“Liturgy” was something close to a seven letter four-letter word for those who believed in spiritual worship. And, what students thought about Bodey and his liturgy much of the faculty also thought. The Book of Common Worship drew much upon Cranmer and The Book of Common Prayer as well as other historic resources. Everybody knew... Continue Reading

Blaming the Crusades is a way of denying the Islamic supremacist ideology that has driven the conflict from the beginning.   The cultural relativists on the Left and apologists for radical Islam like to blame the Crusades for almost everything. The Muslim extremists are only responding to the deeds of Christian extremists, the argument goes.... Continue Reading

In the blood of Christ, we have what we lost in Adam, namely, life. The shedding of our Savior’s blood was significant not for the blood itself but for what it represents. It represents the perfect, sinless life of Christ poured out unto death for us (Isa. 53:12).   The Bible is full of epochal events,... Continue Reading

When I envy my neighbor’s baby bump, I hurt myself and others. By distrusting God’s purposes, I refuse to learn the good lessons he is teaching me through my trial. By obsessing about what I don’t have, I fail to glorify him and serve others with the many gifts I do. And by responding to... Continue Reading

So what are we told to do, try our hardest to transform all the “isms”? Work to reverse the process of secularization? Commit to live separately from the world to avoid modernization and all its effects? No, Jesus told us what to do and how he is expanding his kingdom: “Go therefore and make disciples... Continue Reading

Having said all that, I shall probably be arrested next time I go out, but I hope and pray not. Ideally, I shall go on learning to preach Christ to those who either have never heard of him or who have no accurate idea of who he is and what he has done. I shall... Continue Reading

One of the popular caricatures of Protestant two kingdoms theology often bandied about – both by some of its critics and by some of its proponents – is that it separates Christianity from politics. The fact that some two kingdoms proponents in the modern era have presented the doctrine as if it does separate the... Continue Reading

[Editor’s note: The concept of transformationalism has generated much debate on The Aquila Report. We have summarized some of the arguments presented in this discussion; each article is summarized below with a link to the full article so readers can read the whole in context. The debate will continue in other forums and web sites... Continue Reading

At their best, those who espouse R2K theology rightly reject the common temptation among evangelicals to wrap up our theological convictions in the American flag, to confuse God’s kingdom with these United States…. At their worst, however, R2K theology can silence the prophetic voice of the church.  While many R2K advocates would be comfortable with... Continue Reading

And he began to understand that what Paul was speaking of here was a righteousness that God in His grace was making available to those who would receive it passively, not those who would achieve it actively, but that would receive it by faith, and by which a person could be reconciled to a holy... Continue Reading