Talking Past Each Other
I’m told that a piece that I wrote recently for The Christian Century has caused a little bit of a stir. Apparently some of the anti-Catholic bloggers have latched onto this as yet another example of evangelicals getting too cozy with Catholicism. My topic in that article is prayers to the saints, and I use […]
A Teaching Moment for Mormonism?
Some commentators are saying that it is time for Mitt Romney to give a “Houston speech,” although there are also reports that...
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....
Seeker-Sensitive Preaching and Karl Barth
I have been preparing a lecture on “seeker sensitive” preaching, and I decided to try to match wits a bit with Karl...
Animal Rights
There is a campaign underway in Vienna, Austria to declare Hiasl, a 26-year-old male chimpanzee, a “person,” with various accompanying legal rights....
Singing the Good News: At Fuller Seminary and on “American Idol”
Last Wednesday evening (April 9), some 150 people gathered in Fuller Seminary’s Travis Auditorium to sing old-time hymns. Young and old alike...
Meeting Billy Berger
I resented Billy Berger (I’m changing his name here) for four decades. Sometimes, in the earliest years, the resentment felt like it approached outright...
For the Presidential Candidates, a “West Wing” Proposal
I’ve ordered the first couple of episodes of “Political Animals” from iTunes, but I haven’t yet watched any of it. Based on the reviews,...
Halloween: Gargoyles and Pumpkins
I have written before about Halloween. I actually like the yearly event. This goes against the grain of some Christian views about the subject...
Church Property Disputes
Recently I was talking with a friend who is a part of a “breakaway” Anglican congregation whose members are in a property...
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