Ron Sider has a new article at Relevant Magazine, and in this article he asks young adults — Relevant readers — four questions. In Sider’s day, that is in the 70s and 80s, he was seen as a radical because he brought into fuller light the biblical teachings on justice and peace. In many ways, young adults have embraced his vision … but is this embrace leading away from central themes of our Christian faith? Question #4: As you seek... Read more
Tuesday night I flew to Orange County/Santa Ana/John Wayne — only in CA can you have three names for one airport — and on Wednesday I spoke to the LABS audience. For a number of years I’ve worried about whether or not evangelicalism can remain a coalition, and I have said over and over that Christianity Today is one of the major, and sometimes I wonder if it is the only, safe space for all voices. I want to add... Read more
Miroslav Volf, Professor at Yale, on the dedication page of his new book — Allah: A Christian Response, says this: To my father, a Pentecostal minister who admired Muslims, and taught me as a boy that they worship the same God as we do. Volf’s opening to the book is the famous Regensburg University speech of Pope Benedict XVI in which he set the Christian God over against the Muslim God, the former the God of Reason and the latter... Read more
Tim Keller’s newest book, King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus, examines big questions through the Gospel of Mark. He sees an unfolding of who Jesus is in the Gospel of Mark, and though Mark 1:1 gives us all the clues we need — and the full perspective — Keller’s point is dead-on: Mark’s Gospel unfolds a picture of Jesus. What do you see in the stilling of the storm? One of the more potent... Read more
From Barna’s newest report: In the most recent presidential elections, the faith communities of America have played a major role in electing presidents and other important public figures. Breaking down the survey data by more than a dozen religious segments regularly tracked by The Barna Group, the numbers take on yet a different contour. For instance, among evangelical Christians – the 7% of the population who are most concerned about moral issues (among other considerations) and are most involved in... Read more
The interview with John Polkinghorne discussed in the post Tuesday concludes with Dean Nelson asking for Dr. Polkinghorne’s favorite scientific joke. Dr. Polkinghorne responds with the requested scientific joke and his favorite theological joke (27:15 in the audio; 54:20 in the video). DN: I think you have your favorite science joke – what is your favorite scientific joke… There are three scientists who are traveling together through the highlands of Scotland. One of them is a mathematician, one of them... Read more
Ron Sider has a new article at Relevant Magazine, and in this article he asks young adults — Relevant readers — four questions. In Sider’s day, that is in the 70s and 80s, he was seen as a radical because he brought into fuller light the biblical teachings on justice and peace. In many ways, young adults have embraced his vision … but is this embrace leading away from central themes of our Christian faith? Question #3: Will you honor... Read more
This last week I have been spending my commute listening to the audio recordings of a series of lectures given by John Polkinghorne last November at Point Loma Nazarene University (available on the PLNU website here). There is much to ponder in these lectures, and fuel for several posts. The lecture on Prayer and Providence is one I will come back to in the future. Today, in the wake of the discussion of universalism and Rob Bell’s upcoming book, I... Read more
The Name of God. Speaking the Name of God. But not using or speaking the Name of God lightly or misusing or using in vain is what the Third Command is all about: “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name (Exodus 20:7). Or, “Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD (Lev 19:12).... Read more
Ron Sider has a new article at Relevant Magazine, and in this article he asks young adults — Relevant readers — four questions. In Sider’s day, that is in the 70s and 80s, he was seen as a radical because he brought into fuller light the biblical teachings on justice and peace. In many ways, young adults have embraced his vision … but is this embrace leading away from central themes of our Christian faith? Question #2: Are you in... Read more
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