Glenn Beck’s Mormonism
Glenn Beck is getting mixed theological reviews from evangelicals. Some of them have expressed pleasant surprise at how “Christian” he has been sounding. Richard Land went so far as to say, according to the Washington Post, that Beck in his recent speech at the Washington rally “sounded like Billy Graham.” But one of Land’s fellow […]
Paying the Dues in the Public Square
In the 1990s I was invited to give some guest lectures at a divinity school at a major university. My schedule for the three...
The President as a Nursing King?
I will also be blogging, every few weeks, at a stimulating new site, “Faith and Leadership,” sponsored by Duke University Divinity School. ...
When the Animals Will Form a Choir
The speaker at the conference was telling us about “creation care.” The Bible has some good stuff in it about the subject, he said....
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...
Remembering John Hick
I just read in the Christian Century that John Hick died in February, at the age of 90. I saw him as an important...
Speaking of God’s Judgment
The “Rebirth Tour” we took last week in New Orleans was a moving experience. No description of the destruction that Katrina brought...
Cheer and Gloom
I have often puzzled about a comment made by Dr. Samuel Johnson, as reported by his biographer James Boswell. He had often...
A “Plain Truth” Irony?
I have come to enjoy reading Plain Truth magazine these days. There was a time when I read it with very different...
Failed Prophecy
As it became clear that May 21, 2011 was going to pass without the predicted “Rapture of the Faithful,” I began to think quite...
- Advertisement -
