Joel Osteen is alright with me

March 21, 2008 | 5 Comments

Posted by Samson · Filed Under Evangelicalism, Church History 

 Don’t cry to me.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/march/13.36.html?start=1
This is very good!  Count me in as an “emerger” of the Scot McKnight type if this in what his “emerging” looks like.  I can’t see anything in his article that a fundamentalist, evangelical, Catholic, emerger or any other Christian would find fault with.
Joanie D.

Roger Olson’s Definition of Evangelical

February 20, 2008 | 3 Comments

Posted by michaelp · Filed Under Evangelicalism, Books 

I am reading How to Be Evangelical Without Being Conservative by Roger Olson. Great book so far. I read everything of his I can get. Don’t agree with everything, I just like his style.
Anyway, when discussing what it means to be Evangelical vis a vis Fundamentalist he says that to boil it down a rather […]

Is My Church Semi-Pelagian?

December 3, 2007 | 3 Comments

Posted by vancemac · Filed Under Evangelicalism, Calvinism/Arminianism 

I attend an Assembly of God Church, one that my extended family has been attending for more than 60 years. While I have many “issues” with the doctrines and practices of the denomination, I find that I can happily set these aside and worship and fellowship in this church. But given the […]

“Spe salvi” Encyclical - interesting things!?!

December 2, 2007 | 10 Comments

Posted by stevemoore · Filed Under Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism 

I have read the latest Encyclical that just came out:
Spe Salvi
I think the Pope makes some very interesting statements regarding faith and hope.
Example:
He correctly correlates faith and hope tightly and defines them as confidence, not a choice.
Heaven is a gift that cannot be merited in any way.
… and others.
Has anyone else read […]

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