Mike Wittmer

Category: Theology

  • the charity of clarity

    After a night’s sleep, I have a further thought about Rob’s interview with Adrian Warnock. It seems that only one side in that dialogue was actually trying to have a conversation. The other was working even harder not to say something. That reminded me of a post I made on Dec. 3, 2008, when Brian…

  • respect your audience

    I just watched Rob Bell’s hour long dialogue with British blogger and author, Adrian Warnock. The conversation is revealing on many levels, but what stands out most is how Rob refuses to own any position on the afterlife. His performance in this interview would lead one to believe that he wrote a book on the afterlife…

  • has God spoken?

    LZ Granderson, a member of Rob Bell’s church and a regular contributor to CNN and ESPN, wrote a column today for CNN.com which illustrates the problem that I try to correct in the first two chapters of Christ Alone. There is a lot that I could say about Granderson’s piece, but I’ll focus on this…

  • why this is and isn’t personal

    Late last week I received my first copies of Christ Alone, and today is the first day that I’m blogging about it. Some of you have asked about Kindle and Nook versions, and I’m told that they will be available on Amazon by the end of the week. I hope that readers of Christ Alone…

  • Christ Alone

    My latest book, Christ Alone: An Evangelical Response to Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” came out late Thursday. I didn’t want to say anything then, since it was Maundy Thursday, and I don’t want to say much now, since we’re still in the middle of Easter weekend. But the Grand Rapids Press ran a story on the…

  • I would have liked him

    One of Spurgeon’s sermons on death begins with regret for the recent passing of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Spurgeon explained that he was “the best man of the age,” full of integrity and godliness. Then Spurgeon praised him in words that are desperately needed today. His eulogy reminds us that our times are not that different…

  • More from Martin

    If you were encouraged by Martin Bashir’s interview of Rob Bell on MSNBC, you will appreciate his elaboration of the interview and overall impression of “Love Wins” from his interview on the Paul Edwards radio show. If you have or will read Rob’s book, or if you won’t but you happen to live in West Michigan, you will…

  • justice wins, now on audio

    Many of you linked to Jeremy’s Grinnell piece of satire yesterday, and a few of you missed the point that this was not an expression of his complete view, but an example meant to show how lopsided Rob’s point was. I hope you catch on soon, or I may ask Martin Bashir to explain it to you.…

  • the canary

    Here’s my latest entry for Our Daily Journey. Feel free to give me any constructive feedback you may have before I turn it in at the end of the week.          A friend of mine left his wife and three children. Although he knows better—he was a seminary professor—he continues to lie to his family and…

  • scholastic comedy

    I’m in the middle of the end of semester grading, and here are some interesting comments I’ve seen so far. One paper footnoted the term “the.”  It was obviously a mistake, as there is not a whole lot more information you can give down below. Another sentence read “Notice the tow ‘ifs.’”  To which I…