I am not pessimistic, but I want to be a realistic optimist. So, first the realism, then the optimism. Tomorrow’s world, the world of the planetary era looks like it will be very spiritual but that spirituality will not be based on the Bible. Age–old pagan spirituality could well be greatest threat to Christianity since […]
12: Violence, Religion, and European History
A French farmhouse 150 kilometers south of Paris became the central place to reunite our family members (living in Berlin, London, Bordeaux, Washington DC, Philadelphia and San Diego). Little did we realize the sensory overload of historical vignettes we would experience. All nineteen of us (two in utero) visited the magnificent cathedral of Vezelay, a […]
06: Christian Yoga, Another Theological Oxymoron
Twenty million Americans practice Yoga–including Madonna, Oprah, Gwyneth Paltrow, Monica Lewinski, Hillary Clinton, Phil Jackson (and many L.A. Lakers) and the Gores. “We both believe in regular prayer,” explains Al. “We often pray together. But meditation–as distinguished from prayer–I highly recommend it,” says the Southern Baptist Buddhist who nearly became President. Sandra Day O’Connor, called […]
05: Homosexual Bishops: A Theological Oxymoron
Just when we thought things couldn’t get worse, they did. American Episcopalian bishops celebrated our cultural moral collapse by receiving a divorced, openly–practicing homosexual into their august ranks. These meddlesome priests are out ahead of the cultural curve. Can marital status be refused to gays when those with the spiritual authority to administer the rite […]
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INTRODUCTION Given the institutions where I have taught during my professional life, it is appropriate to begin my overview of the Paganization/Gnosticization [2] of New Testament Studies with a quote from J. Gresham Machen, speaking of the inroads of Liberalism into the American church at the beginning of the last century: “The truth is that […]
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