Loopholes for Hell: A Response to Jeff Cook’s Response to Francis Chan
Give me enough slack and I can get out of anything. I am a master of manipulation. Before you get too smug, let me say this: you are too. It’s called sin. Manipulation...
Dealing With My Depression #1: Muffling Its Voice
Three years ago, I would not have dared start a series such as this. No, I take that back. I might have started such a series, but it would have been from the outside looking...
Trevin Wax’s Response to N.T. Wright: Do People Really Believe that God is a Monster?
I normally don’t post links such as this on this blog (it is a content blog, not a news blog), but due to our obsessive-compulsive excitement about release of The...
Does God Approve of “Greater-Good” Theology?
“Greater good” theology. We often talk about the “greater good” in ethics. We defend God’s use and allowance of evil, understanding that so long...
Theology Unplugged: Addicted to Experience, Part 2
Join Michael Patton and Tim Kimberley as they discuss the problem with being “Addicted to Experience” in our Christian lives. [display_podcast] Other ways to get...
Does God Have Libertarian Freedom? A Response to Roger Olson
Roger Olson asked a very interesting and difficult question the other day: Does God have libertarian freedom? He was specifically addressing Calvinists (he is an Arminian) due...
Why I No Longer Think Charismatics Are Demon-Possessed
One of the most difficult and rewarding experiences I have had in my journey with the Lord is having my beliefs challenged by my friends at undergraduate Bible School. Yes, I...
The Difference Between an Evangelical and a Fundamentalist in a Nutshell
Defining terms. You know what they say: whenever you are losing an argument, just stop and require your opponent to define their terms ad infinitum. That way the argument gets...
“You Can’t Out-Give God” . . . And Other Stupid Statements
It was my first semester in seminary. Kristie and I were already living hand to mouth, trusting in the Lord for his provisions. With Katelynn just born and Kylee on the way,...