Religion: November 2006 Archives

No. God sends the wicked to hell....

When I claimed that most people, including evangelicals, had never heard of Ted Haggard, my critics scoffed. But a new Barna survey finds that “major Christian leaders are widely unknown, even among Christians." Three of out every four adults (72%) say they have never heard of Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren, including two out of every three born again Christians (63%). Almost six out of every ten adults (57%) said they had never heard of Dr. James Dobson; nearly half of all born again Christians said they did not know who he was. The results find that even fewer people have heard of T.D. Jakes, Tim LaHaye, or Joel Osteen.

It's not often that I agree with Andrew Sullivan but on this point he's right: "...[Mormons are] not Christians as I understand Christianity."

(HT: Southern Appeal)

Adrian Warnock posts an interesting conversation between Charles Simeon and John Wesley in which the Arminian admits to being a "Calvinist."