Many Christians believe in what they would call “the doctrine of preservation.” What they mean by this is that God has preserved the scriptures. More sophisticated expressions...

by Dan Wallace

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Evangelicalism

Text Criticism

49Comments

Is the Bible a “Paper Pope” for Protestants?

On the first of March, 1516, the first published Greek New Testament, Erasmus’s Novum Instrumentum, rolled off the printing press. Almost exactly twenty months later the...

by Dan Wallace

Culture

Current Issues in Theology

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Evangelicalism

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Dan Kimballâ€™s They Like Jesus, but not the Church

Our culture is changing rapidly, and many Christians arenâ€™t keeping up. The old formulas that have worked for decades wonâ€™t work with the emerging generation. If thereâ€™s...

by Dan Wallace

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Epistemology

Prolegomena

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Constructing a Credo: Will Dominoes Do the Trick?

All Christians have a credo. That is, all Christians believe something. Some think theology is bad, without realizing that that position is a theological statement. Others...

by Dan Wallace

Culture

Current Issues in Theology

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Emerging Church

Postmodernism

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Postmoderism and the Imago Dei

The tension is heating up; the rancor is getting louder. Evangelicals are fighting each other again—this time over postmodernism. There are some churches that have...

by Dan Wallace

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Eastern Orthodox

Ecclesiology (Church)

Evangelicalism

Roman Catholicism

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The Ideal Church

Many images are conjured up in oneâ€™s mind when the topic of the ideal church is mentioned. Iâ€™m hoping to stretch the canvass and thus broaden the image that one thinks of...

Paul and Justification by Faith

The key passage on justification by faith is Romans 3.21-26. Some have even called this the most important paragraph ever written. I donâ€™t know if I would go that far, but I...

by Dan Wallace

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Evangelicalism

Roman Catholicism

82Comments

51% Protestant

On the flight back from Athens last week, I sat in front of a gregarious Irish gentleman. He was a medical doctor in Dallas, but didnâ€™t even come close to losing his native...

by Dan Wallace

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Eastern Orthodox

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What I have learned from the Greek Orthodox

One of the most neglected aspects of the Christian faith within Protestantism is communion. Some churches observe it only once a year; most, once a month. But in the beginning...

by Dan Wallace

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Text Criticism

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Our Last Working Day on Patmos

Today was supposed to be a melancholy day for us: saying goodbye to the Monastery of St. John the Theologian. But we were too rushed to be very melancholy. We will have one...

by Dan Wallace

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