Imagining a Heretical Cardinal

by Thomas J. Paprocki

Unfortunately, it is not uncommon today to hear Catholic leaders affirm unorthodox views that, not too long ago, would have been espoused only by heretics. Continue Reading »

28 Feb 2023

The West: Post- or Pre-Christian?

by Anthony Fisher

It became clear to me that my personal Christian faith is not tolerated or permitted in the public square, at least by some and perhaps by many.” So said the CEO of one of Australia’s largest football clubs after he was forced to resign one day into the job, following revelations that he was . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2023

Against Genius

by Ephraim Radner

“This is the main road God takes to come to us: our recognition of our own ignorance.” So said Stephen of Muret, a medieval hermit and purported founder of the Grandmontine order of monks that disappeared in the eighteenth century. The idea that wisdom comes from admitting our own ignorance was . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2022

Hart’s Turn To Heterodoxy

by Gerald McDermott

Universalism begins with the ancient gnostics, and once embraced by Christians, tends to unravel every major Christian dogma. This powerful tendency helps us understand—if not explain—Hart’s fall into Hindu metaphysics and gnostic theology. 
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18 Jul 2022

Pelagius the Progressive

by Charlotte Allen

The year 2018 marked the sixteen-hundredth anniversary of the excommunication of one of Christianity’s most famous heretics: the fifth-century monk Pelagius, who gave his name to “Pelagianism,” the set of beliefs that denies the doctrine of original sin and the need for grace in order to live . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2019

Andy Stanley’s Modern Marcionism

by Wesley Hill

According to Evangelical pastor Andy Stanley, Christians should “unhitch” the Old Testament from their faith.  Continue Reading »

11 May 2018

Evangelicals, Heresy, and Scripture Alone

by Mathew Block

Two years after a study found most Evangelicals hold views condemned as heretical—especially on the Holy Spirit—an update has been released. And the numbers are in some ways even worse. So who—or what—is to blame? Continue Reading »

4 Oct 2016

Mormons at the Forefront

by Terryl Givens

Many would like to domesticate Mormon strangeness, what Richard Mouw recently called in these pages its “ill-considered and defective elements” (“Mormons Approaching Orthodoxy,” May 2016), in the hope of promoting a more productive Evangelical-Mormon dialogue. They consider Joseph Smith’s . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2016

What We Do Not Believe Is What We Believe

by Russell E. Saltzman

I’m spending time this Lent with the Creed. I hadn’t gotten further than the first sentence before remembering something St. Peter said.“False prophets,” complained Peter, “appeared in the past among the people, and in the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Feb 2016

God's Strangeness

by Wesley Hill

Skimming through a stack of books recently, I found myself reading a testimonial of sorts from James D. G. Dunn, the great New Testament scholar who coined the phrase “the new perspective on Paul.” Having logged decades of ministry in various Methodist contexts, Dunn tries to explain what it . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2016