The Evangelical Universalist is a fascinating read and maybe I'm just pessimistic, but I'm wondering how well "evangelical" and "universalist" can really fit together. Some excerpts: Origen's pastoraly wise universalism Sometimes, like the OT prophets or like Jesus himself, we need to warn of the coming warth without making mention of restoration ...

While I still didn't get working on the Jesus for President book review, check out these two videos with Shane introing the book. For more info about the book tour and dates, check out Zondervan's blog.

Mark over at Jesus Manifesto is asking the age-old questions about the atonement of Christ. He has some good thoughts as usual: Want to know what I think? I think the penal substitutionary view of the Atonement as it currently is articulated by conservative evangelicals is a profound distortion of the ...

Here's how this uncomfortable conversation went. “You ever hear of Jesus?” “Uh...yeah...great philosopher [I'm mumbling now]...” “So you've never accepted Jesus as your personal savior?” “Not in the way you're thinking of...” “So what exactly do you believe?” “Geez, you just had to know, to didn't you? Um...is that even the right question?” “Well do you ...