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June 28, 2011
A good book by the Archbishop of Canterbury
During these weeks of summer doldrums, some students and I are reading and discussing Christ...
June 25, 2011
Arminians and others who misrepresent Calvinism should also be ashamed of themselves
Ken Stewart supplied me with some examples of non-Calvinists misrepresenting Calvinism. I have run across...
June 23, 2011
Biblical injunctions regarding aliens in our midst
Thanks to my colleague and dean David Garland for compiling the following list of biblical...
June 20, 2011
Why I do not care to engage neo-fundamentalists in dialogue
Occasionally here I have mentioned that one thing that really gets my ire up is...
June 20, 2011
Fair and unfair criticisms of Calvinism and Arminianism
Actually, what I have to say here applies to ANY criticism of ANY theology. We...
June 19, 2011
Some thoughts about fathers on Fathers Day
Another Fathers Day comes around. Thank God for good fathers and there are so many...
June 16, 2011
My response to defenders of anti-illegal immigrant laws
Several commenters here have argued (some of them being lawyers) that the bills I have...
June 16, 2011
And now Texas joins the crusade against the scapegoats
According to AP reports the Texas legislature has now approved a bill (and the governor...
June 15, 2011
Continuing frustration with Calvinist misrepresenting Arminianism
It happens all the time. I move around in evangelical circles quite a bit and...
June 13, 2011
Scapegoating: an old human habit still around in attitudes and actions towards illegal immigrants?
Yet another state, populated largely by people who consider themselves Christians, has apparently criminalized Christian...
June 12, 2011
Some more “real life” funny pulpit errors…
ONE of the following stories is false. At least, it didn't happen to me. And...
June 11, 2011
A break from all the seriousness…
Do you have a TRUE story of "pulpit humor" to share here? One commenter shared...
June 08, 2011
A wonderful new book about Fundamentalism
I capitalize "Fundamentalism" because here I'm talking about the movement. Increasingly I am adopting the...
June 08, 2011
My response to Lemke’s “Middle Way”
In response to my and others' challenges to explain in what sense he and other...
June 06, 2011
My review of Whosoever Will regarding Calvinism and Arminianism
Recently there has been some discussion of the claim by the editors of Whosever Will:...
June 04, 2011
Is there a middle ground between Calvinism and Arminianism
I've blogged about this before, but just yesterday Southern Baptist philosopher/theologian/seminary dean Steve Lemke, one...
June 04, 2011
Is “Left Behind” theology gnostic?
The current issue of Christianity Today (June 2011) contains an article by Matthew Dickerson of...
June 03, 2011
Al Mohler and I agree!
A few weeks ago I posted about the killing of Osama bin Laden and said...
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