March 3, 2022
Throwback Thursday: ‘Have We Outgrown the Plea?’ (1952)
"Have we outgrown the plea?" Will Sweeney is still right. The answer is, “No.” For to outgrow the plea, we would have to outgrow the Bible. . . .
Articles for tag: Neo
June 23, 2018
The Gospel Coalition Creates Dress Code for Calvinists, Arminians
By Caleb Kaltenbach LOUISVILLE, KY—The leadership of The Gospel Coalition asked Calvinists and Arminians to dress differently—distinctively—for their recent conference. “We honestly thought it [a dress code] would be an easier way to label each other,” a coalition executive committee member said. “You know, it takes a lot of work to decipher someone’s theology so you can decide if you want to be their friend or not.” The Arminians in attendance agreed with the decision. “It’s made this year’s conference run more smoothly,” Al Wesley said. “This year, when I’ve gotten in theological debates with Calvinists, I just look for
October 17, 2014
Higher Education and the Kingdom of God
By Wye Huxford The realities of the present are something quite different from our memories of the past. Nowhere is this more true than what we think about Christian higher education. In Brian MacLaren”s A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey, Neo, the high school science teacher with a PhD, is having an exchange with Casey, a young lady who is considering attending seminary. Casey wants to know why Neo never advised her to go to seminary. Neo responds: “For someone as young as you, it would be so good if there was
April 3, 2014
New Ways to Research, Serve, Lead, and Counsel
By LeRoy Lawson The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World”s Greatest Encyclopedia Andrew Lih New York: Hyperion, 2009 Unfinished: Believing Is Only the Beginning Richard Stearns Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2013 Creative Followership: In the Shadow of Greatness Jimmy Collins Decatur: Looking Glass Books, 2013 Neo-Coherence Therapy: A Bridge to the Soul Bruce R. Parmenter Eugene: Resource Publications, 2013 You understand””I went to college. I wrote research papers. I had to convince my professors I had consulted the best sources, written by the most highly qualified authors with letters behind their names, and that letters were granted by
November 19, 2006
Does God Know the Word ‘Perhaps’? (Part 1)
A child’s question—does God know the word “perhaps”?—opens a thoughtful look at divine foreknowledge. This article contrasts classical theism with open theism’s claim that the future includes genuine contingencies.
