Her parents drew much of their philosophy from Mr. Gothard’s Institute in Basic Life Principles, which issued detailed formulas for what he viewed as right living. That included everything from marriage (abstain from sex for

Had occasion this weekend to learn about Seminex, something I had heard of in the 1970s. During the period of the events described, I myself was attending a more conservative seminary. Strange how things come

But it’s a very hard thing for people to [address], because it requires acknowledging that how you were raised or the people that you trusted either intentionally lied to you or were just wrong. It’s

Thu 11/2/06 Reading this blog, along with things like the election (how evangelicals will predictably vote), the New Perspective, Living Hope Church, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, makes me understand a bit the milieu

evangelicalism’s punitive discourse 5/3/2010 11:57:59 AM the Christianity Today interviewer’s repeated attempts to describe her coming out as part of a larger “struggle with homosexuality.” “It never occurred to me that I was in something

2/1/10 I was struck by a comment made toward the end of the God Journey podcast in which the guest was Steve McVey. In the discussion it was remarked that the traditional approach of extracting

I was listening to one of N.T. Wright’s series on Jesus (it is available on the N. T. Wright website) and he said that the typical view of Jesus is that he just randomly wanders

I always figured Lindsell was the problem.  comment on inerrancy blog: I never read the book but things I have read makes me think that ‘The Battle for the Bible’ originated a hardening of the

12/23/2007 8:45:13 AM “A close historical-critical examination of the Bible quickly demolishes any naive ideas about inerrancy. Looking historically at the origins of Scripture and the Christian faith can indeed be a crisis for many

12/14/2007 5:34:43 AM I read some more about the Truth Project. Along with the ‘increased relationship with The SBC discussed by the elders and the increase in dispensationalism seen in teaching and preaching, this was