Author Archives: rthenderson

BLOG 3/18/13: MY RESPONSE TO THE ELECTION OF POPE FRANCIS I was asked multiple times last week (as were many of us) about my response to the election of Pope Francis (Archbishop Bergoglio of Argentina). Actually, my response was a … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/14/13. IT’S NOT WHAT TAKES PLACE IN THE LOCKER ROOM, BUT … Here we are again in March, and some of us are looking forward to the NCAA basketball tournament. Those forthcoming games are going to be an amazing … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/11/13. JUST TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT—ST. PATRICK I am by self-definition, a missiologist, i.e., one who makes a study of Christian missions currently, and historically. This being so, while some of my Blog readers may be celebrating St. … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/7/13. THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS, AND A DIFFERENT GENERATION Having been a guest of the Vatican at one time (when members of the Curia invited a group of us who identified ourselves as Protestant evangelicals to come discuss some … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/4/13: QUESTION: BEYOND MY FACEBOOK IMAGE, WHO AM I REALLY? I’m fascinated by the coffee shops in which I hang out. Here are all of these people with their laptops, their iPads, and iPods … busily engaged in communicating, … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/27/13: “THE HOLLOW MEN” … OR, AUTHENTIC HUMAN BEINGS? OK, so maybe I’m just an incurable contrarian, … but my response to the academy awards, as well as to the morning talk shows on the networks (and their ilk) … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/25/13: “ … NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.” Yesterday, on the second Sunday of Lent, and after a profound lesson on the tragic consequences of the rebellion of that primordial human community against their Creator-God, and after that … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/21/13: “THE CHURCH AND THE RELENTLESS DARKNESS” In my last Blog, I was heralding Shayne Wheeler’s new book, but Shayne and I have been rejoicing together in giving birth to books. Two weeks ago, Wipf and Stock Publishers (Eugene, … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/18/13: SHAYNE WHEELER’S THE BRIARPATCH GOSPEL I read a lot. I’ve taught evangelism on three continents, lectured on it in half-dozen theological schools, been head of the denomination’s office of evangelism, and written books on the subject myself. One … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/18/13: SHAYNE WHEELER’S THE BRIARPATCH GOSPEL I read a lot. I’ve taught evangelism on three continents, lectured on it in half-dozen theological schools, been head of the denomination’s office of evangelism, and written books on the subject myself. One … Continue reading →