by Roger Olson | Oct 31, 2019 | Opinion
Lately, I have been reading a great deal of primary and secondary literature about Christian ethics – beginning with the ancient church fathers. In my opinion, Richard Hayes’ “The Moral Vision of the New Testament” more than adequately covers New Testament ethics, so...
by Roger Olson | Oct 25, 2019 | Opinion
Many Christian academics, especially in the social sciences and religious studies (including theology and missiology), claim that every culture in the world has the right to develop its own form of Christianity without any interference from other cultures – especially...
by Roger Olson | Oct 11, 2019 | Opinion
I used to see a bumper sticker on cars that read, “If You’re Not Outraged, You’re Not Paying Attention.” That is my message to all of my fellow Americans today. In recent days, America’s head of state and head of government and commander in chief of the armed forces...
by Roger Olson | Apr 9, 2019 | Opinion
A major question facing Christians wanting to influence secular-pagan (one or the other or both) societies that do not have any Christian or even theonomous (governed by God) ethos – especially in the public spaces where social policies are created and enforced – is...
by Roger Olson | Apr 1, 2019 | Opinion
Here, in this essay, by “evangelicalism,” I do not mean any particular evangelical movement but what I have described as the “evangelical ethos” – a broad and inclusive spiritual-theological form of Christianity defined by the so-called Bebbington quadrilateral:...
