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Famine in the evangelical land

One question haunts a great company of professing Christians today, now that they have reached the so-called postmodern times. It echoes a question...

Angry Frank Schaeffer's salvation by imitation

Frank Schaeffer is a very angry man. He is angry with his father (the late Christian apologist Francis Schaeffer), angry with the "Religious...

A new breed of evangelicals

Evangelicalism is in disarray. No longer does this domain belong exclusively to the children of 16th century Protestant Reformation, who for so...

Christian and secular critics underwhelmed by Blue Like Jazz

A few years ago, I joined with a group of local ministers to read and discuss Blue Like Jazzby Donald Miller. I found the book entertaining, if not...

Evangelicals and Catholics: Introduction to a New Series

I have always been interested in the relationship between Catholics and Evangelicals; and on the larger scale between the Catholic Church, and the...

Experience leads to understanding, or it ought to anyway

When I read the works of Bishop John Shelby Spong, I noticed the many references that he makes to rage in evangelical religion. That particular...

Good news for Christmas 2011

We all long for cheer at Christmas. But like the belief that Santa Claus exists (what do we mean by “exists?”), it isn’t that easy to define cheer....