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Social Concern and Christians. Too Little? Too Much?

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Quote from "Good News and Good Works: A Theology for the Whole Gospel" by Ronald J. Sider -It is... "simply incredible that so many modern Christians, especially evangelicals, have largely ignored this central truth about God. I remember talking to a prominent evangelical leader about fifteen years ago. He had just discovered the hundreds of …

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Poisoning the Waters of Learning

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I was looking up two things this week with quite similar results. First, I was looking up Narrative Theology. I really see value in narrative theology but it is a challenging topic to wrap one's head around. It really steps back from some of the common ways of doing theology--- emphasis on word etymologies, establishing …

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