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February 14, 2012
A report on some recent conversations about Calvinism
Someone recently asked me here how many times a day I think about Calvinism. Well, lots. But that's largely because people contact me by phone, letter, e-mail and in person many times every week, pretty much daily, to ask me … Continue reading →
February 11, 2012
Stanley Hauerwas, America and war (and a question about flags in churches)
Two nights ago I stayed up late composing a post for this blog about Stanley Hauerwas' most recent book War and the American Difference: Theological Reflections on Violence and National Identity (Baker Academic, 2011). I ended with some questions about … Continue reading →
February 7, 2012
Is the "Prosperity Gospel" heresy?
Recently I talked with a reporter for a major metropolitan daily newspaper about Pentecostalism. He called me after interviewing (he said) many scholars about Pentecostalism. He said that the people most enamored with Pentecostalism were non-Pentecostal religious scholars; none of … Continue reading →
February 4, 2012
Some thoughts about my conversation with Michael Horton
Some Thoughts about My Conversation with Michael Horton I spoke about why I am "Against Calvinism" for about 15 minutes focusing on the goodness of God and how classical, "high Calvinism" is inconsistent with any meaning of "good" and … Continue reading →
February 2, 2012
Finding roots and gems in old theologies
For the past month I've been immersed in nineteenth century theology: Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Ritschl, Hodge, Catholic Modernism (Blondel, Loisy, Tyrrell), Troeltsch, Dorner, Bushnell. It isn't the first time, but this time I'm reading more primary texts and writing about these … Continue reading →
February 1, 2012
Where I have a problem with Calvinism
One commenter has raised a question about my statement that I have no problem with Calvinism in confessionally Reformed circles (churches, denominations, etc.). I made that statement in my previous post about my public conversation with Mike Horton. So, let … Continue reading →
January 31, 2012
Quick report on Calvinst-Arminian dialogues
This past weekend (Saturday, January 28) I engaged in another public dialogue with my favorite Calvinist Michael Horton. While I strongly disagree with some of his characterizations of Arminianism (e.g, "man-centered theology") he is a gentleman and a scholar who … Continue reading →
January 29, 2012
And now…to the other side (on issues of gender)
The trouble with young men? This is following up on my earlier posts about so-called (evangelical) complementarianism. Anyone who has followed this blog very long knows how strongly I feel about equality between men and women. I won't repeat … Continue reading →
January 27, 2012
On tossing out the evangelical spectrum: Part 2
Types of evangelical theology: replacing the "spectrum" In part one of this series I talked about the limitations of attempting to place every theologian somewhere on a spectrum defined by "right," "middle," and "left." It's a habit of evangelical theologians … Continue reading →
January 25, 2012
On tossing out the "right-middle-left" spectrum
Types of evangelical theology: replacing the "spectrum" Part 1 For a long time scholars studying Evangelicalism have used the analogy of a spectrum to describe its theological diversity. The spectrum is always from "right" to "middle" to "left" with "middle" … Continue reading →
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