EVANGELICAL CHAPTER OF THE FOUNDATION FOR RELIGIOUS DIPLOMACY

Dr. Paul Louis Metzger is Professor, Christian Theology and Theology of Culture at Multnomah University, and Director of the Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins. He is the author of a number of books including Connecting Christ and Evangelical Ze...

Recently, John MacArthur and a small group of colleagues issued The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel. At the time of this writing some 7,000 individuals have signed it. It lists concerns about secular avenues seen as “currently undermining Scripture in the ar...

The second part of my interview at the Uncommon God, Uncommon Good blog of Paul Louis Metzger at Patheos is now available. I answer questions about the Louisville grant projects, moral psychology and how this helps with understanding multi-faith conflict, my "Aha!" and...

The first of a two-part interview with me appears at the Uncommon God, Uncommon Good blog of Paul Louis Metzger at Patheos. Paul is with New Wine, New Wineskins of Multnomah Biblical Seminary, and he is a part of the Multi-faith Matters grant project team. You can read...

This is the latest installment in my video series exploring various facets of multi-faith engagement. In this video I contrast multi-faith engagement with interfaith approaches. Multi-faith engagement is far different than interfaith, co-exist, calls for tolerance, and...

During my participation in the consultation at Calvin Seminary a few weeks ago I was privileged to be interviewed by Fred Stella on his program Common Threads. As their website says, Common Threads "is a program that is heard weekly on Grand Rapids, Michigan NPR affili...

I recently returned from a consultation at Calvin Theological Seminary and thought I'd share some summary reflections.

I've been to a number of conferences over the years, and some have been better than others, but this is one meeting that exceeded my expectations. The...

Two significant items from global religious demographics noted by Pew in a 2015 report seem important for strategists on multifath engagement. First, world Christianity will continue find its growth and center of influence in the Southern Hemisphere, not the West, and...

Oprah Winfrey's 7-part television series BELIEF preimiered on October 18 on her network, OWN. The titles for the thematic episodes, narrated by Winfrey, include "The Seekers," "Love's Story," "Acts of Faith," "Change is Gonna Come," "God Help Us," "The Practice," and...

An interesting article was published today at State of Formation by Jenn Lindsay. It is titled "Methodolocial Challenges to Measuring Transformation," and it refers to the context of interfaith dialogue. In the essay Lindsay identifies two categories of people who part...