Adam’s review of What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church > Likes and Comments

Good review. I’ve only read the introduction so far, since I’m reading a few other things at the same time. Perhaps the disconnect between his overview of Protestantism and your experience with Churches of Christ is why some of the more hardline COC folk contend that they are *not* “Protestant.” That’s what my father-in-law claims. 😊

I’m curious how his case for “mere Protestantism” (pp. xx-xxi) addresses (or fails to address) your issue with the book? He seems to make it clear that he’s not arguing for a particular type of Protestantism. But it sounds like that would be a good follow-up book.

I love your mom and pop vs. chain restaurant analogy. That’s great.

He applies the mere Protestantism more in his historical presentation. And in that regard, he does a great job of pulling from a wide range of Protestant sources, and I think he definitely would have more to say on the topic that would go beyond the scope of this book. I've benefited a lot from his YouTube ministry, and he's actually referenced Churches of Christ multiple times in his videos, especially Everett Ferguson's book on baptism.

It's a great book for sure -- I think you'll enjoy it!