As we now come to my third post in this short series on Evangelicalism, and why it seems routine to find Evangelicals declaring how horrible Evangelicalism is, I find myself loathing to finish this short series. It has been a topic I have been around most of my life, and it has gotten even more…
In my last post, I began to explore the curious “tradition” within American Evangelicalism of constantly bashing American Evangelicalism. And it isn’t just a matter of saying, “Hey, there are problems within Evangelicalism.” It always seems to be criticisms from Evangelicals that amount to, “Evangelicalism has corrupted Christianity! Evangelicalism is a disaster! It’s a scandal!”…
A couple of years ago, I did a book analysis series on Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne. Here is a link to Part 1–you can navigate from there. Long story short, I didn’t like it…at all. Now, I’m no longer an Evangelical (I joined the Orthodox Church in 2006), but I…
Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention formally expelled Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback Church in California, out of the SBC because Warren had ordained female pastors. In church lingo, the issue is over complementarianism and egalitarianism. Complementarianism is the belief that although men and women are equal in the eyes of God, God has…
Here in Part 4 of my look at Jason Baxter’s book, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, we are going to look at the final two chapters: Chapter 7: “Deep Conversion and Unveiling,” and Chapter 8: “Modern Science and Medieval Myth.” I’ll just say up front that I do not think this is a well-written…
Here in Part 3 of my look at Jason Baxter’s book, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, I want to take a quick look at Chapter 5, “Why Lewis Loved Dante,” and Chapter 6, “How to Pray to a Medieval God.” Let’s jump in… Chapter 5: Why Lewis Loved DanteI first read Dante’s Inferno back…
Here in Part 2 of my look at Jason Baxter’s book, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis, I want to take a quick look at Chapter 3, “From Symphony to Machine,” and Chapter 4, “Evil Enchantment.” Let’s jump in… Chapter 3: “From Symphony to Machine”Within the first few pages of Chapter 3, it becomes abundantly…
Well, it’s June, so I’d better get back in my blog-writing routine! I want to start off this month by writing a short 2-3 post book review series on Jason M. Baxter’s recent book, The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis. Lewis has always been one of my favorites, and it was his Mere Christianity that…
I’m Back! (…and a nod to James Brown!)It has been almost two months since my last post. If you follow my blog, you might have been wondering where I’ve gone? The short answer is that the tornado that hit Little Rock on March 31st just happened to hit my neighborhood, my house included. I’ve been…
Well, as the title of this post suggests, the content here should be obvious. I sat down for a 2 1/2 hour discussion with Rob Rowe at “Sentinel Apologetics” regarding Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s book, “God: An Anatomy.” It’s 2 1/2 hours, the discussion is free-flowing and informal. If you want to have a listen, have…