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Some Year-End/New Year Thoughts/Resolutions about this Blog

Some Year-End/New Year Thoughts/Resolutions about This Blog   What is the purpose of this blog? Most simply expressed it is to provide the public, those who care, with a theologically-informed “voice” speaking about issues relevant to Christianity and culture from a moderately progressive, evangelical Arminian perspective. I could also say it is to have a [Read More...]

For God So Loved the World…That He Couldn’t Stay Away: A Christmas Meditation

For God So Loved the World…That He Couldn’t Stay Away: A Christmas Meditation   This is the heart of the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and therefore of authentic Christianity: the incarnation of God as “one of us.” Take it away and Christianity is little more than a moralistic, therapeutic deism. The [Read More...]

Review of Oliver Crisp’s “Deviant Calvinism” Part Three

Review of Oliver Crisps’ Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology Part Three   This is Part Three of my series of review essays of Oliver Crisp’s new book Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology and deals with Chapter 3 : “Libertarian Calvinism.” I invite those reading the book with me to agree or disagree with my interpretations [Read More...]

Comparing the Young, Restless, Reformed Movement (YRRM) with the Bill Gothard Phenomenon of the 1970s and 1980s

Comparing the Young, Restless, Reformed Movement (YRRM) with the Bill Gothard Phenomenon of the 1970s and 1980s   Several times here and elsewhere (mostly in responses to comments and questions) I have compared the rise and influence of the Young, Restless, Reformed Movement largely inspired by John Piper with the Bill Gothard movement of the [Read More...]

Review of Oliver Crisp’s “Deviant Calvinism” Part Two

Review of Oliver Crisp’s Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology Part Two   This is Part Two of my series of review essays of Oliver Crisp’s new book Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology and deals with Chapter 2: “Eternal Justification.” I invite those reading the book with me to agree or disagree with my interpretations of [Read More...]

My Briefest Post Ever…But Perhaps Most Important!

Right now, among other books, I’m reading Walter Cardinal Kasper’s new book Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Living (Orbis). Here is what he says on p. 98: “Everything ultimately depends on the goodness of God.” Amen. And because it is so important and everything ultimately depends on it (and [Read More...]

Review of Oliver Crisp’s “Deviant Calvinism” Part One

Review of Oliver Crisps’ Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology Part One   I have invited other interested persons to join me in this series. I will post occasional (tentatively about one chapter per week) reviews and others who read the book are welcome to agree, disagree, add to, etc. I ask that those who are [Read More...]

Article about Me at Baptist Press Global (December 13, 2014)

The article is entitled “For Baptists, a lone Arminian voice crying in a Calvinist wilderness.” You can find the article simply by Googleing the title. Or you can go to the Baptist Global Press web site and find it. (Baptist Global Press is the new name of the Associated Baptist Press.) I’m not really happy [Read More...]

My Response to John Piper’s Comments about Arminians

My Response to John Piper’s Comments about Arminians   Recently one of my faithful readers who also often comments here posted a link to a recent episode of “Ask Pastor John”—John Piper’s podcast series in which he answers questions. (All you have to do to find this series is “google” the title “Ask Pastor John” [Read More...]

Whetting Appetites: A Preview of “Deviant Calvinism” by Oliver Crisp

Whetting Appetites: A Preview of Deviant Calvinism by Oliver Crisp About a week ago (late November, 2014) I announced a coming series of interactions with Fuller Seminary theologian Oliver Crisp’s new book Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology (Fortress, 2014). I encouraged those who wanted to participate in the discussion to buy it and gave everyone [Read More...]