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October 2015

October 22, 2015

A Rare, Good Television Sitcom: “Grinder”…Should Make Us Think about Our Culture

A Rare, Good Television “Sitcom”: “Grinder” (Fox TV) Holds Up a Mirror that Should Make...

October 19, 2015

Getting to the Bottom of Thinking: There Is No “View from Nowhere”…

Getting to the Bottom of Thinking: There Is No “View from Nowhere” (And an Illustration...

October 17, 2015

Should a Christian Ever Act as if God Does Not Exist? (With a View toward Faith-Learning Integration)

“Should A Christian Ever Act As If God Does Not Exist? (With A View toward...

October 15, 2015

Why I Still Call Myself “Evangelical” in Spite of Everything….

Why I Still Call Myself “Evangelical” In Spite of Everything or Evangelicalism Is Dead; Long...

October 13, 2015

Holley-Hull Lecture “A Relational View of God’s Sovereignty”

I delivered this talk at Vestavia Hills Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama as part of...

October 12, 2015

Outrageous “Justification” of Shooting of Black Child in Cleveland, Ohio

Outrageous “Justification” of Shooting of Black Child in Cleveland, Ohio According to an Associated Press...

October 10, 2015

Why (High) Calvinism Is Impossible (with Special Reference to Romans 9)

This is a talk I gave to a group of outstanding students at Samford University...

October 09, 2015

My Holley-Hull Lectures at Samford University

This week (October 6-9, 2015) I've had the privilege of delivering the annual Holly-Hull Lectures...

October 08, 2015

Is There a Role for Shaming in Public Ethics?

One of the most famous questions ever asked in public of a public person was...

October 05, 2015

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s “Kingdom Conspiracy” Part Four

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church...

October 03, 2015

Guest Column from Austin Fischer: Monergism…

As some of you who have been my long-time readers know, Austin Fischer is my...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s “Kingdom Conspiracy” Part Three

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church...

September 27, 2015

Returning to My Roots for One Day

Today, Sunday, September 27, 2015, I return to my roots for a day. My home...

September 24, 2015

Is It Capitalism at Work or “Gouging” or Both?

Current news reports (September 23/24, 2015) are pointing an accusing finger at a pharmaceutical company's...

September 23, 2015

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s “Kingdom Conspiracy” Part Two

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church...

September 21, 2015

Should A Christian Be President of the United States?

Should A Christian Be President of the United States? According to news reports, a candidate...

September 20, 2015

Embarrassed by the Parousia? Evangelicals and the Return of Christ

Embarrassed by the Parousia? Evangelicals and the Return of Christ A while back I blogged...

September 18, 2015

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s “Kingdom Conspiracy” Part One

Discussion of Scot McKnight’s Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church...

September 17, 2015

Bill Gaither and Me…

I rarely post pictures here--especially of myself. But this one is a treasure (for me)....

September 15, 2015

Seminary Chapel Sermon “Certainty Not” (September 15, 2015)

This morning (Tuesday, September 15, 2015) I preached in chapel at Baylor's Truett Seminary. Bill...

September 15, 2015

Would Someone in the American Mass News Media Please Explain the Media’s Idea of “Evangelical?”

I'm a life long card-carrying evangelical Christian. And yet I find it more difficult every...

September 14, 2015

A New Book Discussion Series: Scot McKnight’s “Kingdom Conspiracy…”

A New Book Discussion Series: Scot McKnight, Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of...

September 11, 2015

Is the “Prosperity Gospel” a Variety of Evangelicalism?

Is the “Prosperity Gospel” a Variety of Evangelicalism? I recently read a news article about...

September 09, 2015

Guest Post about “Fallen Christian Leaders”

What follows here is a guest post written by my colleague Joel Gregory. I do...

September 06, 2015

Discussion of “Malestrom” by Carolyn Custis James (Summing Up)

Discussion of Malestrom by Carolyn Custis James (Summing Up) Here I will be responding to...

September 03, 2015

Some Things I Have Learned from Blogging

Some Things I Have Learned from Blogging I am now approaching, and may even have...

September 01, 2015

Discussion of “Malestrom” by Carolyn Custis James (Part Five)

Discussion of Malestrom by Carolyn Custis James (Part Five) Here I will be responding to...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Is It “Christianity versus Science?” (What Brunner Said)

Is It “Christianity versus Science?” (What Brunner Said) American conservative Christianity, especially conservative evangelical theology...

August 28, 2015

“Help Wanted” (Books, Chapters, Articles Dealing with God and Physics)

“Help Wanted” (Books, Chapters, Articles Dealing with God and Physics) Several times here I have...

August 27, 2015

An Invitation to Hear Me Speak…with Bill Gaither

I have no sense of how many of my readers live within easy driving distance...