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		<title>I Love to Say “I Told You So”: Polyamory in Churches</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don’t hate to tell you “I told you so.” In fact, I love it when I am vindicated. For years I have been saying on this blog that AFTER denominations and churches affirm and bless gay marriage they will have to eventually affirm and bless polyamory/polygamy. Let me say here with emphasis…Here I AM [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Nothing I Believe Is Irrational</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nothing I believe is irrational and therefore everything I believe is rational. I believe in God and my belief in God is not irrational. Since God exists, nothing is literally impossible except something irrational. My belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ is not irrational and therefore is rational. If God exists, then raising the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A New Book Discussion: How to Think about God</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I will begin a new book discussion here in two weeks (June 17). The book is How To Think About God by Mortimer Adler. Adler is a well-known American philosopher who also edited the Encyclopedia Britannica. He is the author of many books. He was not a Christian when he wrote this book. He writes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is the Bible a &#8220;Broken Book?&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Review of Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority and the Dark Side of Scripture by Kenton L. Sparks (Eerdmans) I’m sure this book will stir up a hornets’ nest among the neo-fundamentalist evangelicals. No doubt others will also criticize it as it breaks some new ground, at least among evangelicals. I find it refreshingly clear [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>If I Were a Young Earth Creationist</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If I were a Young Earth Creationist (YEC), which most American fundamentalist Christians are, I would drop attempts to defend the view using “flood geology.” In 1650 Irish Anglican Bishop James Ussher published a book in which he declared that the world was created in 4004 B.C. This became a standard date for creation among [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Holy Spirit: Shy Member of the Trinity? A Sermon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 20:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Holy Spirit: Shy Member of the Trinity? (Part 1) John 15:26-27; 16:4b-14 Today is Pentecost Sunday. That’s our Christian celebration of the birth of the church as recounted in Acts 2. Like Christmas and Easter, Pentecost is a Christian holy day. But, unlike Christmas and Easter, it’s not a holiday. Neither Christians nor secular [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Carl Henry’s Response to Piper’s View of Inerrancy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I interviewed to teach theology at Bethel College and Seminary in Minnesota in 1984 I balked at signing a statement of faith that included that the Bible is “without error in the original autographs.” My mentor, a Bethel theologian who had taught me theology in seminary, showed me a two page essay by John [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is This Really &#8220;Inerrancy?&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 19:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1984 I interviewed for a position teaching theology at Bethel College and Seminary (now Bethel University) in St. Paul, Minnesota. I was shown the denomination’s and institution’s statement of faith (doctrinal statement) and asked if I could sign it. It included belief that the Bible is without error in the original autographs. I balked [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Evangelicalism Is Becoming an Idol. I Saw It Happen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 19:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deconstructing Evangelicalism What is “deconstruction,” anyway?  Well, I’ve been reading a lot about that, and it turns out it’s not at all what I was told.  It’s not “destruction” but rather has a positive agenda–to expose idols for what they are and help institutions and movements (etc.) improve themselves by becoming more open, more just [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A New Christian Left?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger E. Olson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone in America has heard of James Talarico by now. He is the relatively young, openly Christian, seminary-educated, Texas legislator running for the US Senate as a Democrat. He wears his Christian faith on his sleeve, so to speak, no hiding it or keeping it quiet. Most have not heard yet of Adam Hamilton, pastor [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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