The Pope or 30,000 Denominations? White Horse Inn Responds to Bishop Robert Barron

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The Pope or 30,000 Denominations? White Horse Inn Responds to Bishop Robert Barron

40 min

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Series: Protestant Answers

Religious Movements

The Pope or 30,000 Denominations? White Horse Inn Responds to Bishop Robert Barron

40 min

Bishop Barron argues that the Reformation’s legacy is 30,000 denominations and doctrinal chaos. Is Protestantism fatally fractured? Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb address the charge of division by exploring the Protestant understanding of visible and invisible church unity, the authority of Scripture, and the nature of confessional agreement.

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Bob Hiller is the Senior Pastor of Community Lutheran Church in Escondido/San Marcos, California. He is the author of Finding Christ in the Straw and the content editor for The Craft of Preaching (1517).

Justin S. Holcomb, PhD, is an Episcopal minister and professor of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has authored, coauthored, or edited more than twenty books on numerous topics, including abuse, biblical studies, and theology. Justin and his wife, Lindsey, coauthored the award-winning children’s book God Made All of Me, God Made Me in His Image, and God Made Babies. You can read more from Justin at justinholcomb.com and connect with him on Twitter @JustinHolcomb.

Michael Horton (Ph.D., Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Coventry University) is the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California and Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Sola Media.

Walter R. Strickland II (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is teaching pastor at Imago Dei Church. He is Associate Professor of Systematic and Contextual Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he cofounded Aptree Learning. He and his wife live in the Raleigh area in North Carolina, and they have two daughters and a son, and a daughter named Hope who is waiting to meet them in glory.

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