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October 11, 2016

Some Evangelical Leaders Finally Come out against Trump (Widening the Gap among American Evangelicals)

Some Evangelical Leaders Finally Come out against Trump (Widening the Gap among American Evangelicals) Recently...

October 09, 2016

And What Now, Christians Who Intend to Vote for Donald Trump? A Question…

And What Now, Christians Who Intend to Vote for Donald Trump? A Question…. First, a...

October 07, 2016

Reflections about Billy Graham…

Reflections about Billy Graham I was recently privileged to hear a superior talk/lecture about Billy...

October 04, 2016

A Double Standard about Worship? African-American Worship and Caucasian Pentecostal Worship

A Double Standard about Worship? African-American Worship and Caucasian Pentecostal Worship As usual, before I...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Recommended Reading: Washington Post Essay by Christian Conservative Erick Erickson Re: Donald Trump

Recommended Reading: Washington Post Essay by Christian Conservative Erick Erickson Re: Donald Trump The essay...

September 28, 2016

Do Not Blame All White Men for Donald Trump

Please Do Not Blame All White Men for Donald Trump Recently, since the first, public,...

September 25, 2016

Review of Evangelicalism in America by Randall Balmer

Review of Evangelicalism in America by Randall Balmer I consider Randall Balmer a friend; I...

September 22, 2016

“#Some Lives Matter” and Calvinism: My Response to the T-Shirt

“#Some Lives Matter” and Calvinism: My Response to the T-shirt Recently several people have sent...

September 19, 2016

All Lives Matter (But Do Some Matter More Than Others?)

All Lives Matter (But Do Some Matter More Than Others?) For those readers outside the...

September 16, 2016

An Open Letter to the Members of the Evangelical Theological Society from Stanley N. Gundry

WHENCE AND WHITHER ETS? An Open Letter to the Members of ETS Stanley N. Gundry...

September 13, 2016

Why Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Is More Pro-American than His Critics’

Why Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Is More Pro-American than His Critics’ The great thing about America...

September 10, 2016

Why Are We So Afraid of Emotion in Worship?

Why Are We So Afraid of Emotion in Worship? Who’s “we?” Well, of course, I...

September 07, 2016

Evangelical Christian Thoughts about “Mindfulness”

Evangelical Christian Thoughts about “Mindfulness” Recently I had the privilege of reading a fine doctoral...

September 04, 2016

Why I Am Not a Fan of Contemporary American Sports

Why I Am Not a Fan of Contemporary American Sports In spite of my good...

September 01, 2016

Is There a “Christian Ideology?”

Is There a “Christian Ideology?” Recently I read an editorial that referred to a Christian...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

One of American Evangelicalism’s Biggest Failures…

One of American Evangelicalism’s Biggest Failures: Lack of Literary Fiction about Itself When I write...

August 26, 2016

An Evangelical Response to David Gushee’s RNS Essay “On LGBT Equality”

An Evangelical Response to David Gushee’s RNS Essay “On LGBT Equality” In his August 22,...

August 23, 2016

Preview of a New Book about Calvinism…

Preview of a New Book about Calvinism: Oliver Crisp’s Saving Calvinism: Expanding the Reformed Tradition...

August 20, 2016

Does God Love Everyone? Review of New Book about Calvinism and Arminianism

Review of New Book about Calvinism and Arminianism: Jerry Walls’s Does God Love Everyone: The...

August 17, 2016

Wrapping Up “Why I Am an Evangelical, Arminian Christian” (Final: Part 10)

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August 16, 2016

My Third Reason for Embracing “Evangelical, Arminian Christianity”: Arminian

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August 13, 2016

My Second Reason for Embracing “Evangelical, Arminian Christianity”: “Evangelical”

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August 10, 2016

My First Reason for Embracing “Evangelical, Arminian Christianity”: Christianity

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August 06, 2016

My Sixth Principle: Receiving Answers to Life’s Ultimate Questions Involves Faith …

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August 03, 2016

My Fifth Principle: Answers to Life’s Ultimate Questions Must Be Revealed…

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July 2016

July 31, 2016

My Fourth Principle: There Is No “View from Nowhere”…

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July 27, 2016

My Third Principle: Two Criteria for Deciding What Is True

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July 24, 2016

2) My Second Principle: Only I Can Decide What Is True (for Me)

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July 21, 2016

1) My First Principle: Authority is Truth (over Status)

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July 19, 2016

Coming Up Here Next: Why I Am an Evangelical, Arminian Christian

Coming Up Here Next: Why I Am an Evangelical, Arminian Christian Beginning in a couple...

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