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Common vs. Saving Grace: Pluralism #1
Perhaps you have been around this “conversation killer”. You are at the water cooler with a group of co-workers and the subject of “religion” comes up. Someone jumps in and declares, “You know, all of...
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Conflict Avoidance: Pluralism #2
OK. I admit it. I hate conflict. John Paine does not like it either, so I am glad I am not alone. Cowboys or the Redskins? Duke or North Carolina? Red Sox or the Yankees? Me? I’ll just watch the ball...
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The Scandal: Pluralism #3
Pssst! Have you heard about the “scandal”? All curious ears, listen in. Yes, it is the greatest “scandal” of all. Theologians have called it the “scandal of particularity”. In a particular time. In a...
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Wideness of God’s Mercy: Pluralism #4
I like playing soccer. But playing pick-up soccer is pretty difficult when you do not have any goals. Sometimes you have to improvise with a pair of shoes, a few backpacks, or if you are really lucky,...
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A Year of Biblical Doubting #1
How do you handle doubt? Some want to shove it under the rug. Some, frankly, never really go through serious periods of doubt. Others wallow in their confusion. Some simply rebel as an escape...
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Bobby Conway: Contending for the Faith
Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. Jude 3,...
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Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?
Christianity Today magazine recently reported that Wheaton College, an evangelical university in Illinois, has suspended political science professor Larycia Hawkins after she made statements that...
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Do Jews and Samaritans Worship the Same God?
The suspension of Wheaton College professor, Larycia Hawkins, in response to her “same God” comments about whom Muslims and Christians worship, has reignited a long-standing controversy within the...
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Huston Smith and the Doctrine of Religious Pluralistic Experimentalism
Anyone who has an interest in the “religions of the world” remembers Huston Smith. For well over fifty years, Smith’s The Religions of Man has remained as the standard textbook in secular universities...
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How much do you know about what people believe about religious faith? The Pew Research Center has a “U.S. Religious Knowledge Quiz” that you can take, to see how you compare with other Americans. It...
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