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2024-05-18T07:13:28-05:00

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What Is the “Decisive Factor” in Salvation?

Last updated on: May 18, 2024 at 7:13 am By Roger E. Olson

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What Is the “Decisive Factor” in Salvation? Some Calvinists have told me (and other Arminians) that in Arminian theology the sinner’s decision to accept God’s grace unto salvation is “the decisive factor” in his or her salvation. And, of course, that is meant as a criticism of Arminianism. But is it a valid criticism? No. Some time ago I watched the movie, based on real events, “Thirteen Lives.” The movie is a documentary with fictional features. It portrays the underwater... Read more

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2024-05-15T10:22:28-05:00

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A Prophetic Book for Conservatives and Progressives

Last updated on: May 15, 2024 at 10:22 am By Roger E. Olson

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A Prophetic Book for Conservatives and Progressives: Our Next Book for Discussion (First I will finish our current discussion of The Political Meaning of Christianity. Then, in a couple weeks, we will begin discussion of this excellent new book by Austin Fischer. Please order it as soon as possible. I guarantee it will inspire and challenge you.) Austin Fischer is lead pastor of The Vista (church) in Temple, Texas and my former student. In this case, the student has surpassed... Read more

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2024-05-12T07:48:53-05:00

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An Evangelical Side Show? Controversy Again

Last updated on: May 12, 2024 at 7:48 am By Roger E. Olson

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An Evangelical Side Show? Controversy Again Youtube is filled with rage over this. Should it be? Or does this just illustrate a weakness within American evangelical ranks? It happened in Springfield, Missouri. A mega church put on a Christian men’s conference. The church was packed with men and maybe a woman or two. The conference opened with a very muscular man climbing a high pole with a sword in his mouth, swallowing the sword, and sliding down the pole, stopping... Read more

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2024-05-10T08:20:35-05:00

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The John Birch Society and the Republican Party

Last updated on: May 10, 2024 at 8:20 am By Roger E. Olson

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The John Birch Society and the Republican Party People smarter than I and more “in the know” are claiming that the current Republican Party is adopting many of the ideas and policies of the John Birch Society. (You can look them up on Youtube if you doubt me.) What is the John Birch Society (JBS)? Well, I don’t have time or space here to go into its history or ideology. Look it up on Wikipedia. I found the article there... Read more

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2024-05-08T10:40:44-05:00

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How a Christian Can Influence Culture for the Good

Last updated on: May 8, 2024 at 10:40 am By Roger E. Olson

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How a Christian Can Influence Culture for the Good Of course, there are numerous ways in which a Christian can influence society and culture for the good. I write here as an Anabaptist who does not believe in Christians using coercion or force to control “the public square.” But what can an Anabaptist-inclined Christian do beyond speaking out, beyond persuasion, beyond prophetic speech, beyond writing letters to the editor? I was watching a major network news program, on nation-wide television,... Read more

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2024-05-06T09:46:36-05:00

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The Political Meaning of Christianity: Ambivalence

Last updated on: May 6, 2024 at 9:46 am By Roger E. Olson

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The Political Meaning of Christianity: Ambivalence Here I take up two more parts or sections of Chapter Four “Social Transformation.” They are “Private Property and Capitalism” and “Mass Society” (pp. 180-195). The them running throughout this book but highlighted in these two sections is ambivalence—ambivalence toward politics and all things associated with it. The Christian, for Christian reasons, ought always to have a posture of ambivalence toward politics but also toward economics and social organizations. In Private Property and Capitalism... Read more

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2024-05-04T10:25:57-05:00

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Is American Christian Nationalism A Threat?

Last updated on: May 4, 2024 at 10:25 am By Roger E. Olson

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Is American Christian Nationalism an existential threat? Guest Post by Theologian Ted Peters Ted Peters is one of America’s best known and most influential theologians. His credentials are too many and too impressive to list here. Look him up on Wikipedia. His blog is: www.patheos.com/blogs/publictheology. He has posted an interview with me (and commentary) on his blog today (May 4, 2024). American Christian Nationalism (ACN) and White American Christian Nationalism (WACN) exist. But they are too small to become... Read more

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2024-05-02T17:18:41-05:00

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Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel

Last updated on: May 2, 2024 at 5:18 pm By Roger E. Olson

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Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel A faithful follower of this blog asked me to post something about Walter Rauschenbusch which I’m glad to do. He is one of my heroes. Which is not to say I agree with everything he wrote. Rauschenbusch was the son of a German immigrant who became a Baptist in the U.S. His father taught church history at Rochester Theological Seminary which is the oldest Baptist seminary in the U.S. Walter grew up in a... Read more

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2024-04-30T08:50:32-05:00

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Evangelical Pastor Goes Ballistic on Trump

Last updated on: April 30, 2024 at 8:50 am By Roger E. Olson

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Evangelical Pastor Goes Ballistic on Trump You may have already seen it. It’s all over Youtube. Pastor Loren Livingston of Central Church of God in Charlotte, North Carolina, preaches a powerful sermon against Donald Trump, MAGA politics mixed with Christianity, and the new Bible that Trump is selling that contains the US Constitution. Go to Youtube, if you haven’t already, and watch the whole sermon. This is the evangelicalism I grew up in: Pentecostal, other-worldly, spiritual to the core, ambivalent... Read more

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2024-04-28T17:22:12-05:00

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The Political Meaning of Christianity: Revolution and …

Last updated on: April 28, 2024 at 5:22 pm By Roger E. Olson

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The Political Meaning of Christianity: Revolution and … Equality/Inequality Here I am taking up for comment and discussion (among those who have read it) pages 165 to 180 of The Political Meaning of Christianity by Glenn Tinder. The sections under consideration here are of Chapter Four: Social Transformation and they are titled Revolution and Inequality and Minority Rule. First, however, a personal side note about the book. Because it is not especially easy to read, as many readers have noted... Read more

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