Sep 25, 2018 | Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Evolution, Genesis, Historical Science, Inerrancy, Jack Power, Mark Wastler, Messiah College, Religious Absolutism, William James |
by Mark Wastler Mark Wastler is a sheep farmer in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and an Episcopal priest serving a village church in Maryland. Mark’s spirituality, politics, and way of life have been deeply shaped by agrarian thought and American Pragmatism. He studied...
Sep 21, 2018 | Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Bryn Upton, Christian Colleges, Earl Crown, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Historical Science, McDaniel College, Messiah College, Religious Absolutism, William James |
by Earl Crown Earl Crown teaches high school United States and Modern European history at Chapelgate Christian Academy in suburban Maryland. He has a bachelor’s in history from Messiah College and a master’s in liberal arts from McDaniel College. His scholarly...
Sep 19, 2018 | Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Historical Science, Messiah College, Religious Absolutism, William James |
William Trollinger This post originally appeared on July 30 of this year. We republish it now because we have received a few very interesting posts in response, which we will be publishing here over the next week or so. At the heart of much of evangelical apologetics...
Jul 30, 2018 | Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Historical Science, Messiah College, Religious Absolutism, William James |
William Trollinger At the heart of much of evangelical apologetics is the promise that you can know that you know the truth. Not think or hope or have faith that you know the truth, but know that you know the truth. In particular, you can know with certainty – it has...
May 29, 2018 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Daniel Cox, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Gay Marriage, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, intolerance, LGBT Issues, Secularization, Wheaton College, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger The numbers tell a remarkable story. White evangelicalism is shrinking, and at a brisk rate. While 23% of Americans identified as white and evangelical in 2006, that number had dropped to 17% by 2017. More than this, white evangelicalism is...
May 8, 2018 | Adam Laats, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Red Letter Christians, Righting America, The New York Times, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Evangelical colleges are always having to prove – to parents, donors, and evangelical leaders such as James Dobson or Ken Ham – that they are, to quote Adam Laats, “guardians and teachers of a necessarily vague dream of eternal and unchanging...
