John Piper and Christian Hedonism By TylerR Jan 21 2016 Roger Olson: My problem with Piper’s article, and with his “Christian hedonism” in general, lies in that one seemingly insignificant sentence: “It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure that is to be had in him.” Tags: Roger OlsonJohn Piper 3609 reads
Roger Olson: "American conservative (traditional) Christianity is at a crossroads; this is a crisis" By Jim Jun 28 2015 My prediction is that they will gradually, in spite of some initial huffing and puffing, accept gay unions as valid marriages BECAUSE they hold elaborate “God and Country” patriotic worship services. Tags: Roger OlsonGay Marriage 824 reads
Roger Olson: Mormonism becoming more Christian By Jim Jun 16 2015 LDS leaders “very much want their religion and church to be considered authentically Christian — the fourth ‘branch,’ as it were, of Christianity: Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Mormon.” Tags: Roger OlsonMormonism 1652 reads
Roger Olson on the Religion and Marriage Issue By TylerR Jun 06 2015 "The next natural step is for churches and other religious organizations to take away from government the right and authority to decide for them who is married and who is not. Some are calling the marriages they perform and recognize 'covenant marriage' and relegating marriages they don’t recognize as valid, for them, to the category 'civil marriages' or 'civil unions.'” Tags: Roger OlsonGay MarriageMarriage 4111 reads
Going on a Worship Strike! By TylerR Apr 03 2015 Doug Wilson: A Calvinist explains the doctrines he holds, at the end of which explanation, his Arminian friend exclaims, “I could never worship a God like that!” The normal Calvinist response is that “you really ought to be willing to worship a God like that,” but the response ought rather to be “you do in fact already worship a God like that.” Tags: Doug WilsonRoger OlsonAnti-Calvinism 7000 reads
