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The Awfulness of Franklin Graham in a Single Tweet

December 12, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Donald Trump, evangelicalism, Franklin Graham, hypocrisy

Are evangelicals people of truth? Maybe not.

December 7, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: discipleship, evangelicalism, truth

Five Signs that You Were Raised Fundagelical

August 10, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evangelicalism, fundagelicalism, fundamentalism, What's So Confusing About Grace?

Is Progressive Christianity Worse Than Atheism? My Response to Alisa Childers

May 21, 2020 by Randal

In this video, I offer a response to Christian apologist Alisa Childers’ article “5 Signs Your Church Might be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity.”

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evangelicalism, fundamentalism, orthodoxy, theology

The Top Three Problems with William Lane Craig’s Apologetic

February 25, 2020 by Randal

William Lane Craig is widely considered to be the leading Christian apologist in the world and for good reason. The guy straddles two worlds like few others. On the one hand, he is head of a very influential apologetics parachurch ministry (Reasonable Faith), a fixture at church events and lay apologetics conferences, a podcaster and […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, evangelicalism, William Lane Craig

Is Michael Brown a Bigoted Homophobe? You Decide.

February 12, 2020 by Randal

Michael Brown has responded to my subtly-titled article “If Hypocrisy were an Olympic Sport, Evangelicals would get the Gold” in which I argue that his support for Donald Trump coupled with his moral censure of Pete Buttigieg exhibits hypocrisy and provides evidence that he is bigoted and homophobic. Brown begins by quoting his tweet that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Donald Trump, evangelicalism, hypocrisy, Michael Brown, Pete Buttigieg

May the 33,000 Be One: Debriefing a Catholic/Evangelical Dialogue

January 25, 2020 by Randal

Last night, I participated in a dialogue between Roman Catholics and evangelicals at Taylor Seminary in Edmonton. The main speakers were Dr. Brett Salkeld (Catholic) and Dr. Jo-Ann Badley (evangelical). I was one of two respondents. In my comments, I echoed a point touched on by Salkeld, namely that while “Roman Catholic” is a clearly […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: dialogue, ecclesiology, ecumenism, evangelicalism, Roman Catholic

My Monday Morning Rant Against Evangelicals Who Undermine the Bible

January 20, 2020 by Randal

This morning, a tweet from Fuz Rana got under my skin. I should begin by saying that he seems like a nice chap and Reasons to Believe is less bad than Answers in Genesis. However, being nice and less-bad cannot save one from the fundamental error of treating the Bible as a confirmatory textbook for […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bibliology, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, Fuz Rana, hermeneutics, inspiration

On Evangelical Triumphalism

January 20, 2020 by Randal

Evangelicals often take pride in the fact that they are growing and mainline churches are shrinking. But it is worthwhile keeping in mind that the reasons for expansion or recession are complex. I know many churches that grew because they conformed to the culture and many that shrank because they didn’t. I’m not saying that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evangelicalism, mainline Protestantism

Should Christians engage in boycotts?

January 13, 2020 by Randal

This morning, I was interviewed on a Florida radio station regarding my recent article “Screwtaped: On the misguided Christian boycott of Netflix.” I recorded it with my phone. Alas, the sound isn’t great but it’s listenable. (Also note that I edited out a bit where the one host segues to the break along with an […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: boycott, evangelicalism, interview, radio

Screwtaped: On the Misguided Christian Boycott of Netflix

December 27, 2019 by Randal

A few weeks ago, I heard that Netflix has a new comedy show featuring a gay Jesus. So I said, “Yeah, no thanks,” and got on with my day. Yesterday, I learned that a boycott of Netflix was trending on Twitter spurred on by Christians outraged at that show. So I tweeted: So now #cancelonetflix […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: boycott, Christianity, evangelicalism, protest

Five reasons that Christians unnecessarily experience a crisis of faith

December 20, 2019 by Randal

Every day, some Christian somewhere is in the depths of a crisis of faith created by a weight of doctrine that they are not obliged to bear. In this article, I will briefly summarize some of the main culprits. 1. Young Earth Creationism and a worldwide flood When I was in high school, I lent […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: doctrine, evangelicalism

Blame the Victim: Conservative Christianity and a culture of shaming women

November 20, 2019 by Randal

Yesterday, The Christian Post published my article “John Crist sinned, but did he also commit sexual assault?” I don’t know if those who commented on the article were conservative Christians, but they certainly fit the patriarchal stereotype of conservative Christianity. A fellow named Charles Baker wrote: “I think Crist is probably guilty as sin but […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: conservative Christianity, evangelicalism, patriarchy, shame

Fundamentalist Biblical Interpretation: A Critique

October 30, 2019 by Randal

Millions of conservative Protestant Christians (fundamentalists and evangelicals) believe that the Bible should be interpreted “literally where possible”. But is this a defensible interpretive principle? Does it even make sense? In this short lecture, I offer four objections to the Literal Where Possible Principle.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, hermeneutics

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