10 Reasons Why I Don’t Give up on Fundamentalists (including the not nice ones)

October 18, 2012 By 55 Comments

Every now and then I get asked in a blog comment, an email, or on Facebook, why I bother trying to talk to the hardened Christian right about the Bible. Why not just give up and move on, leaving them to play in their sandbox. Good point. I’ve thought about it a lot, more so in recent months, and [...]

Filed Under: Bible wars, fundamentalism, literalism 55 Comments

David Williams on Why Christians Shouldn’t get so Worked up about the Bible

May 18, 2012 By 5 Comments

David Williams is continuing his “Credo” series, which is a look at what the apostle Paul said is really important for Christians to believe in according to 1 Corinthains 15:3-5. David’s point is that Paul didn’t get all worked up about “the doctrine of Scripture”–meaning, nailing down how it came to be, how it works, how [...]

Filed Under: Bible wars, David Williams, doctrine, inerrancy, Paul 5 Comments

Speaking of Culture Wars: Evangelicals and the Bible (Again)

May 9, 2012 By 19 Comments

Today, Rachel Held Evans posted on how Christian culture wars may be winning battles but losing a generation. Younger Christians are growing tired of having the Good News defined by their leaders going into default battle mode whenever a controversial social or political issue comes up. I agree with Rachel’s observation, and it struck me immediately that it [...]

Filed Under: academic freedom, belligerence, Bible wars, culture wars, defending the faith, doctrine, Evangelicalism, evolution, faculty firings, faith and intellect, fear, fundamentalism, inerrancy, new paradigms, Rachel Held Evans 19 Comments