That is the subtitle to N. T. Wright’s book Simply Christian. Wright is Bishop of Durham, England, and author of more than thirty books. Does Christianity make sense? I believe it does–it fits the reality of how we were made, what we desire, what our souls crave: intimacy with God and partnering with Him for […]
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Lee Strobel’s chapter defending an eternal hell in his book A Case For Faith has given us a great trajectory with which to follow the main reasons for an eternal hell from an Arminian perspective. I believe when we are finished with this chapter we will have addressed most of the arguments made in support of […]
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Continuing our examination of Lee Strobel’s defense of eternal hell we come to his interview with Dr. J. P. Moreland, distinguished philosopher and theologian. Strobel begins his first gut-level question towards Moorland that was earlier posited to him by the one-time believer-now skeptic Charles Templeton: “How could a loving God torture someone forever for not […]
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An observation was made recently in an article “Why Arminianism Doesn’t Sell” where they pointed out that Calvinists have a market on the conferences (The Gospel Coalition, Together for the Gospel, Desiring God, Ligonier etc.,). Interestingly the author noted how: “Arminianism, as a theological distinctive, just does not preach. Don’t get me wrong. I did […]
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Here is a segment of a discussion from Driscoll’s interview with Justin Brierly on Premier Radio. Robin Parry gives some insight into the implications of Driscoll’s reasoning on his Theological Scribbles: http://theologicalscribbles.blogspot.com/2012/01/driscoll-on-hell-and-manly-god.html They were in the process of discussing women in church leadership but Driscoll’s interpretation of the nature of hell interestingly came up […]
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If you are not tracking with the missional church movement or are unfamiliar with the rising new Calvinist leaders you may not have heard of Matt Chandler. This is not necessary in order for you to be either encouraged or challenged by the following statements from his book The Explicit Gospel released in early 2012. Matt […]
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Mark Galli, senior Managing Editor for Christianity Today, wrote a direct response to Rob Bell’s Love Wins (within 4 months) entitled God Wins. I want to share a few observations regarding God Wins and also consider some things Galli states in a favorite book of mine, Jesus Mean and Wild. Specifically I will reveal how there […]
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Last time I checked Jefferson Bethke’s Spoken Word video, “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus” was approaching 20 million views. He obviously struck a universal chord in protest of “religion.” He got a host of criticism from various fronts including some from his own neo-Reformed colleagues. But he exuded a gracious spirit and pointed […]
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