation & New Years Eve

Who remembers church on New Years Eve? In the Black Church, Watch Night celebrated the Emancipation Proclamation.

Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellJanuary 2, 2022

American History Around the Web White American Evangelicalism

Waning Influence of traditional, northern US evangelical institutions

The "southernization" of American evangelicalism, as the influence of institutions like Christianity Today, the National Association of Evangelicals, and Wheaton Colleges wanes.

Steve Mathonnet-VanderWellOctober 28, 2021

American History Around the Web