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Strong meat, not milk: Are some things impossible to believe?

Are Some Things Impossible to Believe? Lewis Carroll's White Queen tells Alice that sometimes she has believed six impossible things before breakfast. That led some later wits to quip that faith is believing six impossible things before breakfast. Lately I've … Continue reading →

Neo-fundamentalism (excellent but somewhat lengthy essay)

Below is an essay written by a friend. I have only altered it to correct spelling and mechanical errors (e.g., to put a space between words where one was missing). I judge this an incisive explanation of something significant happening … Continue reading →

About "judging God's morality"

About "Judging God's Morality" Recently an acquaintance asked me if I am guilty of "judging God's morality." He explained that his reason for asking is my answer to my student's question "If it were revealed to you in a way … Continue reading →

Response to another misrepresentation of Arminianism

And here we go again…another case of Calvinist misrepresentation of Arminianism Twenty years ago I picked up and read the first issue of Modern Reformation magazine. It was a special issue on Arminianism. On the cover was a reproduction of … Continue reading →

A personal testimony (some won't like)

I have an essay all ready to post here and was going to do it today. It's about the current issue of Modern Reformation magazine and an article in it that misrepresents Arminianism. I'll post it next time (Lord willing). … Continue reading →

A final comment (for now) about complementarianism

Egalitarianism (with regard to marriage) is the view that in a marriage husband and wife should agree before any decisions are made or actions taken that affect the family (whether that be just them as a couple or includes children). … Continue reading →

Truth, Authority and Roles

Truth, Authority and Roles "He who begins by loving Christianity, better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all." (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection) Consider … Continue reading →

A challenge to "evangelical complementarians"

Following up on my earlier post about evangelical complementarianism… I now see that it is possible to interpret the evangelical seminary dean's comments about Eve being "cursed in her role before the fall" as NOT implying that she was cursed … Continue reading →

Religious identities geographically displayed

A colleague sent me this link. He knows I am deeply interested in denominations and in the concept "evangelical." See: www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/pew-re... (I tried both keyboarding it here and copying it here from the actual web site but in neither case … Continue reading →

And now…on the other side (critique of extreme complementarianism)

And now…the other extreme from "Christian feminism" Recently here I critiqued contemporary radical Christian Feminism while applauding egalitarianism. By "radical Christian Feminism" I mean the approach to theology that begins from women's experience and resymbolizes God away from the predominantly … Continue reading →