Mike Wittmer

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

  • new year resolutions

    I hope I’m not too late for those of you making resolutions for the new year, but I just came across this list which I wrote in 1993.  I was in seminary at the time, and it occurred to me that while the chapel speakers in college and seminary had challenged me to do many…

  • the last word

    Here is a message which President Stowell and Ed Dobson posted on our campus bulletin board this morning.  I don’t think they would mind me posting it here, and in light of our recent discussion, I think some of you might be interested in hearing their point of view.  Keep in mind that only respectful…

  • why the auto bailout is partly my fault

    Unfortunately for Detroit, I have been driving the same car for 15 years—a 1990 Honda Civic CRX SI, which I bought used in 1993.  Before that I had a 1983 Ford Escort, which despite leaving me stranded on several occasions because it wouldn’t start, served me well until the passenger door fell off.  I tied…

  • 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…

  • a series of most unfortunate presidents

    The Today Show on Monday had an interview with David Purdam about his Vanity Fair story on the Bush presidency.  One comment which struck me was his report that some in the Bush White House had concluded that the Bush presidency was “a wasted opportunity.”  They claimed that after 9/11 Bush had an opening to…

  • 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…

  • just another Wittmer Christmas

    Every Christmas the Wittmers play a game of backyard basketball, and every Christmas the game ends pretty much like this.  That’s my older brother, Tim, lying on the ground after taking an inadvertent elbow to the sternum.  As you can see, he is pretty dramatic.

  • 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…