Roger Olson

“Postconservative evangelical theology is evangelical theology that does not consider the constructive task of theology finished. Conservative evangelical theology is evangelical theology that considers the constructive task of theology finished.” - CPost

Roger Olson: [John] Piper deserves to be called the single most influential American theologian of the past quarter of a century.

Roger Olson: If Jesus or one of his apostles came among us (American Christians) and spent time with us in our churches and “circles,” would they recognize the church they founded and established anywhere?

Roger Olson: Why is it that, during my lifetime, evangelical Christianity in America seems to have largely forgotten and possibly even discarded the theme of substitutionary atonement?

Roger Olson: If fundamentalism tends to be rigid, dogmatic, contrarian, separatist, liberal Christianity tends to be shallow, insipid, plastic, and fuzzy.

Roger Olson: “[I]n America if not elsewhere, the new Calvinism is a “coin” with two equally important sides: 1) promoting Calvinism, and 2) bashing Arminianism … Some who do this know what they are doing; others do not.”

Roger Olson: Perhaps we are deluding ourselves by thinking we can go on acting as if our government values us (except when we kowtow to its expectations and demands).

Note: David Gushee’s article is linked at SI here.

Roger Olson: A huge problem in all this is that many baptist congregations do not think theologically about their practices. And few really care to.

An long and interesting description of “fundamentalism” by an outsider.

Roger Olson: These Calvinist attacks on Arminianism are shameless and unworthy of Christian gentlemen and scholars.