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2016-01-07T09:26:54-05:00

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More about the Wheaton College Controversy and Christian Higher Education

Last updated on: January 7, 2016 at 9:26 am By Roger E. Olson

According to news reports, Wheaton College (IL) is moving to fire the female political science professor who said publicly that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. I blogged about this earlier; I won’t repeat what I said then. The new situation is the announced intention to fire her (previously she was only suspended) in spite of her tenure status and her saying “No one is safe.” By that she apparently means that if Wheaton can fire her for what... Read more

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2016-01-05T08:49:34-05:00

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The Key to Understanding God’s Relationship with the World Now

Last updated on: January 5, 2016 at 8:49 am By Roger E. Olson

The Key to Understanding God’s Relationship with the World Now Today (January 5, 2016) I will be engaging in a live and recorded podcast conversation with theologians Tripp Fuller and Philip Clayton on “Homebrewed Christianity”—a web site and organization that appeals to many relatively young, disaffected postevangelicals. Some of my best students have urged both Homebrewed Christianity and me to discover each other. I am not at all averse to that and look forward to the encounter. My assignment is... Read more

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2016-01-03T09:29:11-05:00

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A Look Back and a Look Forward: 2015 and 2016

Last updated on: January 3, 2016 at 9:29 am By Roger E. Olson

A Look Back and a Look Forward: 2015 and 2016 2015 was a year of much activity for me; I appreciate all the opportunities to speak and write—to say nothing of to be with family and friends. I look forward with eager anticipation to 2016 and the opportunities it will bring. I am going to focus on professional activities here. 2015 began with a trip to my home town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota to speak to a class at... Read more

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2016-01-01T09:04:19-05:00

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Christianity’s Greatest Enemy

Last updated on: January 1, 2016 at 9:04 am By Roger E. Olson

Christianity’s Greatest Enemy Christianity’s greatest enemy is not atheism. Nor is it Islam or any other religion. Nor is it secularism. Nor is it immorality in culture. No, Christianity’s greatest enemy is—complacency. A few months ago an acquaintance struck up a conversation about my blog and mentioned that he thought I must “like stirring the pot.” Yes, I confess that I do. But not for the sake of stirring the pot itself. The point of stirring the pot, so to... Read more

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2015-12-31T08:52:45-05:00

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Denomination of the Week: Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Last updated on: December 31, 2015 at 8:52 am By Roger E. Olson

Yesterday (December 29, 2015) I was driving in the Hill Country west of Austin, Texas and saw a Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Although I have never attended one, I have had students from that denomination. And I once had an acquaintance who briefly served as the dean of their seminary. What especially interests me about this denomination is its difference from other Presbyterian denominations. And I know a fair amount about Presbyterianism. Not only have a I studied it as a... Read more

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2015-12-29T17:24:24-05:00

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Advice I Will Give My Grandson When He Is Twelve (Like Tamir Rice Was)

Last updated on: December 29, 2015 at 5:24 pm By Roger E. Olson

Dear Beloved Grandson, Be afraid. Be very afraid. You shouldn’t have to be, but in today’s America you need to be constantly on your guard. Or maybe “afraid” isn’t the right word. Be vigilant and very careful. Especially around police. Wait. Don’t hate police; not all of them are your enemies. But given the plethora of police attacks, using deadly force, on black boys and men, be vigilant around them. And that means be vigilant whenever you are out in... Read more

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2015-12-27T09:49:58-05:00

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Do All Atheists Deny the Same God?

Last updated on: December 27, 2015 at 9:49 am By Roger E. Olson

Do All Atheists Deny the Same God? Recently here (December, 2015) I have discussed the controversial question whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God and the not-so-controversial question (that perhaps should be controversial) whether all Christians worship the same God. Now I’ll turn to a question I’ve never heard asked but interests me and I think should interest all thinking people. Do all atheists deny the same God? First of all, let’s carefully examine the concept of “atheism.” The... Read more

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2015-12-24T09:34:03-05:00

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Denomination of the Week: The Church with No Name (The Truth/Two By Twos)

Last updated on: December 24, 2015 at 9:34 am By Roger E. Olson

Denomination of the Week: The Church with No Name (The Truth/Two By Twos) I have had a nearly lifelong fascination with this denomination (which, like many, does not consider itself a denomination). Scholars of American religion often call this the largest single house church movement in North America although no outsider knows how large it actually is. Certainly the denomination’s members do not consider it a “secret” organization, but one of its attractions to scholars and students of American religion... Read more

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2015-12-22T08:37:14-05:00

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Do All Christians Worship the Same God?

Last updated on: December 22, 2015 at 8:37 am By Roger E. Olson

Do All Christians Worship the Same God? This question is stimulated by the current (2015) controversy over evangelical Wheaton College’s (Illinois) suspension of a political science professor allegedly for saying publicly that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. (I blogged about that issue and the question at its center here recently.) The question whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God must be parsed out into two distinct questions—even after it is complicated by observance of the diversity among... Read more

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2015-12-21T08:18:22-05:00

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Gems of Wisdom from Emil Brunner: Transcendence and Free Decision

Last updated on: December 21, 2015 at 8:18 am By Roger E. Olson

Gems of Wisdom from Emil Brunner: Transcendence and Free Decision Emil Brunner (d. 1966) is one of my favorite theologians. In fact, I like him better than Karl Barth; he’s much clearer than Barth. Reading and studying Brunners Dogmatics in seminary liberated me from fundamentalism and kept me firmly grounded in Pietism (but of a “higher order”). Brunner was part of the “dialectical” movement in theology that reacted to liberal Protestantism without adopting fundamentalism. When I read him again and... Read more

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