Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

divide as "a tremendous challenge for us." Read our latest issue or browse back issues. A former South Carolina pastor, Page wrote an 80-page booklet in 2000 titled Trouble with the TULIP: A Closer ...

Reformed theology is more irenic and diverse than you think, says theologian Oliver Crisp. Few figures in church history have been so much loved or hated, admired or despised as John Calvin. Calvinism ...

A discussion of Calvinism is particularly timely. Crises in social evolution, as in the experience of individuals, have always forced men to a renewed reliance upon God. When civilization fails to ...

(RNS) Can’t we all just get along? That was the question that Southern Baptists, torn between Calvinists and non-Calvinists, seemed to be asking as they opened their two-day annual meeting in Houston.

Historically, religious language and phrases have crept into the church that have been a great influence on our thinking. Often, without the user really understanding why, or for what reason, they may ...

A couple of months ago I wrote about total depravity (also known as original sin), the first of five points of Calvinism known by the acronym TULIP. The other four are unconditional election (no ...