Schism And The Redeemed Zoomer (Part 8): John Calvin And Unity In Christ And His Truth

by on September 3, 2026 | Comment
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John Calvin is frequently recruited into the current debates about schism, usually by isolating one side of his ecclesiology. Calvin’s severe warnings against abandoning the visible church are quoted as though he regarded nearly every institutional separation as schismatic. Alternatively, his denunciations . . . Continue reading →

Pastoral Abuse Is Not Leadership

by on September 1, 2026 | 3 Comments

By 2014, Mars Hill Church in Seattle had grown to 15,000 members across 15 locations. Mark Driscoll, the church’s co-founding pastor, was one of the most influential evangelical voices in America. Then it all collapsed. The charges against Driscoll didn’t involve heresy. . . . Continue reading →

Schism And The Redeemed Zoomer (Part 7): Was The Reformation An Act Of Schism?

by on September 1, 2026 | 3 Comments
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The Protestant Reformation undeniably divided the visible church in Western Europe. Congregations ceased communion with Rome, rejected papal jurisdiction (the pope), reconstituted worship according to Scripture and the early church,1 and established new ecclesiastical governments. In that descriptive sense, the Reformation involved . . . Continue reading →

Does the Westminster Confession Teach Baptismal Regeneration? (Part 2)

by on August 31, 2026 | Comment
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In order to interpret the text of the Scots Confession and the Westminster Confession we must decide on a hermeneutic, a way of interpreting confessional texts. Often in the interpretation of confessional documents the temptation is to try to interpret a specific passage without reference to the broader context, but that is no way to read a text. Continue reading →