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Alpena’s greatest theologian

John Fea   |  December 22, 2020

Dean Detloff, a native of Alpena, Michigan (a small northeastern Michigan town on Lake Huron), reflects on how the late Stanley Grenz influenced his intellectual growth. It’s a great little piece. A taste: I moved to Grand Rapids from Alpena...

The Author’s Corner with Baird Tipson

Annie Thorn   |  August 31, 2020

Baird Tipson is Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Gettysburg College. This interview is based on his new book, Inward Baptism: The Theological Origins of Evangelicalism (Oxford University Press, 2020). JF: What led you to write Inward Baptism? BT: The two and a half...

J.I. Packer: 1926-2020

John Fea   |  July 17, 2020

Evangelical theologian J.I. Packer has died. He was 93. Here is a taste of Leland Ryken’s obituary at Christianity Today: When Christianity Today conducted a survey to determine the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals, Packer’s book Knowing God came in fifth. His fame...

Here are the Long-Forgotten Lyrics to “So Many Views”

John Fea   |  June 3, 2019

WARNING:  This post gets deep into the weeds of my evangelical divinity school experience. Several of you have asked me for the words to “So Many Views,” the parody song I co-wrote about my experience at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School...

The Author’s Corner with Adriaan Neele

Annie Thorn   |  January 24, 2019

Adriaan Neele is the Director of the Doctoral Program and Professor of Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new book, Before Jonathan Edwards: Sources of New England Theology (Oxford University Press, 2019). JF: What inspired...

What Hath Anabaptists To Do With Evangelicals?

John Fea   |  January 8, 2019

A few years ago I wrote an essay in a book, edited by Jared Burkholder and David Cramer, titled, The Activist Impulse: Essays on the Intersection of Evangelicalism and Anabaptism.  Since I self-identify as an evangelical, work at a college with...

The Author’s Corner with Robert Caldwell

  |  May 15, 2017

Robert Caldwell is Associate Professor of Church History at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new book, Theologies of the American Revivalists: From Whitefield to Finney (IVP Academic, 2017). JF: What led you to write Theologies...

Theologian Roger Olson On Why He is an Evangelical

John Fea   |  October 10, 2015

What is an evangelical?  We have visited this question a few times before here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. (See here and here and here and here and here).  I have taught a course on the topic and devoted an entire...

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