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Can One Be an Evangelical and Roman Catholic?

Can One Be an Evangelical Christian and Roman Catholic? This question—whether one can be both a Roman Catholic and an evangelical Christian has arisen many times before. Now some are asking it in relation to the reported conversion of recently retired senior editor of Christianity Today editor Mark Galli. Some historical background to my response […]

What the One Percent Don’t Want You to Know

What the One Percent Don’t Want You to Know One of my favorite public intellectuals, partly because he is a Christian and a Baptist, is Bill Moyers. He was President Johnson’s press secretary in the 1960s and wrote many of Johnson’s speeches. Since then he has served in many government positions and has served as […]

Guest Post: Donald Trump Meets the Sacred Soldier by Ted Peters

From Roger Olson: I am honored to present here a guest post/essay by influential theologian Ted Peters, a long-time “friendly acquaintance.” We became acquainted through theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg–Ted’s friend and my theological teacher. No guest poster here speaks for me, as I never here speak for anyone else. Know that Ted is not committed to […]

An Excellent Critique of Molinism as Incompatible with Arminianism

An Excellent Critique of Molinism as Incompatible with Arminianism Robert Picirilli is a Free Will Baptist theologian who is, like all Free Will Baptists, an Arminian, not a Calvinist. I am not a member of any Free Will Baptist church or institution, but I have always felt an affinity with the Free Will Baptists. I […]

Coming Here Soon: Critiques of Molinism

Coming Here Soon: Critiques of Molinism, Please watch for a coming series about Molinism and Arminianism. I have written about that subject here before, but now respected Arminian theologian Robert Picirilli is publishing a two-part series on the subject. I’ve read part one and it is just excellent. I will post links to his essays. […]

Abusing Scripture for Personal or Political Purposes

Abusing Scripture for Personal or Political Purposes Every Christian ought to be repulsed and speak out against politicians or anyone changing the words of Scripture to support their own agendas or vested interests—including those of their parties, organizations, businesses, or nations. Recently, in the U.S., someone speaking at a major political party event “quoted” a […]

The Needed Next Step in Empowering Women and Improving the World

The Needed Next Step in Empowering Women and Improving the World One hundred years ago women finally achieved the right to vote in the United States. One hundred years later women still form a tiny minority of government leaders in the U.S. There exists an imbalance of power; men hold most of the power. The […]

How This Blog Began: An Outrage in 2011

How This Blog Began: An Outrage in 2011 Before 2011 several friends urged me to start my own blog. Blogging was a relatively new thing then. I wasn’t anxious to do it. I’m not adept at technology and I didn’t need another writing project. I put them off and did not intend to start a […]

Excellent Historical Documentaries about Christians in 1930s Germany

Excellent Historical Documentaries about Christians in 1930s Germany Paraphrasing philosopher George Santayana: Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat its mistakes. Here are three excellent, relatively brief documentaries about Germany in the 1930s—how Hitler came to power and how German Christians supported him—including some notable theologians. Please watch them and comment […]

The Worst Idea Ever: The “Catastrophe of…”

The Worst Idea Ever: The “Catastrophe of…” Yes, I left the title incomplete because I wanted to “hook” you into reading this. I consider what I have to say here absolutely essential—for anyone who wants to understand a very basic philosophy that underlies and influences everything I say there. That people do not know this […]