Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 2a): God as Mystery
In Bishop Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way, the first chapter is entitled, “God as Mystery.” It is an apt title because it gets to, what I feel, is a fun...
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Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Bishop Kallistos Ware (Part 1): The Journey
Over the next month or two, I have decided to do a series of book analyses on a number of books that have had a tremendous impact on my spiritual journey. For t...
Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus? (Part 3)–Concluding Remarks
We now come to my final post in this short series involving my look at the book, Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus?, that covers a debate on that t...
Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus? (Part 2)–A Debate Between Bart Ehrman and Craig Evans: Responses and Some Analysis
We now come to Part 2 of my short blog series on the book Can we Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus? that is essentially the transcript of a debate between...
Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus? (A New Series/Book Analysis of the Debate Between Bart Ehrman and Craig Evans)
Just recently, a new book came out entitled, Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus? It is essentially the transcript from a debate between Bart Ehrman ...
“Goodbye Jesus”–A Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 5: The Heart of the Problem…for Ex-Evangelicals and American Evangelicalism Alike)
Here in this final installment of my look at Tim Sledge’s book, Goodbye Jesus, I want to discuss what I feel is the deeper, underlying issue, not only to what S...
“Goodbye Jesus”–A Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 4: Rationalizing His Newfound Unbelief…and Appeal to Ehrman’s Authority as the High Priest of Ex-Evangelical Rationalism)
Here in Part 4 of my analysis of Tim Sledge’s book, Goodbye Jesus, I’m going to delve into a curious phenomenon I have noticed with many former Christians, part...
“Goodbye Jesus”–A Book Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 3: Church Rivalries and Marital Failures)
We now come to Part 3 of my analysis of Tim Sledge’s book, Goodbye Jesus—a book in which he recounts his life story into Christianity, into the ministry, and ev...
“Goodbye Jesus”–A Book Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 2: Child of an Alcoholic; Obsession with Church Attendance)
Last week I began a short blog series in which I discuss Tim Sledge’s book, Goodbye Jesus, in which he tells his life story as an Evangelical pastor, and his ev...
“Goodbye, Jesus”–A Book Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 1: An Overview of the Book)
Tim Sledge is a former Baptist minister who, for about 40 years, had been a pastor and Christian writer. As the title of his book, suggests, he no longer is a C...