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What are Protestant denominations actually like, and why are the stereotypes of each so popular? In this episode, a Baptist, Lutheran, Anglican, and Reformed sit down to discuss what their traditions are really about, clear up common misconceptions, and assess whether these famous stereotypes carry any truth.   GET YOUR COPY OF LIVING LIFE BACKWARD   David Gibson's Living Life Backward walks throu...

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.   PARTNER WITH US   Upon becoming a partner you will receive two incredible books: Ordinary and Core Christianity by Dr. Michael Horton. We believe these re...

Scott Keith from 1517 joins Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb to discuss how churches can recover high views of preaching and the sacraments, as well as robust views and practices around vocation, catechism training, and hospitality. GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER The Sola Newspaper is a quarterly print publication rooted in the fullness of the historic Christian fait...

Church isn't meant to be a dull routine or an entertainment-driven spectacle. It's a weekly heavenly ascent that transforms us to live the Christian life here on earth. Adriel Sanchez joins Michael Horton and Bob Hiller to discuss his book, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church.   GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER The Sola Newspaper is a quarterly print publication rooted in the fullne...

What does the wrath of God have to do with the gospel? In 2006, White Horse Inn released a year-long series titled Romans Revolution. This month, we're revisiting a few select episodes from this beloved series. In this episode, the hosts discuss the wrath of God in Romans 1 and how it is often differently portrayed in contemporary churches.   LISTEN TO ROMANS REVOLUTION SERIES FOLLOW US YouTube |...

Back in 2006, White Horse Inn released a year-long series titled Romans Revolution. This series holds a special place in the history of our organization. Our long-time listeners and supporters have shared that these discussions were foundational in shaping their faith over the years. This month, we're revisiting a few select episodes from Romans Revolution.   In Romans 1:16, Paul declares that he...

On this week's continuation of the 2006 White Horse Inn series Romans Revolution, our hosts outline the "big picture" of Paul's letter to the Romans and discuss its incredible historical influence. What is so unique about the Book of Romans that it has had such a great impact on the church throughout history? LISTEN TO THE FULL ROMANS REVOLUTION SERIES FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | F...

Back in 2006, White Horse Inn released a year-long series titled Romans Revolution. This series holds a special place in the history of our organization. Our long-time listeners and supporters have shared that these discussions were foundational in shaping their faith over the years. This month, we're revisiting a few select episodes from Romans Revolution. This epistle was foundational for the re...

Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb share their favorite lesser-known and obscure theologians from church history. While the works of Luther, Calvin, and Augustine loom large in the church's discussions (and rightly so), the hosts discuss the works and biographies of lesser-known doctors more people should be acquainted with. DOWNLOAD IS GOD FAIR?  A classic essay fro...

Every generation has seen itself in Revelation's visions, and far too many have failed to see how the book speaks to the church throughout all the ages. Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb examine how the Bible's last book has been interpreted through history and how its message and themes have shaped the world. DOWNLOAD IS GOD FAIR? A classic essay from the late J.I....

Michael Horton, Walter Strickland, Bob Hiller, and Justin Holcomb survey one of the most consequential books in the history of the world: The book of Genesis. They examine how it's theological themes confronted the myths and gods of its own time, and explore how it confronts modernity's myths as well. DOWNLOAD IS GOD FAIR? A classic essay from the late J.I. Packer on whether God is really fair. FO...

Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Justin Holcomb, and Walter Strickland respond to clips from Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO podcast and historian Tom Holland—two different skeptics interested in the Christian faith from different angles—and ask what a faithful and charitable response to each of them might look like. PARTNER WITH US Upon becoming a partner you will receive two incredible books: Ordina...

People who would never set foot in a church are saying they believe Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, skeptics who reject the resurrection will defend the ethics of Jesus, and across the internet people are fascinated by the Nephilim, the Antichrist, and the Book of Enoch. Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb look into the phenomenon of secular interest in the Bible and why...

What does orthodox Christian doctrine look like when the world it inhabits has become almost unrecognizable: when humanoid robots are household appliances, when the moon has a colony with no ordained minister, and when warfare is waged by AI drones? The hosts are handed a set of surprise hypothetical scenarios set in a possible future and work through them in real time, imagining the challenges in...

Can we trust our own minds, do we need to mimic a hero or be redeemed, and is love something more than a useful evolutionary accident? Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb journey through Christopher Nolan's filmography to uncover a variety of recurring theological and philosophical themes. GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly print publication featuring articles o...

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of America, Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb explore the history of how their Reformational traditions (Reformed, Baptist, Lutheran, and Anglican) found their way to the United States. GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly print publication featuring articles on theology, the historic creeds and confessions, and...

  GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly print publication featuring articles on theology, the historic creeds and confessions, and reflections for the Christian life, delivered straight to your mailbox. For free.   FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter   WHO WE ARE Sola Media serves today's global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic...

In this episode of White Horse Inn from 1996, Tim Staples, a former evangelical who converted to Roman Catholicism, joins Michael Horton, Kim Riddlebarger, and Rod Rosenbladt to discuss what he and others like him find so appealing about Rome.    GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly print publication featuring articles on theology, the historic creeds and confessions, and reflections for the C...

While Orthodox apologists are gaining traction online today, a similar wave of disillusionment with evangelicalism was already unfolding in American culture back in 1996. In this classic episode of White Horse Inn, Fr. Peter Gillquist, an evangelical convert to Eastern Orthodoxy, joins Michael Horton to explore the appeal of Orthodoxy among evangelicals.   GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly...

In this conversation from 1991, Michael Horton, Rod Rosenbladt, and Kim Riddlebarger discuss the interest in forms of nationalism in the church shortly after the end of Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly print publication featuring articles on theology, the historic creeds and confessions, and reflections for the Christian life, delivered straight to your mail...

How did American evangelicals move from being largely postmillennial to embracing premillennial dispensationalism? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explore how both liberals and fundamentalists have often shared faulty assumptions about history, and how those assumptions have shaped the church's outlook, shifting it from triumphalism to pessimism rather than cultiv...

How did American Protestantism fracture into fundamentalism and liberalism? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explore the context of the late 19th century, examine the influence of "Common Sense Realism" on Americans' hermeneutics and how it cracked under the crises of Darwinism and German higher criticism. PARTNER WITH US - https://solamedia.org/partner/?sc=AS2502V...

Is Europe moving from a post-Christian to post-secular culture? Magnus Persson, a Swedish Lutheran pastor and former Pentecostal church planter, joins Michael Horton and Bob Hiller to discuss how secularism is collapsing under the weight of its own emptiness, leaving a spiritual vacuum that Christianity can fill.  PARTNER WITH US -  https://solamedia.org/partner/?sc=AS2502V When you become a partn...

How do you explain the cross to someone who has no category for sin, atonement, or sacrifice? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller tackle the most common objections to Christianity's central claims, from the "barbaric" nature of penal substitution to skeptics who dismiss the resurrection as legend or borrowed mythology, and more. PARTNER WITH US - https://solamedia.org...

What does it mean for the church to hold the "keys of the kingdom"? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller discuss how preaching, church discipline, and guarding access to the Lord's Table work in their traditions.  PARTNER WITH US -  https://solamedia.org/partner/?sc=AS2502V When you become a partner today, you'll receive two remarkable books as our thanks: Rediscoverin...