Multifaceted Witnessing
In my recent blog posting on the “golf bag” image of atonement theory, I thought I was clearly defending the essential nature of substitution. But several readers somehow took me to be waffling, particularly because I allowed that in some cases we might look for a “hole in one” by presenting the defeating-the-Powers aspect to […]
Why Labels?
A mainline denominational leader thanked me for a talk that I had just given at a multi-faith gathering. “I like everything you said,” he...
Reflecting on the Pope’s Visit
I have been invited by The New York Times to write for their blog about the Pope’s visit to the United States....
False Teachers and False Teachings
I once heard an evangelical leader speak out against a certain group with whom we evangelicals have significant disagreements. I happened to...
The Lesson of “Ancient Seas”
I was 15 years old when I stopped believing in a “young earth.” And it happened, of all places, at a fundamentalist...
Obama, Catholics and Religious Freedom
The Catholic bishops have been upset with President Obama for insisting that Catholic hospitals and universities provide birth control services—including the “morning after” pill...
Evangelicals Are Celebrating Obama, Too
This piece is also available at my On Faith page:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/
After a week or so...
“People or Personnel”: An Appreciation
An ad in the New York Review of Books announces a film—being shown in a few major cities—with the title Paul Goodman...
Fool-osophy
This piece originally appeared in The Christian Century.
I collect expressions of anti-intellectualism. I even consider myself to be a connoisseur...
On Seminaries and Dinosaurs
I watched the “Jurassic Park” movies. At least two of them—I’m pretty sure I did not see the third, and I probably...
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