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  • Mouw on Rob Bell

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    Mouw's Musings: The Orthodoxy of Rob Bell I told the USA TODAY reporter that Rob Bell's newly released Love Wins is a fine book and that I basically agree with his theology. I knew that the book was being widely criticized for having crossed the theological bridge from evangelical orthodoxy into universalism. Not true, I…

  • What Constantine had Right

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    Richard Mouw: What Constantine had Right … All of that is good and important. The problem, though, is that sometimes the folks who make much of the dangers of Constantinianism and Christendom are placing too strict limits on how Christians can relate to public life. This was made clear to me in a conversation with…

  • Staying Faithful to Genesis 1

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    Richard Mouw: Staying Faithful to Genesis 1 … I don’t mean to be flippant about the issues. How we understand the Bible’s authority in all areas of life, including scientific investigation, is a supremely imporant topic. But on these particular issues, the notion of staying faithful to the orthodoxy of the past simply does not…

  • Two Cheers for the Free Market

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    Mouw's Musings: Two Cheers for the Free Market Shortly after coming home from one of our trips to mainland China, I read a report by an ecumenical group about economic issues.  It featured a rather unnuanced condemnation of “the global market.” It struck me that the Christians I had just been with in China would…

  • Evangelism and Public Discipleship

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    Mouw's Musings: Evangelism and Public Discipleship We released the “Evangelical Manifesto” yesterday at the National Press Club—see http://www.anevangelicalmanifesto.com/. I joined with the other drafters in expressing worries about the way in which the “evangelical” label has gotten too closely associated in recent years with a political activism. I do feel strongly about that, and I…

  • The Flaw of the Excluded Middle

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    Mouw's Musings: Understanding the "Prosperity Gospel." This post is about Africa's prosperity gospel, but I wanted to highlight Dr. Mouw's observations about "the flaw of the excluded middle." He is writing about how the prosperity gospel plays a role that often isn't played by more intellectualized forms of religion. What I would add to this…

  • Critical Thinking

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    Mouw's Musings: Critical Thinking …But I am more inclined these days to keep critical reflection in its proper place. I have come to worry about a pattern of lingering over critical questions as if that lingering were itself the primary goal of the life of the mind. I once heard the sociologist Peter Berger remark…

  • Some Reflections on Dr. Mouw’s “Economic Decisions”

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    What model should Christians use for economic decision-making in the 21st Century? Wednesday, Samuel Gregg posted an excellent article called Self Interest, Rightly Understood. I almost linked it yesterday but opted not to. Then, yesterday evening, I found that Dr. Richard Mouw, President of Fuller Seminary, had written a short post on his blog about…

  • Richard Mouw on our Calling to Holy Worldliness

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    As a preface, I never said I was the most timely person in the world. While surfing Mike McLoughlin's Faith at Work blog, I came across his post in April called Richard Mouw on our Calling to Holy Worldliness. I loved the close of Mike's post. I asked Dr. Mouw a question similar to a…