Francis Chan and Evangelicalism’s “Middle Road”



HT: Mike Pohlman

Beale Interview on the Current Challenges to Inerrancy

I just listened to this the other night and found it very very interesting. One thing that hit home was the fact that many biblical scholars compromise concerning inerrancy, not because of intellectual reasons, but because of sociological reasons: fear of conflict and the desire to fit in to one's environment:

Greg Beale and Carl Trueman join the Christ the Center discussion forum to talk about inerrancy and evangelicalism.

HT: JT

Sex and the Soul: Inside Higher Education

There is an interesting article about the findings of Donna Freitas in her book Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America’s College Campuses (Oxford University Press):

The article begins like this: "On matters sexual and soulful, colleges can be divided into two categories, the “spiritual” and the “evangelical” — the former the domain of hookup culture, the latter of purity culture, according to Donna Freitas, an assistant professor of religion at Boston University..."

Read the whole article here.

What is Evangelicalism?

D.A. Carson speaks on this topic here.

Thanks to Ian Vaillancourt for the reference.

What's the Difference Between Emerging, Emergent, and Evangelicalism?

C. Michael Patton has a helpful article related to these issues called "Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up."

He also has a couple of very helpful diagrams to illustrate what he is talking about, including which thinkers/leaders fit into which camp:



HT: Justin Taylor