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April 2011

April 15, 2011

Hardening of the categories and theological absolutism

Two diseases of disposition seem to infect and derail many good theological discussions: hardening of...

April 13, 2011

A good description of "postconservative evangelical"

I've begun reading a relatively new book (2010) by one Steven B. Sherman entitled Revitalizing...

April 10, 2011

What about Sola Scriptura? Is it a viable concept?

Over the past several years more Protestant theologians have been protesting what has traditionally been...

April 10, 2011

More about universalism

I already know that some people who read what I am going to write here...

April 08, 2011

Rob Bell comes clean!!!

See/hear the clip of that title at youtube.com. I don't know any more about it...

April 08, 2011

A good new book about Arminius

This is for those of you who consider yourselves Arminians or who just want to...

April 05, 2011

Further stirring of the pot….

For those of you wondering what view of God's sovereignty Piper MIGHT be talking about...

April 03, 2011

John Piper on God's sovereignty and those who disagree

Please view and listen to the following video clip on youtube.com: Why does God allow...

April 01, 2011

The Word Made Fresh: A Call for a Renewal of the Evangelical Spirit

This statement was written in 2001 and signed by 110 evangelical scholars and leaders. I...

April 01, 2011

Essentials of Christianity

I often am asked to identify beliefs I think are essential to being authentically Christian. ...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Great Comment re: evangelicals behaving badly

I rarely (perhaps never so far) post a reader's comment as one of my own...

March 29, 2011

Division in the evangelical house

In a recent post here I mentioned the division among evangelicals between those I call...

March 26, 2011

Billy Graham and inclusivism

In a previous post I mentioned that Billy Graham is an inclusivist. Someone responded with...

March 25, 2011

The Promised Response to Bell's Love Wins

Discussion of Bell's Love Wins is now allowed here for those who can truthfully say...

March 24, 2011

The New Fundamentalism

Several have asked me here to explain my meaning of "fundamentalism." That's difficult to do...

March 23, 2011

My letter to First Things (responding to the McDermott article)

I have been assured this will be published in the next issue of First Things....

March 23, 2011

My response to Gerald McDermott's article in First Things

Read "Evangelicals Divided" by Gerald McDermott in the April (2011) issue of First Things. Here...

March 22, 2011

Walter Wink and Greg Boyd on the Problem of Evil

I admit that I'm very late coming to read Walter Wink (professor emeritus of Auburn...

March 19, 2011

Evangelical AND Catholic?

Over the last 50 years many notable evangelical thinkers have converted to the Roman Catholic...

March 16, 2011

"Reclaiming Pietism"

Below you will find an essay entitled "Reclaiming Pietism." It is a response to critics...

March 16, 2011

Nothing more about Bell's book until I have read it….

I have been traveling and so have not been able to buy and read Bell's...

March 14, 2011

My wish come true (Rich Mouw weighs in on the Rob Bell controversy)

Today's USA Today (Monday, March 14) contains an article about the Rob Bell book controversy...

March 13, 2011

Evangelicals behaving badly (and some important footnotes)

Several have asked me here why I am defending Rob Bell. Haven't they been listening? ...

March 09, 2011

Announcing a forthcoming book on evangelicalism (and an essay on the two evangelicalisms)

Yesterday I received in the mail a copy of the cover of a book to...

March 05, 2011

N. T. Wright, Richard Bauckham, British evangelicals and me

I find it so refreshing to talk with British evangelicals such as N. T. Wright...

March 03, 2011

This October Zondervan will publish two books together: Against Calvinism by yours truly and For...

March 02, 2011

Recommendation of a good book

I think I’ve recommended this book before, but I’m reading it for the third time...

March 02, 2011

My response to Rob Bell's promo video LOVE WINS

My response is: Hold the fire! What does Bell say in that video that justifies...

March 01, 2011

When criticism of fellow Christians is appropriate

Some of you are asking if I think it is every appropriate to criticize the...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

When will we ever learn….?

Here we go again. The self-appointed evangelical inquisitors are already attacking Rob Bell on the...