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July 2011

July 19, 2011

Off topic but important! Suggestions needed…

A major national news publication has asked me to find and refer to them a...

July 18, 2011

USAToday guest column (op ed piece) about Cuba and religion

Today's USAToday (Monday, July 18, 2011) contains a column on "The Forum" page by religion...

July 14, 2011

What is “theological liberalism?”

One of my biggest pet peeves is people throwing labels around when they don't understand...

July 12, 2011

Thoughts on two recent movies…

Two recent movies have theological implications. Many people asked me if I saw The Adjustment...

July 09, 2011

Why I defend Rob Bell’s Love Wins (and other controversial books)

Well, I don't defend EVERY controversial book! But I have gone out on a limb...

July 07, 2011

A good new book responding to Bell’s Love Wins

A publisher recently sent me an advance copy of what I take to be the...

July 06, 2011

Another hallmark of neo-fundamentalism

I've been writing a series of posts here about the phenomenon among evangelicals (especially evangelical...

July 04, 2011

Some July 4 thoughts about nationalism and patriotism

I've become increasingly concerned that many American Christians (and perhaps especially evangelicals) confuse patriotism with...

July 03, 2011

Do people ever go from liberal to evangelical?

I've heard said many times that the movement between liberal and evangelical is one-way. Evangelicals...

June 2011

June 28, 2011

A good book by the Archbishop of Canterbury

During these weeks of summer doldrums, some students and I are reading and discussing Christ...

June 25, 2011

Arminians and others who misrepresent Calvinism should also be ashamed of themselves

Ken Stewart supplied me with some examples of non-Calvinists misrepresenting Calvinism. I have run across...

June 23, 2011

Biblical injunctions regarding aliens in our midst

Thanks to my colleague and dean David Garland for compiling the following list of biblical...

June 20, 2011

Why I do not care to engage neo-fundamentalists in dialogue

Occasionally here I have mentioned that one thing that really gets my ire up is...

June 20, 2011

Fair and unfair criticisms of Calvinism and Arminianism

Actually, what I have to say here applies to ANY criticism of ANY theology. We...

June 19, 2011

Some thoughts about fathers on Fathers Day

Another Fathers Day comes around. Thank God for good fathers and there are so many...

June 16, 2011

My response to defenders of anti-illegal immigrant laws

Several commenters here have argued (some of them being lawyers) that the bills I have...

June 16, 2011

And now Texas joins the crusade against the scapegoats

According to AP reports the Texas legislature has now approved a bill (and the governor...

June 15, 2011

Continuing frustration with Calvinist misrepresenting Arminianism

It happens all the time. I move around in evangelical circles quite a bit and...

June 13, 2011

Scapegoating: an old human habit still around in attitudes and actions towards illegal immigrants?

Yet another state, populated largely by people who consider themselves Christians, has apparently criminalized Christian...

June 12, 2011

Some more “real life” funny pulpit errors…

ONE of the following stories is false. At least, it didn't happen to me. And...

June 11, 2011

A break from all the seriousness…

Do you have a TRUE story of "pulpit humor" to share here? One commenter shared...

June 08, 2011

A wonderful new book about Fundamentalism

I capitalize "Fundamentalism" because here I'm talking about the movement. Increasingly I am adopting the...

June 08, 2011

My response to Lemke’s “Middle Way”

In response to my and others' challenges to explain in what sense he and other...

June 06, 2011

My review of Whosoever Will regarding Calvinism and Arminianism

Recently there has been some discussion of the claim by the editors of Whosever Will:...

June 04, 2011

Is there a middle ground between Calvinism and Arminianism

I've blogged about this before, but just yesterday Southern Baptist philosopher/theologian/seminary dean Steve Lemke, one...

June 04, 2011

Is “Left Behind” theology gnostic?

The current issue of Christianity Today (June 2011) contains an article by Matthew Dickerson of...

June 03, 2011

Al Mohler and I agree!

A few weeks ago I posted about the killing of Osama bin Laden and said...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Conservative over reaction to the 1960s?

For a long time I've been pondering why American culture generally and American Christianity specifically...

May 30, 2011

More on Oklahoma HB1804 and other anti-illegal immigrant laws

I am not the only Christian objecting strenuously to such anti-illegal immigrant statutes being passed...

May 29, 2011

Further on the Oklahoma law…

In case you're new to this blog with this post, you need to go back...