Episode Archives

Optimism … Hope … Faith

From my weekly e-mail sent out yesterday …

What a cool morning! The temperature on the car thermometer read 45 degrees at about 5:15 a.m. The stars still shone very brightly at that early hour. The air had a clean feel. Mornings are not to be missed. Last night … Continue reading

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Interview …

Christianbooks.com interviewed Brian McLaren about his book, “A Generous Orthodoxy.” Often misunderstood and very generous himself, Brian describes the what and why of the book.

Thanks to Stephen Shields for passing this along.… Continue reading

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Evangelicals and Tradition …

Interesting thought …

Conservatives entered the twentieth century largely focused on teh struggle with theological liberalism. For many, this battle centered on the defense of certain central doctrines, considered to comprise the “fundamentals” of the faith. Richard Lints comments perceptively that the net result of this broad coalition ws Continue reading

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Anyone is susceptible to creating straw men to argue …

Sometimes we engage something we are all too unfamiliar with as an adversary. Rather than take the time to learn, we skim authors who purportedly represesnt this other side. We draw some conclusions. We rally our base. We offer some lectures. We attach our famed reputation. We write … Continue reading

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