I’ve been ruminating on this whole concept of “embracing the Satan” (which I posted a few days back) and, to quote The Big Lebowski, “New sh&* has come to light.” Continue Reading →
February 17, 2015
by Peter Burfeind
0 comments
February 16, 2015
by Peter Burfeind
0 comments
The Problem with Experiences with God
Recently I was alerted to an analogy intended to help understand the relationship between doctrine and religious experience. Supposedly it came from Lewis, or Chesteron, or someone. It went like this. Imagine two people gaining understanding of the Atlantic Ocean. Continue Reading →
February 14, 2015
by Peter Burfeind
0 comments
Embracing the Satan
One way to look at Gnosticism is that it is a form of theodicy. What is theodicy? Theodicy is defending God’s goodness in the face of an evil world. The question of theodicy essentially is, “If God is so good and loving, why does evil happen in the world?” Continue Reading →
February 10, 2015
by Peter Burfeind
1 Comment
The Road to Lutheranism for a Former Praise Team Leader
The following is an interview with Jonathan Rodebaugh, a former praise team leader who became Lutheran. Read Jonathan’s other thought-provoking meditations on his evangelical past, here at his blog, In, With, and Under. Continue Reading →
February 8, 2015
by Peter Burfeind
2 Comments
The Millenarian Temptation: Co-operating with God
Recently I was at a conference where a Roman Catholic presenter gave an excellent review of post-modernism and its effects on our society. At the end of it he put up these words from John 17: 20-21:
“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.” Continue Reading →
February 5, 2015
by Peter Burfeind
0 comments
Janet Mefferd Show
I’ll be discussing my book “Gnostic America” on the Janet Mefferd Show on February 11, 2015. You can listen by streaming online or on the radio if the show is broadcast in your area.
February 3, 2015
by Peter Burfeind
0 comments
A Reader Asks about Evangelicalism…it’s Origin, Problem, and a Fix
Recently a reader of Gnostic America e-mailed me with a list of questions regarding evangelicalism. Here are his questions and my answers. Continue Reading →