In a recent post, I took a swing at the problem of using the rhetoric of critical thinking without actually employing it ourselves in higher education. So, let me try to explain a little more of what I mean by
In a recent post, I took a swing at the problem of using the rhetoric of critical thinking without actually employing it ourselves in higher education. So, let me try to explain a little more of what I mean by
I am having a blast teaching United Methodist Doctrine to a group of theology school students. I’ve been out of the classroom for a year, so it feels good to get back in there. Yesterday, we covered that part of
People who read John Wesley and study early Methodism know quite well that the only criterion for joining a Methodist society was “the desire to flee the wrath to come.” Sometimes this statement is used as an argument against doctrinal
There is a long practice (or prejudice) in Christian history that separates “head” and “heart.” It comes to us most strongly, perhaps, from the Pietist movement that began in Germany in the 17th century. People who identify themselves as “evangelical”
(This post originated just prior to Christmas 2009. It still seems relevant, so I’m reposting.) In my prayer time the other day I was pondering Psalm 43:3, “O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let