Category: Evangelicalism
The Body of the Word: Louis Gaussen’s “Theopneustia”
While most evangelicals have never heard of Louis Gaussen, his Theopneustia lurked in the backdrop of evangelical discussions of inspiration for the better part of a century. (For the argument for this, see Kenneth J Stewart’s “A Bombshell of a...
The Community of the Word: Ecclesiology and the Perfection of God (Part Two)
In the first essay, I attempted to summarize John Webster’s essay where he locates evangelical ecclesiology under the perfection of God. His moves, of course, raise questions about the nature of the visibility of the Church, as it is the...
The Community of the Word: Ecclesiology and the Perfection of God (Part One)
As discussions about the nature of evangelicalism have been prevalent around Mere Orthodoxy in the last few years (see here, here, and here), I turned to The Community of the Word with more than an academic interest. As I am...
As Below, So Above: Cleaning Up After Haggard
We blogged about it a lot at Mere O when it happened. Offered some pretty strong opinions, too, especially about the response by the people at New Life. Ted Olsen at Christianity Today posted this recap of the followup by...
People of the Numbers: Christian Smith on Evangelicals and Statistics
Christian Smith, who has made a living correcting mistaken notions about the lives of evangelicals, recently reprimanded evangelicals for their inappropriate use of statistics. Drawing from the extreme and bogus “only 4% of young Christians will remain Christian” stat, Smith...
More About Evangelicalism
Matthew L. Anderson linked to an article by Dr. Matt Jensen of the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola a few days ago, which sparked some fruitful discussion in the comments section. I emailed Dr. Jensen to see what he had...
Essays to Live By: Smart Guys on Diverse and Sundry Topics
I spent the last hour reading a few very, very good essays and interviews. I was only intending to spend 15 minutes or so, but the more I read the more I was edified. Steven Pinker has come under fire...
Perpetuating the Problem: Haggart’s Response to His Own Undoing
I am a young man. That has never stopped me from having opinions, but I am often reminded of my youth when my opinions outstretch my years, as they do in the sad case of Ted Haggard. I would point...
Ted Haggard: Bad Fruit Out of a Bad Tree
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil?...
Losing the Youth: The Questionable Inevitable Apostasy of Evangelical Youth
This article in the NY Times is going to get a lot of play, I think, in the Christian blogosphere. The article highlights concerns among evangelical leaders about the spiritual state of evangelical youth, something that I am very much...