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November 2010

November 03, 2010

God will judge us

Recent news releases have revealed some startling statistics from the 2010 census. The gap between...

October 2010

October 31, 2010

Trends in theology and religious studies

I've been spending quite a bit of time perusing the new books on display in...

October 29, 2010

Where have all the (theological) giants gone?

There was a time when the theological landscape of Christianity was stalked by "giants"--theologians and...

October 26, 2010

Who is an "evangelical theologian?"

Who is an evangelical theologian? Recently there has been much debate about this. I have...

October 25, 2010

Liberation theology

Recently the Vatican silenced El Salvadoran liberation theologian Jon Sobrino (as it has others such...

October 23, 2010

Liberal theology

At least one commenter here has accused me of having liberal theological ideas. Let me...

October 20, 2010

Those pesky "shelf doctrines"

In his very readable book Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport (2004) Fuller Seminary president...

October 20, 2010

A word about that awful word "cult"

Some here and elsewhere have tossed around the word "cult" as if it were not...

October 18, 2010

Deconstructing "evangelicalism"

What is "deconstruction," anyway? Well, I've been reading a lot about that and it turns...

October 16, 2010

Seventh-day Adventism and Arminian, evangelical Christianity

Recently I've been spending a lot of time with Seventh-day Adventist theologians and students. Most...

October 13, 2010

What Calvinism I oppose and why

Just for the record I want to explain as clearly as possible why I am...

October 12, 2010

Forthcoming book on evangelicalism

Sometime next year (hopefully) Zondervan will publish a "four views" book on evangelicalism. Four evangelical...

October 10, 2010

Defining "fundamentalism"

There is no absolute definition of fundamentalism that fits every considered case like a litmus...

October 07, 2010

Donald Bloesch, Arminianism and open theism

Here is an interesting excerpt from Bloesch's early work The Evangelical Renaissance (p. 53): "Sovereignty...

October 06, 2010

God welcomes another evangelical giant into glory!

One of the most gentle and scholarly of all evangelical theologians, and one of the...

October 05, 2010

God's "wasteful scatteration of grace"

I rarely post other people's writings here, but this sermon by Bill Smelvoe (preached in...

October 05, 2010

Al Mohler, evolution and other Christians

According to reports (e.g., Baptist Press, August 10, 2005) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al...

October 04, 2010

Me and Al Mohler

Just for the record (in case anyone cares), as an unapologetic, unashamed and determined evangelical...

October 04, 2010

Another fatal flaw in Calvinism

The second fatal flaw (that I will describe here) in (at least some) Calvinism is...

October 02, 2010

The first fatal flaw in the Calvinist system revisited

Recently I wrote about flaws and fatal flaws in theological systems. All have flaws. Some...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

Theological flaws and fatal flaws

Recently I argued here that every theological system has flaws that should be acknowledged so...

September 27, 2010

Why can't we all just admit our theologies are flawed?

I admit it. I am a fallibilist--with regard to human beings (except when being infallibly...

September 24, 2010

What is right and wrong with the emergent/emerging church movement?

I get asked this all the time. Especially students, but also strangers, ask me "What...

September 22, 2010

A good new book on Reformed theology

I have to give them credit. Reformed theologians are prolific when it comes to writing...

September 20, 2010

Two opposite forces pulling evangelicals (and others) apart

I see two opposite and equally dangerous trends pulling evangelicals apart and thereby weakening our...

September 17, 2010

A watershed among evangelicals?

Call me strange (I know some will!), but for years I've had an obsession with...

September 14, 2010

Why I am a premillennialist (and you should be, too)

Okay, I admit it. The "you should be, too" part was just to get you...

September 13, 2010

Another evangelical hero passes to glory

When I was making my youthful transition to the wider evangelical world one of my...

September 12, 2010

When did "social justice" become a bad word?

Okay, I know..."social justice" is two words! My question is the same--when did this phrase...

September 09, 2010

A new church just for academics?

Recently I heard about a new church someone is starting on a university campus. It...