Consumerism

In this six-part series the hosts will explore the extent to which our message has become more American than Christian. Tracing the effects of moralism, sentimentalism, consumerism and pragmatism, the hosts will argue that God has essentially been tamed and reduced to the role of public mascot. Has the salt of the American church lost […]

Is conversion man’s work or God’s? Revivalist preacher Charles Finney argued that since it was a work of man’s will, it is the church’s responsibility to use various kinds excitements in order to change that will and to induce conversion. What have been the effects of this revivalistic spirit?

We live in a day in which truth is downplayed, while handbooks for discovering the right spiritual technique to get God’s blessings end up selling like hotcakes. The ultimate question of pragmatism is not, “Is this true, good, or beautiful?,” but rather, “Will it work?” On this program, the hosts will trace this pragmatic spirit […]

Does the spiritual insight and advice that you hear in church sound a lot like the kind of platitudes you find on Hallmark cards? Is the main purpose of religion to provide emotional comfort, and spiritual uplift? On this program the hosts will trace these emphases back to the triumph of sentimentalism in the history […]

Throughout the history of American Christianity, non-biblical taboos often were made the measure of genuine faith and godliness. So true Christian were those who didn’t “dance, drink, smoke or chew, or go with girls who do.” On this program the hosts will discuss this problem of legalism both as it is addressed in scripture and […]

I was wary when I heard how great this book was. In former times, the genre of a book like Bonnie Kristian’s In Defense of Evangelicalism was known as an “apology.” It meant a formal defense, a word to turn away attacks (the Greek roots apo “away from” and logos “word”).

Dr. Robert Godfrey joins Michael Horton and Bob Hiller to discuss the strange disappearance and mystery around Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, and what the fame of this pentecostal preacher tells us about the history of American evangelicalism.

The word heresy is closely associated with the idea of schism, breaking off from the church, and theologians have made a distinction between formal and material heresy. Formal heresy is a stubborn denial of vital Christian doctrine—those who have heard the truth and then rejected it. Material heresy is what happens when a person embraces a false doctrine out of ignorance.

Matt Greiner joins Sola Media’s Director of Content Caleb Wait to discuss the tension between faith, art, and public platforms.