Mike Wittmer

Category: Theology

  • questions about the new perspective

    Trevin Wax posted his recent interview with N.T. Wright on the topic of Wright’s much anticipated response to John Piper which will be published next month in the U.K. and this summer by IVP in the states. While I enjoy Wright’s stuff and have learned from interacting with the new perspective on Paul, a paragraph from…

  • the next big thing

    What do you get when you combine America’s favorite book with everyone’s favorite mammal?  Have a look:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Q32xIyoeo&eurl=http://whatswrongwiththeworld.net/&feature=player_embedded I hope this two minute commercial doesn’t inspire anyone’s sermons this Sunday (I’m looking at you, Joel Osteen).

  • faith and doubt

    Last week Julie and I took advantage of the free babysitting provided by our public school system to attend John Ortberg’s lecture on faith and doubt at Calvin College’s January Series.  I take every opportunity to hear great preachers (Neal Plantinga probably thinks I’m stalking him), so I was glad for the chance to hear…

  • good morning Ed Dobson

    Two weeks ago I mentioned Ed Dobson’s interview in the Grand Rapids Press and compared his comments on Obama with what Al Mohler said on his blog.  The Press article was picked up by U.S.A. Today, and last Sunday Ed was interviewed on ABC’s Good Morning America.  You can watch the 3 minute interview here:  http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=ed%20dobson&type=…

  • N.T. Wright on universalism

    Related to my last post, I came across an old article by N.T. Wright on the lack of biblical support for universalism.  The article is important because many of those who seem to support a type of universalism really like Wright, and it is a very good summary in its own right.  You may read it here: …

  • evangelical universalism?

    Here is a book review that I published in the current issue of the Calvin Theological Journal (November, 2008).  I do not think that it is available online, and I suspect that most of you don’t subscribe to CTJ.  But since you may be interested in the subject, I thought that I would post it…

  • the theology of Carrie Underwood

    Here is a Radio Bible Class devotional which I just finished.  I still have time to make changes before I submit it, so any suggestions for improvement are welcome. on whose terms? read > Jonah 2:1-2 “Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish.  He said, ‘I cried out to the…

  • evangelicals and obama

    Al Mohler recently posted on Rick Warren giving the invocation at Obama’s inauguration, and at the end of his fine essay he added a postscript saying that he himself would not accept such an honor because of Obama’s views on abortion.  Mohler wrote: “President-elect Obama has pledged to sign legislation including the Freedom of Choice…

  • as we worship so we believe

    Here in Grand Rapids we are snowed in today, just as we were on Friday and expect to be again on Tuesday.  The stores were busy yesterday as Christmas shoppers used a break from the storms to get out while they could.  Nearly every church in Grand Rapids cancelled services today, except the one that…

  • possibly the worst essay you will ever read

    I have been swamped with end of semester grading this week (which is what happens when you spend exam week in Liberia), and I only have a couple days of it left before I can start my Christmas break.  But I did want to mention the Newsweek cover story on gay marriage which I saw…