Tag Archives: Christianity Today

Should Regeneration Make Christians Wiser?

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 9, 2011

One week after Mr. Laden’s death, different websites are taking the pulse of readers to see what they think. Two that came my way by way of email were polls conducted by Christianity Today and the History News Network. I have to say that judging the polls simply on the basis of their questions, the… Read More→

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Now He’s Channeling DG

By D. G. Hart | Published: October 12, 2010

And I don’t mean Desiring God Ministries. Carl Trueman offers some preliminary thoughts on the Christianity Today feature story on Al Mohler. Trueman recognizes a potential trap in offering a response. If Mohler represents evangelicalism, then the born-again identity is really much smaller than the evangelical guardians at Christianity Today and the National Association of… Read More→

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Which is More Troubling?

By D. G. Hart | Published: May 15, 2010

Charismatics who sway and wave their arms during congregational singing, or evangelicals who think charismatics swaying and waving are a sign of the Spirit? I can’t help but wonder after reading David Neff’s wishing happy birthday to the charimsatic movement in his editorial for Christianity Today. He writes: In April 1960, I was a seventh… Read More→

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Deconstructing Evangelicalism

By D. G. Hart | Published: November 19, 2009

Philip Yancey writes at Christianity Today one of his last columns for a while. He is not entirely encouraged by what evangelicalism has become, though he also finds room for encouragement. As is typical of so much writing about evangelicalism, Yancey notes the ying and yang that at once makes evangelicalism successful and destructive. On… Read More→

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Have the Coen Brothers Lost Their Edge?

By D. G. Hart | Published: October 1, 2009

An affirmative answer would be one way of reading the recent piece on Joel and Ethan Coen, the makers of such great movies as Miller’s Crossing, Hudsucker Proxy, and No Country for Old Men at Christianity Today. The neo-evangelical habit is to take the rough edges off Christianity in order to make the faith relevant… Read More→

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Does T.O. Read CT?

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 11, 2009

Is it egotistical to think so, bro?

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