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September 2011

September 04, 2011

Announcement of a new book on evangelicalism

It's just out: Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism published by Zondervan. Edited by...

September 02, 2011

Kierkegaard as evangelical–Part 3 (final)

As we have seen here (in my posts and the comments), one can make K....

August 2011

August 31, 2011

Was Kierkegaard an evangelical–Part 2

In Part 1 I raised the question whether Soren Kierkegaard should be regarded as a...

August 29, 2011

Was Kierkegaard an evangelical? Part 1

Perhaps a better way of asking the question is--should contemporary evangelicals regard Kierkegaard (henceforth "K")...

August 26, 2011

Quick RIP for another hero: Mark Hatfield

I just discovered that one of my heroes, former Oregon senator Mark Hatfield, an evangelical...

August 26, 2011

Why “compassionate conservatism” isn’t

Some years ago the phrase "compassionate conservatism" became popular. I believe candidate George Bush used...

August 24, 2011

Do we need an Arminian Defense League?

Okay, so I used that title to get your attention. No, I don't really think...

August 23, 2011

Did I kill Jesus? Part 4 of series on atonement theology

To here I have discussed folk religious expressions of atonement that are not completely wrong...

August 21, 2011

Did I kill Jesus? Part three of a series on atonement

Returning to my discussion of good books about atonement. Now I turn to what I...

August 20, 2011

A brief interruption of the atonement posts: an op ed piece re: poverty

This was published in today's local newspaper. It's mine, so I have the right to...

August 19, 2011

Did I kill Jesus? Part two with references to books about the atonement

In Part One of this multi-part message I discussed folk religion and the atonement. Virtually...

August 19, 2011

Quick comment re: new blog address & format

As you may have noticed, this blog has a new address: www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson, but the old...

August 18, 2011

Did I kill Jesus? (With recommendation of some recent books on atonement)

I live and work in the Bible belt. Some call it the buckle on the...

August 15, 2011

Something Protestants should borrow from Catholics

Earlier (some months ago now) I posted an essay here arguing for a Protestant version...

August 13, 2011

Process theology (with special reference to Terence Fretheim)

Some time ago a visitor to this blog listed Lutheran Old Testament scholar Terence Fretheim...

August 11, 2011

Is the emerging/emergent church movement (ECM) a real movement?

I'm enjoying the discussion about the Emerging Church Movement (ECM) here. It has waxed and...

August 08, 2011

Brandon Morgan’s response….

Here is Brandon Morgan's response to critics of his guest post here (about the ECM):...

August 07, 2011

More thoughts on the Emerging Churches Movement

First, is it even really a movement? If so, it's a very amorphous one! Second,...

August 06, 2011

Politicians and prayer meetings

According to news reports a national controversy has broken out over Texas governor Rick Perry's...

August 05, 2011

Folk religion and life after death part 2

Continuing on from where I left off... So, traditional Christian belief about life after death...

August 04, 2011

A bigger problem than heresy: folk religion

We've been discussing the concept "heresy" here and it is a notoriously difficult one to...

August 02, 2011

Some random thoughts about that awful but necessary word “heresy”

Recently I've used the word "heresy" here. I hate that word, but I find it...

August 02, 2011

Can the emergent church movement take constructive criticism?

I'm sure it can. However, I'm made to wonder when I see some of the...

July 2011

July 30, 2011

How serious a heresy is universalism?

I have called universalism "the most attractive heresy." For a lover of God's love, universal...

July 29, 2011

Hopefully now able to respond (re: hell and all that)

This morning I wasn't able to respond to all of the comments. Hopefully now I...

July 29, 2011

Blog problems

Dear followers: recently I've been having technical difficulties with the blog that stem from the...

July 27, 2011

My response to a dialogue partner re: universalism

I tried to post this on facebook, but it wouldn't let me because it's too...

July 26, 2011

Re: Brandon Morgan’s guest post & emergent Christianity

I think Brandon's guest post should be read by all people involved on emerging or...

July 25, 2011

The emergent church movement challenged by a participant

The following is a guest blog post by Brandon Morgan, one of the organizers and...

July 20, 2011

Returning to the illegal immigration issue…

According to an AP news report dated July 16, 2011 (by Jay Reeves, Birmingham, Ala.)...