Dr. Jay Phelan is president and dean at North Park Seminary in Chicago. In February 2010 he offered this prayer to a gathering of Evangelical Covenant pastors at the Covenant’s Midwinter Conference held in Denver CO. It has been good to be here Lord. It has been good to see colleagues and friends. It has […]
View PostBlaming science, atheism, or…? from Abraham Heschel
It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, […]
View PostBoston Conference-Part Four
Earlier this month, I attended a conference in Boston MA sponsored by Andover Newton Theological School, Boston Theological Institute and Hebrew College. I was there representing Fuller Theological Seminary. I was one of a few evangelicals at the conference made up of some very amazing and inspiring people. The conference was called– Educating Jewish, Christian, […]
View PostBoston Conference–Part Three
A week ago, I attended a conference in Boston MA sponsored by Andover Newton Theological School, Boston Theological Institute and Hebrew College. I was there representing Fuller Theological Seminary. I was one of a few evangelicals at the conference made up of some very amazing and inspiring people. The conference was called– Educating Jewish, Christian, […]
View PostConference in Boston–Part two
Last week, I attended a conference in Boston MA sponsored by Andover Newton Theological School, Boston Theological Institute and Hebrew College. I was there representing Fuller Theological Seminary. I was one of a few evangelicals at the conference made up of some very amazing and inspiring people. The conference was called– Educating Jewish, Christian, and […]
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