Author Archives: The Briefing

Taking the protest out of Protestant

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Now that everyone calls themselves ‘evangelicals’, Bible-believing Christians are left to cast around for a new, distinctive name that captures their emphasis. Perhaps that old chestnut ‘Protestant’ could be a candidate. But these days, is Roman Catholicism still worth protesting about? This is the second of two articles about Roman Catholicism—the first appeared in Briefing #36.

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Heaven is for sinners

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I was talking to a group of students. “Good people go to hell”, I said. “The only people who go to Heaven are bad people.”

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