1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (512+ words) Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, is a conservative Methodist." He gives an excellent overview of what happened to the theological modernism, the particular brand of "liberal theology" that dominated mainline Protestantism through much of the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (260+ words) I am happy to lend space today to announcing a major virtual conference of real general interest, organized by the Evangelical Studies Program at Baylor University. You will see full registration details at the conference link: it's a great lineup…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (213+ words) Review of Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture by Kenton L. Sparks (Eerdmans) I'm sure this book will stir up a hornets' nest among the neo-fundamentalist evangelicals. No doubt others will also criticize it as…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (362+ words) What is "deconstruction," anyway?" Well, I've been reading a lot about that and it turns out it's not at all what I had been told." It's not "destruction" but rather has a positive agenda'to expose idols for what they are…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (418+ words) The past couple of weeks have created an unfortunate trend, a harangue of Jesus speech that should not be happening at all. This Jesus speech has been used for hyperbolic statements, comparisons, and even for insults in the media. And,…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (990+ words) Put another way, Theosophy is either (a) a fringe esoteric/religious movement founded in the 1870s, one of many such marginal sects; or (b) the indispensable key to understanding Western culture in the early twentieth century. I can make a case for either…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (355+ words) Yesterday we discussed whether Lutherans should count as Protestants." In researching that post, I came across another article that maintains that evangelicals are not Protestants." It's a thought-provoking article, but it too leaves out the Lutherans. Brad East, a theology…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (947+ words) Satan's temptations of Jesus are eerily similar to those of Christian Nationalism. Jesus teaches us how to counter and resist these temptations while reclaiming the true spirit and integrity of Scripture. Put simply, Christian Nationalism is a political ideology that…...