This paper was written for a graduate level M. Div. class at Fuller Theological Seminary. The author of the book I used, James W. Sire, has authored an impressive suite of books that you should check out. — Surprisingly to me, the spiritual discipline of...
In A Muslim View of Christianity: Essays on Dialogue (Faith Meets Faith), Mahmoud Ayoub attempts to initiate, describe and model Muslim/Christian dialogue. These collected lectures are meant as an honest appraisal of the history of Muslim/Christian dialogue, our commonalities, and our differences. While Ayoub seems...
As an agnostic who became a Christian in his early 20’s, then 10 years later left the faith for 8 years to explore other faith systems, I have a real appreciation for the wisdom and truth found in other faith systems – at least, Buddhism,...
This post is part of a series. Of the three philosophical arguments marshaled in this series in support of Conditionalism, the argument from proportional, finite justice is the most powerful, if not most important. However, it is critical to understand the case against the Traditional view from this...
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This post is part of a series. I have previously catalogued my exodus from the bondage of Arminian Holiness to the peace of Reformed Theology, and was reminded of its horrors today when listening to a recent episode of This American Life (Show 507), in...
When we think about communicating the truths of scripture to one another, and especially to the outside world, we often focus on only one of the three modes below, and probably the easiest and least effective – that of Orthodoxy. 1. Orthodoxy Teaching orthodoxy means...
This post is part of a Series. In Part 1, I discussed the phases of adult life according to Levinson, and ‘revealed’ that I am in a mild but real mid-life crisis. In these adult transitions, we are essentially redefining ourselves – what we believe,...
