Mike Wittmer

What I think. What I know. What I think I know.

  • a series of most unfortunate presidents II

    My thanks to Brian McLaughlin, who sent me this comparison of presidential approval ratings.  It more or less supports my previous post that most recent presidencies ended with the president less popular than when he began.  The similarity between the George Bushes is especially striking.  Both enjoyed “war-time” popularity over 80%, only to see their esteem fall…

  • the beginning of the end

    I’m sorry that I’ve been absent from my own blog for the past three days.  I had a most enjoyable time speaking in chapels and classes at my alma mater, Cedarville University.  I wish everyone could have the opportunity to return to their college 20 years after graduation, to reconnect with former profs and meet…

  • conversation with Kevin

    Kevin: I will try not to repeat the questions and comments from Bill and Doug, which I agree with, but will attempt to respond to your points and concerns with a few observations.  Thanks again for indulging us and our questions.  Your responses have helped me to better appreciate your perspective and what you heard in…

  • my question answered

    Yesterday Kevin Corcoran, a philosophy professor at Calvin College, kindly responded to my previous post about my unanswered question at the Symposium of Worship’s Emergent panel.  I think that his long and thoughtful response deserves its own page rather than to be buried in the comments section, so I am reposting it here, along with…

  • my unanswered question

    Yesterday I had the privilege of being a respondent on the “Exploring the Emerging Church” panel at Calvin’s Symposium on Worship.  The presenters were three emergent leaders:  Jason Clark, a Vineyard pastor in England; Peter Rollins, the leader of an emergent gathering (Ikon) in Ireland; and Kevin Corcoran, a philosophy professor at Calvin College.  These…

  • what’s wrong with this picture?

    My five year old daughter loves taking pictures, so this Christmas we bought her a Playskool child’s camera so she could take as many pictures as she wants.  When we downloaded her pictures on to my computer, I noticed that many of them were shots of noses, chins, and sides of faces. I was about…

  • now it’s official: everyone is on youtube

    Andy Rogers from Zondervan just emailed me this link of his interview with me about contemporary theology.  It’s posted today on Zondervan’s koinonia website, but what caught me eye is that it’s also on youtube.  I know this isn’t a big deal, considering what is already on this site, but it’s a first for me. …

  • work of art

    This is another RBC devotional I wrote for this month (next month Our Daily Journey goes live).  I may have tried to fit too much theology into it.  Let me know if you think it is too dense.   read > Colossians 3:23 Work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do, as though you were…

  • the best book on forgiveness

    I want to let you know about Unpacking Forgiveness (Crossway), a new book that I like so much I am using it in my soteriology class. The author, Chris Brauns, was two years ahead of me when we were students at GRTS, and so I’ve always looked up to him as sort of an older…

  • the vital spot

    A self-described emergent Christian wrote a guest editorial in today’s Grand Rapids Press about me and a certain retired pastor.  I won’t respond to it because a) I said I wouldn’t; b) there is nothing to comment on, as there is no issue or controversy between us; and c) I don’t trust people not to…