The Evangel blog has had its share of controversy, especially controversy over the divide between catholics and protestants. Let me add fuel to the fire by noting that Houston Baptist University will be hosting Archbishop Charles Chaput on the evening of March 1. We are hosting this event with the help of the John Paul II Center at the University of St. Thomas. To my knowledge, this is the first coordinated activity between the two universities. Chaput is well known for his Doubleday book Render Unto Caesar.
HBU president Robert Sloan will offer substantive remarks as part of his extended introduction for Archbishop Chaput. I think this event promises to be one of the most memorable happenings in the history of the university during our 50th year.
Go here to get details and to RSVP for the event. It’s free, but we need a good count.
February 10th, 2010 | 10:18 am | #1
Hunter Baker: “The Evangel blog has had its share of controversy, especially controversy over the divide between catholics and protestants.”
True, dat. Heck, we’ve even see controversy over the divide between Calvinists and Lutherans.
But at least conservative Protestants and conservative Catholics mutually agree on supporting the sanctity of life, biblical marriage, and religious liberty.
February 10th, 2010 | 12:38 pm | #2
Being from Denver, I have a natural interest in Chaput. He’s publicly pro-life, which I support of course. He also spoke at Denver Seminary while I was there. He has a very ecumenical spirit and I appreciate him.
February 10th, 2010 | 1:05 pm | #3
I’d like to point out that there are, perhaps, 100 more-effective ways to “agree on supporting the sanctity of life, biblical marriage, and religious liberty” than signing the Manhattan Declaration, and it is possible that this event at HBU is one of them.
February 10th, 2010 | 2:09 pm | #4
Is there any way we can listen to this after it occurs?
February 10th, 2010 | 2:33 pm | #5
“HBU president Robert Sloan will offer substantive remarks as part of his extended introduction for Archbishop Chaput.”
Of note: both HBU president Robert Sloan and Archbishop Chaput signed the Manhattan Declaration.
February 10th, 2010 | 2:39 pm | #6
Gentlemen, NO THREADJACKING, please.
February 10th, 2010 | 2:48 pm | #7
Good luck, Hunter. The good news is that the majority of people pay far more attention to actual blog posts, and less attention to comments. Best advice still remains: “Don’t feed the trolls.”
February 10th, 2010 | 3:24 pm | #8
Actually, there’s exactly 74 more-effective ways, some of which are included in the Manhattan Declaration.
February 10th, 2010 | 4:12 pm | #9
Frank, TUaD: LOL
February 10th, 2010 | 5:11 pm | #10
FB, Not you, too!!!!!!
February 10th, 2010 | 5:56 pm | #11
No offense to you meant, and if any was tendered I apologize, Hunter.
February 10th, 2010 | 6:24 pm | #12
Francis Beckwith: “Actually, there’s exactly 74 more-effective ways, some of which are included in the Manhattan Declaration.”
ROFLOL!!
Jolly good show, old sport!
I, for one, appreciate the humor.
February 10th, 2010 | 7:42 pm | #13
Frank, I’m not offended. I just don’t want every post I put up to turn into a commentary on the Manhattan Declaration! :-)
February 10th, 2010 | 9:16 pm | #14
Manhattan Declaration? Is that old thing still around?
February 11th, 2010 | 11:53 am | #15
Baptists and Catholics Together: Archbishop Chaput and HBU
Well, here’s another instance: A Baptist seminary professor wrote a blog post titled “The Theology of the Body #1: Teaching John Paul II to Evangelicals.”
Excerpts:
I taught a new course, RLGS 3943 Marriage in Theological Perspective, this past semester and I had 23 students in the course. Seven were married and several were engaged and all were very interested in the course; it was a pure elective for most.
We used a book by Andreas Kostenberger called God, Marriage and Family for the first few weeks and then studied Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by John Paul II.
But what I really wanted to stress in this post is how positive the students were toward John Paul II’s book. They were mostly surprised to be reading a biblical-theological study by a Roman Catholic that seemed to them to be informed by a high view of Scriptural authority and a deep engagement with the text. They found him to be Evangelical in his view and very convincing.
I know that not all Protestants are open to John Paul II’s insights just because he is Catholic, but I think that the answer is to present his views as “the conservative and traditional view” of sex as grounded in Scripture. It will be necessary for most Evangelicals to encounter this teaching first in a book written by an Evangelical and I hope to write such a book eventually. But once most conservative Evangelicals get past their prejudice and actually encounter the content of the TOB, their response is almost guaranteed to be positive to one extent or another.”
(Hat tip: Francis Beckwith)
February 11th, 2010 | 4:27 pm | #16
Hunter Baker: “We are hosting this event with the help of the John Paul II Center at the University of St. Thomas. To my knowledge, this is the first coordinated activity between the two universities.”
I hope that this event goes very well. It will be good for both HBU and the University of St. Thomas.
(This HBU event will be much better than seeing pro-abortionist Obama being awarded and feted at Notre Dame last year.)
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