Books such as Daniel A. Helminiak‘s What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality have promoted a pro-gay interpretation of both the OT and NT passages…
I get newsletters from Persian Ministries International, whose mission is to “continue proclaiming to the Muslim World that Jesus is both Savior and Lord.” This…
I am not much into debating Mormonism, but Dr. Al Mohler (Southern Baptist) and Orson Scott Card (Mormon, and author of my favorite sci-fi book…
Inspired by the largely free-for-all Theological Confessions meme, I thought to write one up that actually has questions. Enjoy. 1. On a scale of 1…
A project called The Books of the Bible Project is about to release a new layout for the bible that encourages reading of the books…
Recently, I came across the essays of John Cobb in The Dialogue Comes of Age: Christian Encounters With Other Traditions Although Cobb is a Christian Progressive…
In a shamefully short interview (two questions?), Brian McLaren released a nice overview of how the church has historically interacted with the state, and blithely…
A while back, one of our commenters mentioned that her child’s school had a problem with lesbians taking over a bathroom and beating up and…
…and it hasn’t even come out yet. In October, B&H Publishing will be releasing The Apologetics Study Bible.
The June 2007 issue of New Scientist had a really interesting article on how genetics is totally upsetting the ancestral trees (since removed) that we’ve…
A recent commenter documented an impressive list of biblical "absurdities" which, in his or her mind, make the Biblical account of God seem foolish, primitive,…
My mother-in-law could not come to our wedding because she could not get a VISA to come here. In fact, after four years of marriage,…
This post is part of a series In previous essays, I discussed Brian McLaren’s claims that the religious right has left a bad taste in…
This post is part of a series In Part I, I discussed Brian McLaren’s point that the Christian right has left a bad taste in…
This post is part of a series Brian McLaren, noted leader of the Emergent Church movement, has started an interesting two parter on Faith &…
In Part I of this redux of Tom Wells excellent essay On The Ethics of Controversy (PDF), I covered what attitudes we *should* take in…
Resurgence is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs, due to the depth of thought and the spirit of the site. And this week, they…
There are a bevy of logical objections to the biblical timeline of the resurrection, described in all four Gospels. The answers below are courtesy of…
As part of my pastoral internship, I have to read and apply the principles of communication in Andy Stanley’s really good book, Communicating for a…
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion… – First Amendment of the United States Constitution The words seem so straightforward and simple.…
I was just reading Al Mohler’s latest blog post entitled A Tale of Two Crises? America, Europe, and Secularism, and I realized that loudmouthed, unbelieving,…
American Vision has published a nice excerpt from John Quincy Adams’ “Unsigned essays dealing with the Russo-Turkish War, and on Greece”, written while Adams was…
This book based on a scientific study has been out since 1984, but I wanted to reiterate it in order to show one thing –…
This post is part of a series. In Parts I and II, I outlined John MacArthur’s exposition of Romans 1, in which he revealed the process…