Curious as to why any would be unimpressed with Marsden.

It seemeth to me that, to understand faith, one ought to be faithful. THe natural mind cannot understand the things of God, after all.

Marsden is a son of the OPC, and is currently CRC, if memory serves.

As a church history buff, and the beneficiary of a wonderful history education, of the dead guys among American church historians Ahlstrom reigns supreme. Marsden and Hatch are close seconds. Noll is third and fading fast :-)

Agree that Colson was an embarrassment: trying to gain credibility with a hostile audience by trashing one's forebears. Sad, and ineffective, to boot. What the crowd hates about the puritans, they would hate about Colson, too.

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Kenneth A. Pierce
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