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December 2015

December 16, 2015

Denomination of the Week: Brethren in Christ Church

Denomination of the Week: Brethren in Christ Church Quiz question: In what small Anabaptist denomination...

December 14, 2015

What Was All That Fuss About? A Late Review of “Wild at Heart” by John Eldredge

What Was All That Fuss About? A Late Review of Wild at Heart by John...

December 12, 2015

Some Thoughts about Islam and the Current Controversy in U.S. Politics

Some Thoughts about Islam and the Current Controversy in U.S. Politics What does it even...

December 10, 2015

Denomination of the Week: Grace Communion International

Denomination of the Week: Grace Communion International (GCI) With this post I begin a new...

December 09, 2015

Miscellaneous Footnotes to Earlier Posts: Feminism, Racism, Prayer

Miscellaneous Footnotes to Earlier Posts: Feminism, Racism, and Prayer I don’t care to devote entire...

December 08, 2015

Request for Help with The Handbook of Denominations

Below you will see the Table of Contents of the Handbook of Denominations 13th edition and...

December 05, 2015

A New Research Project: Editing/Revising the “Handbook of Denominations in the United States”

A New Research Project: Editing/Revising the Handbook of Denominations in the United States Many years...

December 04, 2015

And then Again…Clarifications about “Christian Reconstructionism” and the “Prosperity Gospel”

And then Again…Clarifications about “Christian Reconstructionism” and the “Prosperity Gospel” This is a footnote or...

December 03, 2015

A Call for American Evangelical Leaders to Confront Evangelicalism’s Lunatic Fringe

A Call for American Evangelical Leaders to Confront Evangelicalism’s Lunatic Fringe Every religious movement that...

December 01, 2015

An Extended Footnote/Addendum to My Review of Oord’s “The Uncontrolling Love of God”…

An Extended Footnote/Addendum to My Review of Oord’s The Uncontrolling Love of God… In that...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

Does Love Ever Coerce? My Response to “The Uncontrolling Love of God” by Thomas Jay Oord

Does Love Ever Coerce? My Response to The Uncontrolling Love of God by Thomas Jay...

November 26, 2015

A National Registry for Adherents of a Certain World Religion?

A National Registry of People of a Certain World Religion? *Nothing contained in this post...

November 23, 2015

Thanksgiving Thoughts

Thanksgiving Thoughts In the United States this Thursday, November 26 (2015) is a holiday called...

November 21, 2015

My Response to “An Assemblies of God Response to Reformed Theology”

My Response to “An Assemblies of God Response to Reformed Theology” The Assemblies of God...

November 20, 2015

Alister McGrath’s Parchman Lectures at Baylor’s Truett Seminary (November, 2015)

Alister McGrath’s Parchman Lectures at Baylor’s Truett Seminary (November, 2015) As I recently announced here,...

November 18, 2015

An Evangelical Superstar Scholar: Alister McGrath

An Evangelical Superstar Scholar: Alister McGrath This week (November 17-18) I am privileged to meet,...

November 16, 2015

Where Calvinists, Lutherans, Arminians (and Some Catholics) Agree

Where Calvinists, Lutherans, Arminians (and Some Catholics) Agree The subject is "salvation" from beginning to...

November 14, 2015

Is “Following Jesus” Enough?

This week I was visiting Messiah College in Pennsylvania and speaking at its annual Sider...

November 11, 2015

The “Catastrophe of Nominalism”

The “Catastrophe of Nominalism” Long-time readers of this blog will already know that I agree...

November 10, 2015

Just Passed a Milestone! One Thousand Posts!

According to Patheos and WordPress my blog has just passed the one thousand mark--one thousand...

November 09, 2015

Defending Denominations in a “Postdenominational Age”

Defending Denominations in a “Postdenominational Age” The “word on the street” is that we are...

November 07, 2015

The “Man Problem” Is Finally Getting Some Attention…But Not Enough

The "Man Problem" Is Finally Getting Some Attention...But Not Enough I've written much her over...

November 05, 2015

Is the Bible “Inerrant” or “Infallible?”

Is the Bible “Inerrant” or “Infallible?” I was recently asked here to explain the difference...

November 03, 2015

What Is a “Complete Gospel?”

What Is a “Complete Gospel?” Recently a well-known and influential Calvinist pastor-theologian posted a sermon...

November 01, 2015

The Power of Negative Thinking

In some ways it  has been the curse of my life, a genuine burden and...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Here Comes “Movember?” (Or Not)

Here Comes “Movember?” (Or Not) A few years ago I was strolling on the downtown...

October 29, 2015

Christian Thoughts about Our (American) New National Holiday: Halloween

Christian Thoughts about Our (American) New National Holiday: Halloween Of course, it’s not really a...

October 27, 2015

More God Talk: “Trinity Means Love”

Trinity Means Love: A Sermon to a Seminary Community Ephesians 1 Roger E. Olson I...

October 26, 2015

Announcements about Two of My Books and a Forthcoming Book

Announcements about Two of My Books and about a Forthcoming Book I recently received a...

October 24, 2015

“Let’s Talk about Jesus” Our Prophet, Priest and King

“Let’s Talk about Jesus” Our Prophet, Priest and King Recently here someone chided me for...

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