Pulpit Magazine

(By Phil Johnson) 
Here’s a fact many miss: To a very large degree, the unity Christ prayed for does exist among genuine believers, and it is a unity that transcends denominational lines.
All Christians are “in Christ”; therefore they are all one with the Father, and one with each other as well. Notice carefully what Christ says [...]

(By Phil Johnson)
NOTE: This article was originally written in 1999 and revised on 30 August 2006 to reflect recent developments in the Roman Catholic apologetic community.
The unity Christ prayed for in the church is not, to begin with, an organizational unity.
When Jesus prayed that we all might be one, He was describing a spiritual unity. [...]

(By Nathan Busenitz)
Over the last week, I have been rereading much of Brian McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy. I have reviewed the book elsewhere, so I won’t rehash all my thoughts on it again here.
The book (as I understand it in my own limited framework) essentially argues that orthodoxy (meaning a right opinion about doctrine) should [...]

(By Phil Johnson) 
The Danger of Schism 
We’ve been noticing and remarking on the ever-increasing number of denominations, church splits, and intramural sectarianism in the wider Protestant world. This not an issue Protestants can or should easily sweep aside. It is quite true that schism is a fruit of sin and unfaithfulness, and it hurts our testimony.
The apostle [...]

(By Phil Johnson) 
“That they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me.” (John 17:21).
In a videotape titled “The Pope: The Holy Father,” Catholic apologist Scott Hahn claims the proliferation of Protestant [...]