by Roger Olson | Dec 9, 2016 | Opinion
I understand liberation theology (in all its forms) as “protest theology” and an attempt to focus Christian thought on pressing issues of social injustice and oppression. I cannot accept it insofar as it is a “replacement theology” sweeping...
by Roger Olson | Oct 27, 2016 | Opinion
I have read many news articles over the past year in various sources claiming that church attendance in the United States is dramatically decreased. The statistics vary a lot, so I won’t bother to offer any here. My point is simply that according to many...
by Roger Olson | Sep 15, 2016 | Opinion
I have always found watching sports of any kind boring, but I have assumed that others legitimately found real pleasure in it and simply avoided it myself. Eventually, I began to consider whether organized college, university, professional and amateur sports might...
by Roger Olson | Aug 8, 2016 | Opinion
Whatever happened to Missions Sunday? Does anyone else remember when almost every evangelical church devoted one Sunday every quarter, if not every month, to world missions and world evangelism? Sure, I know, a lot of our evangelical practices were what would now be...
by Roger Olson | May 20, 2016 | Opinion
Many churches of all denominations send their people, usually young people (but not always), on “mission trips” to work and witness in a different culture from their own. Often (but not always) such one- to two-week excursions aim at a place far from home...
