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Recently I came across the following Open Letter to Joel Osteen, which I thought to be a creative and helpful take on the spiritual bankruptcy of the prosperity gospel. The portrait of God that Osteen paints is truly antithetical to the Christian faith, particularly when one considers it is premised upon the idea that faith … Continue reading An Open Letter to Joel Osteen

Here's a new CRI Blog post: What Does the Mormonism of Mitt Romney Have to Do with the Ballot Box?

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I turned on the television on Friday morning to see most news channels covering the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The footage of the crashing waves and aftermath of the destruction is simply unspeakable. It’s a moment that leaves a person at a loss of words to that can even fathom what has been … Continue reading Pray for Japan

Alexander the Great became a great Grecian conqueror of nations around the fourth century BC, and his empire stretched from the Mediterranean to just beyond the Indus River. Hellenism became the dominant social force in Alexander’s kingdom. So influential was Hellenistic culture that by the third century BC the Hebrew Old Testament begun to be … Continue reading Is Jesus Christ the same as the other ancient Greco-Roman gods?