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A Short History of Evangelical Confusion
Jason Cherry
Jan 17, 2022
The Second Great Awakening, beginning at the turn of the nineteenth century, established Christianity as the cohesive moral force of the country, but it failed to unite..
Studies in Reversal
Jason Cherry
Nov 29, 2021
This is a companion article to “A Game Plan for Slumped Shouldered Christians,” which can be found by clicking here God is up to something. The tumult of the present ...
Straightening our Path
Jason Cherry
Nov 22, 2021
The month of Thanksgiving means we are obligated to think about the Plymouth Pilgrims. But instead of reflecting on the First Thanksgiving, let’s remember the wise ...
Catholicity and what it is not
Jason Cherry
Oct 12, 2021
Over the past eighteen months, you’ve watched the embers of latent disaffection fanned into flames of revolt. The revolutionaries triangulated their notions of equity...
C.S. Lewis on the Christian Household
Jason Cherry
May 28, 2021
There is a lot of talk about the household in Christian circles these days, much of it good (On this note, we heartily recommend C.R. Wiley’s two books, Man of the ...
Difficult to Believe: An Introduction to Summer Sunday School
Jason Cherry
May 18, 2021
We live in a day and age where it is difficult to believe. For many Christians, maybe even for you, faith is fragile and feels outdated and immature. The ...
Fuddled Worship: Why Virtual Worship is no Substitute for In-Person Worship
Jason Cherry
Apr 5, 2021
This is a companion article to “Why Haven’t we Canceled Worship Services?” which can be found by clicking here. American Christians of recent vintage are eager to live...
Why Haven’t We Canceled Worship Services?
Jason Cherry
Feb 16, 2021
There was an outbreak of the plague in Scotland in 1645. Roughly half the population died. There was another outbreak in 1647. The local Presbyterians organized a six ...
A Game Plan for Slumped-Shouldered Christians
Jason Cherry
Dec 1, 2020
If you begin at the root and rise of it, Satan has schemed to war against God’s people from the beginning. Sometimes he slithers up to an unsuspecting damsel...
What is it? Explaining the Gist of Good Preaching
Jason Cherry
Oct 17, 2020
It is hard to swiftly and accurately explain what makes for good preaching. So, for now, it is enough to say a few brief things about it that will...
Evangelicalism: A Diagnostic Exam
Jason Cherry
Aug 21, 2020
There is a submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ seventeen meters deep in the Mediterranean Sea. Unbeknownst to its creator, Guido Galletti, the statue, Christ of...
Thick or Thin?
Jason Cherry
Aug 17, 2020
The baseline definition of an “evangelical” comes from Historian David Bebbington’s famous “quadrilateral” of evangelical traits: biblicism...
Are all sins equal and why does it matter?
Jason Cherry
May 6, 2024
Since theology is more like music than calculus, imagine theology is a harp. The more strings that are in tune the more celestial the song...
A Word for the High School Graduates of TRC
Jason Cherry
May 8, 2023
So you are about to graduate High School and head off to college. Your college experience may be the first time you interact with the broader evangelical world...
Evangelicals Know Better
Jason Cherry
Jan 30, 2023
In 1873 a Greek manuscript of the Didache was found by Philotheos Bryennios, a Greek Orthodox Bishop of Nicomedia. Before this discovery, the Didache was only known...
Subjectivism: The Tie that Binds
Jason Cherry
Sep 19, 2022
They say when trouble comes to close the ranks. The way we do this is to be thoroughly Christian in every respect. This requires that we not apologize for what the...