social gospel

Progressives, Libertarians, and God’s Economy

Essential Reading

When progressives emphasize social justice by using collectivist phrases like “common good” and “caring for our neighbor,” the typical reaction of libertarians is to focus on their wrongheaded policies and ...

Locking Eyes With Culture

Book Reviews

This is part two of a series liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. You can read the introduction to the series here, and a discussion on Suttle’s Introduction here. Each ...

Being Public Christians

Book Reviews

This is the first in a series posts liveblogging Tim Suttle’s book, Public Jesus. Most people tend to believe that faith is only a private matter. Christians in America tend ...

Liveblogging “Public Jesus”

Book Reviews

Tim Suttle, whose first book I reviewed here, recently published his second work, Public Jesus. The copy the publisher sent came with an accompanying DVD and discussion guide, though these ...

Responding to Tim Suttle

Book Reviews

Author Tim Suttle responded to my review of his book, An Evangelical Social Gospel?, by engaging in the one major critique I addressed in his book. In my review I ...

“An Evangelical Social Gospel?” Book Review

Book Reviews

While there have always been schisms in the Christian faith, the current theological/political divide between the Christian Left and the Christian Right is a culmination of the past 100+ years ...

Thoughts on the word “We”

Christian Worldview

Progressive Christians deride libertarian individualism as contrary to the value system of the Kingdom of God. In their minds, to start with society, rather than the individual, is a morally ...

The Bleeding Heart Conversation

News

I couldn’t be more excited about the conversation going on at the Bleeding Heart Libertarians blog. The BHL blog is an ongoing conversation between libertarians who share many of the same ...

“The Libertarian Theology of Freedom” Book Review

Book Reviews

Book Information: The Libertarian Theology of Freedom. Opitz, Edmund A. Tampa, FL: Hallberg Publishing Corporation, 1999. 160 pages. Only recently have I learned of Edmund Opitz, ordained Congregational minister and ...

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