The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas: Paul's Mars Hill Experience for Our Pluralistic World By Paul Copan and Kenneth D. Litwak My rating: 4 of 5 stars Relevance and faithfulness. Any teacher of any religious tradition is faced with this tension as they move from one cultural context to the next. One has to connect both with the thought world and life experiences of one's hearers in terms they readily grasp, and one needs to faithfully communicate the substance of one's religious beliefs without … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas
Apostle Paul
An Apologia for Charlatanism – On the art of reading much and knowing little
After heeding the Surgeon General's statutory warning that lives, bridges and sermons are not to demise on the reprise of this theme, shall we visit the premise of charlatanism and test its truth and troth. Charlatans are contextual chameleons who can hold a conversation about any topic without having a deeper insight into definitions or knowing whether or not their claims are based on factual grounds. I am hard pressed to meet a Christian or sober- minded secular intellectual who will sanctify this concept. A few … [Read more...] about An Apologia for Charlatanism – On the art of reading much and knowing little