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Rob Bell is NOT a Universalist (and I actually read “Love Wins”)
Category: General
On the basis of a publisher’s promotional paragraph and an advertising video in which Rob Bell questions someone’s certainty that Ghandi is in hell, Justin Taylor sounded the web-wide alarm that Rob Bell’s forthcoming book…
Baby Universalism and Reasonable Infanticide
Category: General
Tags: Afterlife, Problem of Evil, Salvation
Here’s a perfectly random brain stimulator: In contemporary western Christianity it is almost universally assumed that deceased babies automatically go to heaven. I call this the doctrine of “baby universalism” (similar to “canine universalism” =…
“Unclean” Animals and the Corruption of Creation
Category: General
Tags: Animals, Problem of Evil
I’ve always been a bit mystified over the distinction between “clean” and “unclean” animals in the OT. I have read several attempts to justify this distinction on the grounds that the former were healthier —…
A Revolutionary Kiss
Category: General
Tags: Non-Violence
Amidst the violent protests calling for a revolution in Egypt we find a reminder of the utterly unique kind of revolution Jesus calls us to. Love, bless, pray for, do good to — and yes,…
Gays and God’s Beebe Bird Massacre
Category: General, Lighten Up
Tags: Current Events, Problem of Evil
So, what about those thousands of birds that died suddenly in Beebe Arkansas on New Years Eve? Some say it was caused by fireworks. Others say it more likely was due to hail or lightening….
NDY Gig…You’re Invited!
Category: General
“Yeh, that’s me on the drums…in the spotlight…doing a solo….having a blast….being worshiped once again by our lead singer Dave (notice his hands in air) and the rest of the band. I tell Dave all…
Superscholar.org: Top 20 Most Influential Christian Scholars – Fall 2010
Category: Press
Click here to see who made #4 of the list of Top 20 Most Influential Christian Scholars:)
Greg’s View Cited on Andrew Sullivan Blog – 11/2010
Category: Press
Click here to read Andrew Sullivan’s blog about his appreciation for the Christus Victor view of Atonement.
My Car Crash and the Open View
Category: General
Tags: Open Theism, Prayer
Last Saturday night Shelley and I were involved in a rather serious four car crash on a local highway. One person was hospitalized, and I’m being treated for neck pain and an on-going dull headache….
Altar Video Magazine Interview – 11/30/10
Category: Press
Greg talks about God’s sovereignty with Altar Video Magazine online. Click here to watch.
Relevant Magazine Article – 7/10
Category: Press
Greg wrote an article on the Idolatry of Patriotism. You can read it by clicking on this link: relevant-july2010.pdf
What God Doesn’t Know (According to W.L.Craig)
Category: General
Tags: Open Theism
Hello bloggers. Here’s Part II of my response to Bill Craig’s podcast critique of the open model of providence. As I see it, the central difference between Craig’s position (Molinism) and my own (open theism)…
Responding to Craig’s Recent Critique
Category: General
Hello internet friends, I haven’t been blogging much lately because I’ve been super-obsessed with research on the book of Revelation in preparation for a chapter addressing its apparent violence for a forthcoming book for…
The Magi and an Arbitrary Massacre
Category: General
Tags: Problem of Evil, Violence
On a cool fall night in Bethlehem, late in the 34th year of the reign of king Herod, a peasant family of five sleeps quietly in a one room shanty at the edge of town….
Before We Were “NDY”
Category: General
Here’s a pic of me and my band several decades ago. Back in the 60’s and 70’s, long before we became famous as Not Dead Yet, we clunked out very amateurish hippie tunes as an…
A Vampire Movie Worth Seeing!
Category: General
The other night I accompanied my son Nathan to a vampire movie entitled “Let Me In.” While I like intelligent scary movies, I don’t care much for vampire flicks, and I hate gore. But I’ll…
Our Adorable New Granddaughter!
Category: General
Hello Blogging Friends, I know the apostle Paul says that “love doesn’t boast,” but surely he didn’t intend to rule out grandparents boasting about their children and grandchildren! My daughter Alisha and son-in-law Tim have…
“Not Dead Yet” Returns!
Category: General
ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE??!!! That’s right ladies and gentlemen, my band (NDY) will be playing Friday night, Oct 8, at the Dugout Bar in Mahtomedi (Suburb of St. Paul), from 8 – 12. We…
Revelation and the Violent “Pride Fighting” Jesus
Category: General
In an interview several years ago for Relevant Magazine, Mark Driscoll (well known pastor of Mars Hill in Seattle) said, “In Revelation, Jesus is a pride-fighter with a tattoo down His leg, a sword in…
A Failed Prophecy
Category: General
In 2 Kgs 3 we find Jehoshaphat and two other kings consulting Elisha the prophet about an upcoming battle against the Moabites. Elisha calls a harpist and gets a word from the Lord. He says…