Here’s some background material to my previous post. Note that these posts are not critical of the individuals named but question why it seems fashionable to give them a status as some form of evangelical because some of their writings or beliefs can be viewed sympathetically by evangelicals. Here’s Tim Challies’ post about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, …

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In the introductory section of his new commentary on Micah (EP Books, 2010) Dale Ralph Davis illustrates the problems of scholarly study and commentary on Old (and New) Testament texts. I can’t think of anyone whose commentaries and sermons produce so many laugh out loud moments from someone who doesn’t tell jokes. Davis just has …

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