Articles for tag: Stanley Grenz

May 28, 2014

Interview by Jennifer Johnson Meet Our Contributing Editors: The senior pastor of Mountain Christian ChurchÂ in Joppa, Maryland, shares his passion about Christian witness in a post-Christian culture,Â especially how we relate to gays and lesbians. From an ongoing series of interviews with CHRISTIAN STANDARD”s contributing editors. At our recent meeting of CHRISTIAN STANDARD”s contributing editors, you described the 21st-century American church as an exilic community. What did you mean by that? There was a time when Israel was large and in charge, enjoying prominence in the promised land. But the tide turned significantly. Eventually they were chased out of town and

February 1, 2009

Christian Standard

Apologetics & Worldview

Is It Time to Move Beyond Truth? (Part 3)

by Robert C. Kurka In the first article in this series, we explained a nonfoundationalist approach to theology given shape by Stanley Grenz”s and John Franke”s 2001 book, Beyond Foundationalism. As we noted then, their work contributed a number of helpful insights to those committed to making an impact upon the postmodern world. But it is also fraught with a number of serious problems restorationists should consider. Last week we looked at two areas where Beyond Foundationalism encounters critical difficulties: the Bible itself and church history. We conclude this week by considering two more of these areas: philosophy, and missions

January 25, 2009

Christian Standard

Apologetics & Worldview

Is It Time to Move Beyond Truth? (Part 2)

Â By Robert C. Kurka Read part one Â In the previous article, we observed that a new wave of “post-conservative” theology has made its mark in both the academy and the church. In large part, this nonfoundationalist approach was given shape by the 2001 bookÂ Beyond Foundationalism, coauthored by Stanley Grenz and John Franke. This defining work contributed a number of helpful insights to those committed to making an impact upon the postmodern world, not the least being a necessary caution that a previous generation”s preoccupation with “proving the Christian faith” may actually betray an unintended concession to a non-Christian

January 18, 2009

Christian Standard

Apologetics & Worldview

Is It Time to Move Beyond Truth? (Part 1)

by Robert C. Kurka Logic . . . reason . . . rationality . . . truth.Â While such terms were fairly common””and desirable””depictions of biblical faith in the literature of 19th- and 20th-century Christians (especially restorationists), they are increasingly being abandoned by theological writers during this new millennium. In fact, in today”s religious climate, if a conservative theologian ventures to talk about “absolute truth,” chances are he may be ridiculed by the evangelical academy, or at least those “younger evangelicals” (to use the late Robert Webber”s designation) who deride such language as the antiquated baggage of a bygone modernism.1