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McLaren the Intellectual Defines Orthodoxy
Intellectuals thrive on complexity. They regard certainty and simplicity as signs of immaturity, and they have some good reasons. Take Brian McLaren’s critique of mainstream evangelicalism. McLaren has...
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Intellectual Sentimentality and the Tour
A lot of people I know are revising their understanding of the gospel. I worry about those who aren’t. Much of what we learn about Christ comes from the communities in which we worship and the...
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Tough Questions 2008: Do Evangelicals Portray Jesus Accurately?
Sermon audio: Do Evangelicals Portray Jesus Accurately? This question from the community invites me to do what some believe I do best: criticize my own subculture. Of course, I will answer,...
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Your Individuality in Jesus Christ
For many Christians, individualism has become distasteful. The phrases American individualism or rugged individualism do not carry positive connotations anymore. The team player is now the epitome of...
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Book Review: Colors of God
by Matthew Raley Congregational life among evangelicals is changing across the United States and Canada. For several decades, innovators have been challenging the way churches worship, preach, and...
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The Pantheon’s Embrace
by Matthew Raley The Romans achieved cultural durability not through military force, but through the embrace of every god in their empire. They appropriated Greek culture wholesale, and affirmed the...
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God’s Redemptive Justice
by Matthew Raley Ross Douthat made a trenchant observation in his New York Times column on Easter Sunday. “The doctrine of hell . . . assumes that our choices are real, and, indeed, that we are the...
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Interacting With “Love Wins”
by Matthew Raley The publication of Rob Bell’s Love Wins marks the acceptance of emergent Christianity by the American mainstream. Bell has been featured in a Time cover story, and is now a reference...
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Bell’s Redeeming Deity
by Matthew Raley I am surveying features of Rob Bell’s book Love Wins that evangelicals should watch over the coming years. A second feature is Bell’s description of the nature of God. According to...
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Rob Bell On Justice
by Matthew Raley Rob Bell starts to make an excellent case for the justice of hell in Love Wins. But he doesn’t finish it. Bell’s inadequate concept of justice is the next feature of this book I think...
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