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December 2011

December 09, 2011

Is there hierarchy in the Trinity part 2

Is there hierarchy in the Trinity 2 If you haven’t read Part 1 of this...

December 08, 2011

Is there hierarchy in the Trinity? A series on a contemporary evangelical controversy

Is there hierarchy in the Trinity? Part 1 One of the many controversies among evangelical...

December 07, 2011

An issue of fairness: society’s double standard

I realize this is not about theology per se, but it is, in my opinion,...

December 05, 2011

Are Restorationists (Churches of Christ/Independent Christians) “evangelicals?”

Today I received an e-mail from a Church of Christ member chiding me for saying...

December 04, 2011

“Lies, damned lies and statistics….”

It's a saying; please don't get offended or accuse me of swearing! So, here's a...

December 03, 2011

Some weekend miscellaneous thoughts

Yesterday I had a one-on-one lunch with sociologist Peter Berger. He invited me to lunch...

December 02, 2011

More about direct revelations from God

I have a long list of theological topics I want to address here, but they...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Criteria for testing messages based on unmediated experiences of God

Since I mentioned the importance of unmediated spiritual experiences of God, several people here have...

November 27, 2011

Bewildered by “seeing as”

I admit to being a soft perspectivalist, but I also admit to being uncomfortable with...

November 25, 2011

Reflections on Black Friday

Black Friday is not Good Friday. Paraphrasing Tony Campolo, "It's friday but saturday's coming"--meaning any...

November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving

Today is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. I know it falls on a different day...

November 22, 2011

My brief essay on Clark Pinnock (from The Word Made Fresh event)

On Friday, November 18, many of us gathered in San Francisco to celebrate the life...

November 20, 2011

Who is a Christian? Some suggested criteria.

Recently I received a brochure from an evangelist I admire. He is well known in...

November 17, 2011

At last, and reluctantly, some guidelines for this blog

I have always wanted to avoid laying down some guidelines about this blog because, after...

November 16, 2011

A parable (not an allegory)

A Parable (Not an Allegory) Once upon a time there was a small country involved...

November 14, 2011

What I mean that “I would not worship that god”

Apparently my honest statement (in answer to a student's honest question) that, if somehow it...

November 13, 2011

Our “founding fathers”–Christians or what?

Recently I've been delving once again into deism, or what is more appropriately called natural...

November 10, 2011

Kant, thinking for oneself, etc. (continued)

If you haven't yet read the first part of this post, plesae go back and...

November 10, 2011

Some thoughts about Kant’s “What Is Enlightenment?”

Lately I've been re-reading and studying Immanuel Kant's 1784 essay Was Ist Aufklarung? (What Is...

November 07, 2011

And now…kudos to J. I. Packer for this brilliant article

Lest anyone think I hate Packer or disdain everything he's written, I want to applaud...

November 04, 2011

J. I. Packer and Arminianism

Today I received an e-mail from a reader who asked why I didn't mention J....

November 02, 2011

Did God kill Jesus?

A while ago I posted here about "Did I kill Jesus?" based on a T-shirt...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

More response to Love Wins and the controversy surrounding it

This is a guest post written by one of my students--Austin Fischer. As you can...

October 29, 2011

Should Christian organizations adopt the business model?

This has been one of my pet peeves for a very long time. I've worked...

October 27, 2011

Another great evangelical intellectual passes away

Another one of my evangelical Christian intellectual heroes passed away recently. Arthur Holmes, long time...

October 26, 2011

Addendum to my post about advertising

I did not expect that post to stir up so much interest! Apparently I hit...

October 25, 2011

Can a Christian work in the marketing field?

Recently I've been wrestling with an issue brought up by Anabaptists (with whom I havetheological...

October 23, 2011

A complete change of subject: evangelical fiction

Over the years I've heard many people who love novels decry the lack of good,...

October 22, 2011

URL for my Ministry Direct (AG) interview

Below is the link to my interview with George P. Wood, Director of Ministerial Resourcing...

October 21, 2011

Regarding the love and justice of a God who unconditionally elects only some to save

Over the past year, some of my Calvinist interlocutors here have challenged my claim that...