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May 2019

May 16, 2019

What Makes a Religious Group a Cult? Part 2

What Makes a Religious Group a Cult? Part 2 If you haven’t read Part 1,...

May 13, 2019

What Makes a Religious Group a “Cult?” Part 1

What Makes a Religious Group a “Cult?” Part 1 One of the questions I am...

May 10, 2019

A Great Evangelical Theologian to Read: Donald G. Bloesch

A Great Evangelical Theologian to Read: Donald G. Bloesch   Very few, if any theologians...

May 06, 2019

“Womb of All Creation Flowing?” Progressive Christian Feminism Today?

“Womb of All Creation Flowing?” Progressive Christian Feminism Today? Far be it from me, a...

May 03, 2019

Whom to Blame for the Thin Gruel that Is Most of American Christianity Today?

Whom to Blame for the Thin Gruel that Is Most of American Christianity Today? Over...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

What Is “Evangelicalism” Again? Another Twist in the Knotty Conversation

What Is “Evangelicalism” Again? Another Twist in the Knotty Conversation Over the past years I...

April 26, 2019

For Fellow Arminians and Quasi-Arminians (Non-Calvinists): Prevenient Grace

For Fellow Arminians and Quasi-Arminians (Non-Calvinists): Prevenient Grace I recently had a very interesting discussion...

April 23, 2019

Why Do We (Christians) Put People on Pedestals?

Why Do We (Christians) Put People on Pedestals? It seems that every month or two...

April 18, 2019

Are There Two Trumps or What? Further Thoughts about Trump’s Christian Status

Are There Two Trumps or What? Further Thoughts about Trump’s Christian Status Recently I suggested...

April 15, 2019

Thank God for Mormons

Thank God for Mormons I’m not a Mormon; I could never be one. I disagree...

April 11, 2019

What Does It Take to Be a “Christian?”

What Does It Take to Be a “Christian?” I have answered this question (“What does...

April 08, 2019

Is Absolute Refusal to Contemplate the Possible Existence of God Scientific?

Is Absolute Refusal to Contemplate the Possible Existence of God Scientific? I recently returned from...

April 05, 2019

Is It Time for a Return to Common Sense?

Is It Time for a Return to Common Sense? Scholars of postmodernism tell me there...

April 02, 2019

Is Everyone a Christian Who Claims to Be a Christian?

Is Everyone a Christian Who Claims to Be a Christian? One of my biggest frustrations...

March 2019

March 29, 2019

Can a Modern Scientist Believe in God and Miracles?

Can a Modern Scientist Believe in God and Miracles? One of the most popular, mistaken...

March 26, 2019

Deeper in Christian Ethics: Discovery and Use of Middle Axioms

Deeper in Christian Ethics: Discovery and Use of Middle Axioms A major question facing Christians...

March 22, 2019

When Will This Nightmare End? Personal Musings about Trump

When Will This Nightmare End? Personal Musings about Trump *See the “Sidebar” below! Read it...

March 19, 2019

Christian Theology in a Post-Theological Church World

Christian Theology in a Post-Theological Church World First, it is important to define terms. By...

March 14, 2019

How Christian Institutions Of Higher Education Should Respond

How Christian Institutiosn of Higher Education Should Respond to Faculty Members Whose Research Results Are...

March 12, 2019

What God Can, Can’t, and Won’t Do

What God Can, Can’t, and Won’t Do This is a follow up essay to my...

March 08, 2019

Why Process Theology Is an Alternative to Christianity

Why Process Theology Is an Alternative to Christianity This past Sunday (March 3, 2019) my...

March 05, 2019

Ethics and Toxic Masculinity

Ethics and Toxic Masculinity In recent months there has been a renewed interest in and...

March 02, 2019

Should Boys and Girls Wrestle Each Other? A Case Study in Sex and Cultural Gender Confusion

Should Boys and Girls Wrestle Each Other? A Case Study in Sex and Cultural Gender...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Is There “No Possibility” That God Exists? Thoughts about Stephen Hawking’s Final Declaration

Is There “No Possibility” That God Exists? Thoughts about Stephen Hawking’s Final Declaration In his...

February 25, 2019

Our God Reigns (But How?)

Our God Reigns (But How?) (A Sermon) One of our favorite truths is that “our God...

February 23, 2019

Follow Up to Spiritual Warfare Essay: What about True Multiculturalism?

Follow Up to Spiritual Warfare Essay: What about True Multiculturalism? Two brief explanations: First, for...

February 20, 2019

Have American Christians Simply Given Up the Theme of Spiritual Warfare?

Have American Christians Simply Given Up the Biblical Theme of Spiritual Warfare? First, to ward...

February 16, 2019

Why Sexual Abuse within Baptist Churches Is Not the Same…

Why Sexual Abuse within Baptist Churches Is Not the Same… Recently a major U.S. city...

February 12, 2019

The Dark Side of Evangelicalism

The Dark Side of Evangelicalism Here, in this essay, by “evangelicalism” I do not mean...

February 08, 2019

Evangelicalism Again: Why Are They Not Using My Distinction between “Movement” and “Ethos?”

Evangelicalism Again: Why Are They Not Using My Distinction between “Movement” and “Ethos?” This is...

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