July 2025
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What It Means to Be Protestant, Ch. 1: What Is Protestantism, and Can It Unite the Church?, Part 5: Definition
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<<<< 1: Self-Understanding <<< 2: Identity << 3: Doctrine < 4: Priorities 5: Definition What, Then, Is Protestantism? If Protestantism cannot be unified at the level of identity, doctrine, or priorities—if it ceases to be a thing so much as a plurality of things, what is […]
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What It Means to Be Protestant, Ch. 1: What Is Protestantism, and Can It Unite the Church?, Part 4: Priorities
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<<< 1: Self-Understanding << 2: Identity < 3: Doctrine 4: Priorities 5: Definition > Priorities: Fragmented Goals, Divided Witness Gavin claims that Protestantism shares these common priorities: the removal of historical accretions, the renewal of the gospel in the church, and a return to the authority […]
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What It Means to Be Protestant, Ch. 1: What Is Protestantism, and Can It Unite the Church?, Part 3: Doctrine
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<< 1: Self-Understanding < 2: Identity 3: Doctrine 4: Priorities > 5: Definition >> Doctrine: Five Solae, Many Stories If Protestantism cannot be grounded in a common identity, what about through shared doctrine? Gavin has proffered a set of doctrinal distinctives—offered as hallmarks of Protestantism more […]
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What It Means to Be Protestant, Ch. 1: What Is Protestantism, and Can It Unite the Church?, Part 2: Identity
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< 1: Self-Understanding 2: Identity 3: Doctrine > 4: Priorities >> 5: Definition >>> Identity: A Movement Without a Center? Does Protestantism truly have a common identity? What constitutes an identity in the first place? The question is not trivial. At a minimum, identity require mutual […]
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What It Means to Be Protestant, Ch. 1: What Is Protestantism, and Can It Unite the Church?, Part 1: Self-Understanding
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1: Self-Understanding 2: Identity > 3: Doctrine >> 4: Priorities >>> 5: Definition >>>> The Protestant Self-Understanding What is Protestantism—and can it help bring about the unity Christ prayed for? These are not merely academic questions. They cut to the heart of our divided Christian witness. […]