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March 2013

March 31, 2013

“Christ is risen! … He sure is!” (Easter memories and thoughts)

Years ago I took a theology class to an Eastern Orthodox Easter divine liturgy. The...

March 29, 2013

Why Do We Call It “Good Friday” When….?

Why Do We Call It “Good Friday” When….? Today is “Good Friday.” To many students...

March 27, 2013

Where Have All the Theological “Public Intellectuals” Gone? (An Invitation to Participate)

Where Have All the Theological “Public Intellectuals” Gone? (An Invitation to Participate) Recently I have...

March 26, 2013

Links to my “Forum” appearance at Seattle’s City on a Hill Church (March 17)

The subject was Calvinism and Arminianism. The setting was City on a Hill Church in...

March 24, 2013

Do “Religionists” and “Secularists” Share the Same Goal?

Do “Religionists” and “Secularists” Share the Same Goal? Tom Krattenmaker is a Portland-based writer specializing...

March 22, 2013

What’s Wrong with Calvinism?

This is a talk I gave recently at City on a Hill Church in Seattle,...

March 16, 2013

Our God Is An…Ethical (!) God

I was recently graciously granted on of the highest honors a university can bestow on...

March 15, 2013

Why Did the U.S. Demonize Hugo Chavez?

Yesterday I was sitting in a coffee shop in a largely Hispanic neighborhood and picked...

March 14, 2013

“We Have A Pope!” (Who Cares?)

Okay, I care--in the sense that I am interested. However, I have lived long enough...

March 13, 2013

A Mea Culpa, Apology, and Attempt at Explanation (Re: My Barth’s Universalism Post)

Dear Blog Friends and Followers, A few friends have chided me to making over blown...

March 11, 2013

Response to Critics (of My Essay on Barth’s Universalism)

So, as I predicted, some have criticized my essay (immediately preceding post on Barth's universalism)...

March 10, 2013

Was Karl Barth a Universalist? A New Look at an Old Question

Was Karl Barth a Universalist? Another Look at an Old Question Roger E. Olson The...

March 09, 2013

Heads Up Regarding a Forthcoming Post about Karl Barth and Universalism

Almost every time I say to a colleague or friend who is knowledgeable about Karl...

March 07, 2013

What Is “Authority?”

What Is “Authority?” I grew up in a religious community that highly valued “authority.” That...

March 04, 2013

Safe and Unsafe Sects (and What To Call Them!)

Safe and Unsafe Sects (and Problems with Terms for Alternative Religious Groups) My interest in...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

10 Years Later: Would the US Government Do It Differently Now? (On the Anniversary of the Branch Davidian Disaster)

20 Years Later: Would the US Government Do It Differently Now? (On the Anniversary of...

February 26, 2013

Remembering C. Everett Koop (and Lewis Smedes)

Remembering C. Everett Koop (and Lewis Smedes) Yesterday, Monday, February 25, former U.S. Surgeon General...

February 24, 2013

Is This (Torture as Entertainment) What We Have Come To?

A New York Times article by Samuel G. Freedman (republished in my local newspaper Feb....

February 22, 2013

R. C. Sproul, Arminianism, and Semi-Pelagianism

R. C. Sproul, Arminianism, and Semi-Pelagianism Many years ago, as I was emerging out of...

February 21, 2013

A Few Suggestions and Guidelines for Commenting Here

1) I do not post links within comments (I either don't post the comment that...

February 19, 2013

Is a “Consumption Tax” Fair?

Is a “Consumption Tax” Fair? I have argued here and elsewhere (e.g., in newspaper letters...

February 17, 2013

Godless Capitalism?

Godless Capitalism? When I was a kid growing up in the 1950s and 1960s American...

February 14, 2013

Why I Am Not a Fundamentalist (or Conservative Evangelical)

Why I Am Not a Fundamentalist (or Conservative Evangelical) I gladly identify myself as an...

February 12, 2013

What Is “Fundamentalism” and Who Is a “Fundamentalist?”

What Is “Fundamentalism” and Who Is a “Fundamentalist?” Recently I posted here “Why I Am ...

February 10, 2013

Problems with Calvinist Polemics against Arminianism

Problems with Calvinist Polemics against Arminianism Of all the “five points of Calvinism” the one...

February 07, 2013

Why I Am Not a “Liberal Christian”

Why I Am Not a “Liberal Christian” Anyone who comes here regularly or has read...

February 05, 2013

Discrimination against Boys in Education (and Elsewhere)

Discrimination against Boys in Education (and Elsewhere) Occasionally I take a break from “theological musings”...

February 03, 2013

Why I Love and Worship God

Why I Love and Worship God Often I’m tempted to think one of the most...

February 01, 2013

Review of “An Evangelical Manifesto” Part 3 (Final)

Review of “An Evangelical Manifesto” Part 3 (Final) Once again I want to emphasize my...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Could Anything Imaginable Cause a Calvinist to Cease in Love and Worship of God?

Yesterday (January 30) one of my favorite Calvinist interlocutors posted this comment here: "The real...