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November 2012

November 28, 2012

When Did We Open the Pandora’s Box of Theological/Doctrinal Pluralism?

When Did We Open The Pandora’s Box of Theological/Doctrinal Pluralism? Recently, as occasionally in the...

November 24, 2012

Merry idolatry season!

Recently, in the last couple days, I've been in places where I have to listen...

November 20, 2012

Further stirring the pot regarding “feminism”

A while back I sparked a near flame war here (and in e-mails directly to...

November 18, 2012

A Movie Illustration of What’s Wrong with Calvinism

A Movie Illustration of What’s Wrong with Calvinism Spoiler alert! If you intend to watch...

November 16, 2012

A Christian Humanist Manifesto–Part 3 (Final)

Two questions will immediately arise, or at least arise upon close reflection, in the minds...

November 15, 2012

A Christian Humanist Manifesto…Part 2

Picking up where the previous post left off: So what’s the alternative? What is “Christian...

November 14, 2012

A Christian Humanist Manifesto: God Is Most Satisfied with Us When We Are Most Glorified by Him (Part 1)

A Christian Humanist Manifesto: God Is Most Satisfied with Us when We Are Most Glorified...

November 10, 2012

Is Open Theism a Type of Arminianism?

Is Open Theism a Type of Arminianism? One of the reasons I started this blog...

November 08, 2012

Proof of Heaven?

Proof of Heaven? Recently I read the new book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey...

November 06, 2012

My List of “Approved Denominations”

Very frequently I receive e-mails from individuals (and some have asked here) for help finding...

November 04, 2012

Karl Barth the Arminian?

Okay, that would be a stretch! I'm not claiming that Barth was an Arminian in...

November 01, 2012

Some Random and Curmudgeonly Thoughts about October 31

Some Random and Curmudgeonly Thoughts about October 31 Every October 31 I have the same...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

What about Those Old Testament “Texts of Terror?” (A Review of an Almost New Book by Philip Jenkins)

What about Those Old Testament “Texts of Terror?” Review of a (Relatively) New Book by...

October 26, 2012

Musings about Prayer: What It Is and Does

Musings about Prayer: What It Is and Does Prayer is not exactly a controversial hot...

October 24, 2012

A Few Words about Oppression

A Few Words about Oppression So, for the last week, we’ve been talking here about...

October 21, 2012

Some questions for feminists from a sympathizer

Please excuse the inevitable errors here; I'm using an ipad whose virtual keyboard is new...

October 19, 2012

Guest post by a Christian feminist about feminism

I invited someone I admire and respect, who considers herself a feminist, to provide a...

October 17, 2012

Thank God for heresy!

Long ago someone said that orthodoxy has heresy to thank for its existence. What he...

October 14, 2012

Thoughts about “A Year of Biblical Womanhood” by Rachel Held Evans

Thoughts about A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans I had planned to...

October 11, 2012

Books about Christian creeds and confessional statements

Recently someone asked me to recommend books that will help understand creeds and confessional statements....

October 11, 2012

Why I like denominations

Why I Like Denominations One of the sea changes taking place in American religious life...

October 09, 2012

Reasons for Believing the Bible is God’s Word

Reasons for Believing the Bible is God’s Word Whenever I talk about biblical inerrancy or...

October 07, 2012

Why (and how) I am a “confessing evangelical” (response to Al Mohler, et al.)

In The Spectrum of Evangelicalism (to which I contributed a chapter and responded to other...

October 04, 2012

Some good novels that include theological themes

Recently I've read or listened to (I listen to novels on my ipod while I...

October 02, 2012

What do I mean when I say the Bible is “trustworthy?”

With the whole catholic and orthodox church of Jesus Christ I whole heartedly affirm that...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

Whatever Happened to the “Evangelical Left?”

Whatever Happened to the “Evangelical Left? Yesterday I had lunch with a friend who showed...

September 27, 2012

My Christianity Today article “The Bonds of Freedom”

My article "The Bonds of Freedom" is now published in Christianity Today (October, 2012) and...

September 27, 2012

Evangelical Inquisitions

Evangelical Inquisitions I’ve been actively involved in evangelicalism and especially the evangelical academy (scholarly community)...

September 25, 2012

A Neglected Theory of the Atonement?

A Neglected Theory of the Atonement? Evangelical theology has fallen into another debate over the...

September 23, 2012

New Orleans, Bourbon Street and Street Preaching: A Case of Religious Persecution?

According to several news reports I have read, the City of New Orleans and its...