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June 2014

June 20, 2014

Are Women More Inclined toward Inclusiveness than Men?

Are Women More Inclined toward Inclusiveness than Men? Note: If you decide to comment, please...

June 17, 2014

Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds? What I Would Think If I Were a Calvinist

Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds? What I Would Think If I Were...

June 14, 2014

Should a Theologian’s Life Affect How We Regard His/Her Theology?

Should a Theologian's Life Affect How We Regard His/Her Theology? Over the decades of studying...

June 12, 2014

Am I a Man or What?

Am I a Man or What? Daily we are bombarded by the media with images...

June 10, 2014

Subterranean Theology (Part 2)

Subterranean Theology (Part 2) At the end of Part 1 (immediately preceding blog post) I...

June 07, 2014

Subterranean Theology (Part 1)

Subterranean Theology (Part 1) Lately I’ve become interested in exploring what I call “subterranean theology.”...

June 05, 2014

What Will Those Who Come after Us Say about Us?

What Will Those Who Come after Us Say about Us? Today I had lunch with...

June 02, 2014

Could Jesus Have Made Mistakes? An Exercise in Controversial Christology

Could Jesus Have Made Mistakes? An Exercise in Controversial Christology I was recently asked to...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

A Step in the Right Direction: A Public Policy Statement about Capital Punishment in America

A Step in the Right Direction: A Public Policy Statement about Capital Punishment in America...

May 29, 2014

A Word about Blogging and Ending a Discussion (And Announcement of a New Topic)

At the very front of my immediately preceding post I announced an end to the...

May 28, 2014

Philosopher Max Horkheimer and Theologian Hans Kueng Get the Final Word

I am closing the discussion thread about naturalism with this post. Some have objected that...

May 27, 2014

Further Adventures in Missing the Point…

I admit to being amazed and bemused by how many naturalists (or defenders of naturalists)...

May 25, 2014

Adventures in Missing the Point (Naturalism Revisited)

My apologies to Tony Campolo and Brian McLaren for ripping off their excellent book title....

May 24, 2014

If I Were a Naturalist….

Recently I posted a three part series about the Christian worldview. I asserted that it...

May 21, 2014

Do Arminians and Calvinists Worship the Same God?

Do Arminians and Calvinists Worship the Same God? This question never dies. While most Christians...

May 19, 2014

A Shocking Conclusion about American Christianity

A Shocking Conclusion about American Christianity I'm not an expert in or scholar of "youth...

May 17, 2014

Review of The Journey of Modern Theology by Roger E. Olson by Bev Mitchell

Review of The Journey of Modern Theology by Roger E. Olson by Bev Mitchell This...

May 14, 2014

What Is “Integration of Faith and Learning? Follow Up (Part 3) to Series on “The Christian Worldview”

What Is "Integration of Faith and Learning?" Follow Up (Part 3) to Series on "The...

May 12, 2014

Is There a “the Christian Worldview?” If So, What Is It? Part 2

Is There a "the Christian Worldview?" If So, What Is It? Part 2 If you...

May 09, 2014

Is There a “the Christian Worldview?” If So, What Is It? Part 1

Is There a "the Christian Worldview?" If So, What Is It? Part 1 A while...

May 07, 2014

My Response to Al Mohler’s Defense of Limited Atonement

My Response to Al Mohler's Defense of Limited Atonement No, I'm not obsessed with Al...

May 04, 2014

Something for Arminius Geeks

Something for Arminius Geeks Our number is few and I'm not even sure I'm one....

May 02, 2014

My Response to Al Mohler’s Defense of the Death Penalty

My Response to Al Mohler’s Ambiguous Defense of the Death Penalty Before you read my...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Theologians I Have Known: Reflections on Their Personalities Part 2

Theologians I Have Known: Reflections on Their Personalities Part 2 This is, of course, a...

April 28, 2014

Hello Darkness My Old Friend? Questions and Thoughts about Barbara Brown Taylor’s Discovery of the Sacrament of Darkness

Hello Darkness My Old Friend? Questions and Thoughts about Barbara Brown Taylor's Discovery of the...

April 26, 2014

Theologians I Have Known: Reflections on Their Personalities Part 1

Theologians I Have Known: Reflections on Their Personalities Part 1 Over the approximately forty years...

April 24, 2014

Faith and Reason: Is Christianity Irrational?

Faith and Reason: Is Christianity Irrational? It's common for especially evangelical Christians and secularists to...

April 22, 2014

Another Reformed Pastor-Theologian Affirms “Subsequence” of Spirit-baptism (R. T. Kendall)

Another Reformed Pastor-Theologian Affirms "Subsequence" of Spirit-baptism (R. T. Kendall) Recently I talked here about...

April 20, 2014

A Theologian’s Reflections on the Movie “Heaven Is for Real”

A Theologian's Reflections on the Movie "Heaven Is for Real" Either serendipitously or providentially, this...

April 19, 2014

A Favorite Theologian Revisited: Emil Brunner (Review of Alister McGrath’s Book: Part Two)

A Favorite Theologian Revisited: Emil Brunner (Review of Alister McGrath's Book: Part Two) This is...

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