Universalism and the Story of God

The Don Johnson Show, 10-3-11 Which side of the abortion debate relies on science, reason, and evidence to support its positions and which side uses nothing but metaphysical abstractions and emotional appeals? Don and Brandon discuss articles by Stanley Fish, Deborah...
Does God Have Two Plans of Salvation?

Does God Have Two Plans of Salvation?

Rejecting the Rejection/Replacement Theory Did the Apostle Paul believe that God had two plans of salvation: one for Jews and another for gentiles? John Gager thinks so, as he explains in his book Reinventing Paul.  Gager argues that Paul did not believe the gospel of...

What a Facebook Friend We Have In Jesus

The Don Johnson Show, 8-29-11 Is believing in God the same as believing in space aliens? Bill Keller thinks so. Can we read the Bible as basically a bunch of facebook posts from God? (This part of the discussion references articles by William Deresiewicz and Chuck...

Jean Danielou on How to Do Theology and Know God

On this week’s show (the August 15 episode) I offered an interpretation of some passages in Genesis rooted in both the literal and spiritual sense of scripture. If you are interested in learning more about what that means, this paper on theologian Jean Danielou...

The Influence of Voluntarism on Soteriology and Hermeneutics

In my radio discussion with Jason a couple of weeks ago (August 1, 2011), I argued that he had a voluntaristic view of God. Here is a paper I wrote that provides a bit more information about voluntarism and briefly explains how it influenced Christian theology and...

Why Boring Preachers Must Be Fired

I spoke on this week’s podcast (the August 8, 2011 episode) about some of the problems with contemporary preaching. Carl Trueman offers some more interesting thoughts on the topic here.
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