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March 2012

March 30, 2012

A brief hiatus from discussing The Gospel as Center

For a few days I will break from responding to The Gospel as Center and...

March 29, 2012

Part 5 of Response to The Gospel as Center: Chapter 5 “Sin and the Fall”

Part 5 of Response to The Gospel as Center, Chapter 5: “Sin and the Fall”...

March 28, 2012

Book recommendation about original sin

Some have asked for my view of original sin and the connection between Adam and...

March 27, 2012

Part 4 of Response to The Gospel as Center: Chapter 4: Creation

Part 4: Response to The Gospel as Center: Chapter 4: Creation by Andrew M. Davis...

March 25, 2012

Part 3: Response to The Gospel as Center, Chapter 3: “The Gospel and Scripture”

Part 3: Response to The Gospel as Center, Chapter 3: “The Gospel and Scripture” This...

March 23, 2012

Part 2: Response to The Gospel as Center

Part 2: Response to The Gospel as Center, Chapter 2, “Can We Know the Truth?”...

March 21, 2012

Part 1 of A New Series: Responses to The Gospel as Center by members of the Gospel Coalition

Part 1 of A New Series: Responses to The Gospel as Center by Members of...

March 19, 2012

Response to a Good Book about Purgatory

Response to a Good Book about “Purgatory” Some months ago I posted some thoughts here...

March 18, 2012

Some criteria for judging theologians who will be remembered 50 years from now

Thanks to all of you who have offered answers to my question about Christian (trinitarian)...

March 16, 2012

A question and request for suggestions

Fifty years from now, which contemporary (late 20th century, early 21st century) Christian (trinitarian) theologians...

March 14, 2012

A feminist theologian explains the problem with men

Rosemary Ruether on the Problem with Men Not very long ago I posted some musing...

March 12, 2012

Thoughts about Another Evangelical Controversy

Thoughts about Another Evangelical Theological Controversy Somehow I missed this one for a long time....

March 10, 2012

Further thoughts about catastrophes and God’s judgment

Thoughts about Catastrophes and God’s Judgment This is a response to comments made in response...

March 08, 2012

My response to John Piper’s Recent Statements about God and Tornadoes

My Response to John Piper’s Recent Statements about God and Tornadoes During the last week...

March 06, 2012

Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue Part 3 (Final)

If you haven't read my two previous posts about Evangelical-Catholic-Evangelical dialogue, you should before reading...

March 05, 2012

Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue Part 2

Yesterday I posted here about my years-long involvements in Catholic-Evangelical dialogues. This past weekend I...

March 04, 2012

Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue

Report on Another Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue Event (Part 1) About a year ago I reported here...

March 02, 2012

Truly caught on the horns of a theological dilemma

When it comes to Christian social ethics I have two heroes, but the problem is...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Why I like the Amish

Last evening I watched a three hour documentary on the Amish on Public Television. For...

February 27, 2012

Regarding Old Testament “Texts of Terror”

Regarding the Old Testament and Its “Texts of Terror” Recently I reported and commented on...

February 25, 2012

My “litmus test” for “true Christianity”

Of course, I don't have an infallible litmus test; only God does. Only God knows...

February 23, 2012

Thoughts about “Renewalism”

I spent Tuesday of this week (February 21) at Regent University in Virginia and learned...

February 21, 2012

Rick Santorum, Barak Obama and theology

According to news reports, presidential candidate Rick Santorum is not bringing theology into the presidential...

February 20, 2012

Some Lenten meditations for baptists

I grew up Pentecostal and became Baptist. I tell Baptists attracted to high church worship...

February 18, 2012

Who Is (or Might Be) an Arminian?

Who Is (or Might Be) An Arminian? One of my favorite visitors and frequent commenters...

February 16, 2012

Confession Time: My Guilty Pleasures and Secret Heresy Revealed!

Confession Time: My Guilty Pleasure and Secret Heresy Revealed! Wednesday evening is my “television night.”...

February 14, 2012

A report on some recent conversations about Calvinism

Someone recently asked me here how many times a day I think about Calvinism. Well,...

February 11, 2012

Stanley Hauerwas, America and war (and a question about flags in churches)

Two nights ago I stayed up late composing a post for this blog about Stanley...

February 07, 2012

Is the “Prosperity Gospel” heresy?

Recently I talked with a reporter for a major metropolitan daily newspaper about Pentecostalism. He...

February 04, 2012

Some thoughts about my conversation with Michael Horton

Some Thoughts about My Conversation with Michael Horton             I spoke about why I am...

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