Valiant for Truth - The Christian life

John Bunyan is best known around the globe for his classic work, Pilgrim’s Progress ($0.99 on Amazon Kindle) which is deservingly the most popular and influential book in Christendom (aside from the Bible).

Back in 2005 America’s new “pastor,” Rick Warren, said, “The first Reformation was about doctrine; the second one needs to be about behavior.

Office hours talks with Paul Lim, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University, about Europe's Reformations, Early Enlightenment England, the transformation of Global Evangelicalism, and being a Reformed Christian in the Academy.

A quick web search reveals surveys that show as many as 97% of Americans professing to believe in God. Impressive, isn’t it? But do 97% of Americans actually believe in the God who says, “You shall have no other gods before me?” (Ex. 20:3) What does it mean to say that 97% of Americans believe in “God?”

I can remember being in the gym one day talking to my trainer about the goals for my new work-out regimen. I was still out of breath, my muscles were still aching, and sweat was pouring down my face.