The other day, I posted a tweet critiquing Frank Turek. I thought the gist of the critique was rather obvious. Tom Gilson did not think so, apparently, and so he posted a perplexed response asking what I was trying to do and whether I was just being “sarcastic.” What are you arguing for here, Randal? Obviously […]
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Who Makes Amazingly Little Sense? A Response to Tom Gilson
Tom Gilson’s article: https://stream.org/right-actions-are-… My debate with Doug Groothuis: • Randal Rauser & D… ?
My Progressive Christianity Debate with David Wolcott
Over the last year, I have been seeking for an evangelical apologist who is willing to defend in debate Alisa Childers’ claim that progressive Christianity is another religion. Last week, David Wolcott agreed. Here is the debate hosted by Tim Hull:
Evangelical Apologetics and the Far Right Conspiracy Problem
Evangelical apologists have long been associated with right wing, Republican politics. This continued when Donald Trump ran for president in 2016. In this article, I want to consider what seems to me a disturbing and emerging trend of evangelical apologists moving closer to far right leaders and conspiracy theories. I don’t claim to offer anything […]
Is progressive scholarship hurting the church? An Interview
Here is an interview I recently did on progressive Christianity, scholarship, and the church. ?
My Upcoming Apologetics Conference
I just wrote a satirical schedule for an apologetics conference. Let me know if you’re interested. I know several suburban megachurches that will host!
Speaking Your Truth? Unpacking Evangelical Apologetic Rhetoric
In this video, I explain how some evangelical apologists misrepresent a common phrase (and what it really means. ?
The Many Confusions of Alisa Childers
In this video, I interact with an excerpt from a new Sean McDowell interview with Alisa Childers in which she makes vague references to “the world” as a mere foil for her own views and appears to endorse a bracing moral skepticism. ?
No, the “Mainstream Media” is Not Trying to “Gaslight” You
One of my Twitter followers, Matthew, directed me to a new article posted yesterday by Christian apologist Natasha Crain titled “How Mainstream Media Gaslights Christians (and Everyone Else Who Disagrees with Them).” In the article, Crain points out that the “mainstream media” is biased. While that is true as far as it goes, Crain doesn’t […]
Progressive Christians Don’t Care About Doctrine? Rebutting Evangelical Misinformation
There is arguably no religious community that talks more about “truth” and “defending truth” than evangelical Christians. And yet, from Trump’s big lie and QAnon to the ubiquity of urban legends, evangelicals have shown themselves to be fatuous and often culpably complicit in spreading harmful misinformation. Alas, the falsehoods they spread about progressive Christians are […]
Dialogue with a Conservative Christian about Progressive Christianity
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One Faith No Longer? Debriefing the Conversation with George Yancey
This is a follow-up to my conversation with George Yancey in which I summarize nine objections/concerns with Yancey’s thesis that progressive Christianity and evangelical Christianity constitute distinct religions. ?
Are Progressive Christians Another Religion? A Discussion with George Yancey
In the 2021 book One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America, sociologists George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk argue that progressive and evangelical Christianity should be viewed as different religions. In this video, I interview Professor Yancey on this provocative thesis. ?
An Evangelical and a Progressive Christian in Conversation
Check out my conversation on progressive Christianity with evangelical Ryan Pauly. ?
