Let me be clear: I am a Methodist. By that, I mean I think John Wesley was a recovery of Catholic Christianity through disciplined congregational life.
I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma.
We cannot "psychologize" the grace of God. God's actions are outside and above our human sciences.
I have, for a very long time, been a huge admirer of Marilynne Robinson, whose work I just love.
I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God.
I realized that conventional views of Christian faith that I'd heard when I was growing up were simply made up - and I realized that many parts of the story of the early Christian movement had been left out.
I can't tell you how Aquinas has enriched and changed my life, my thought. He has helped me to be a better evangelical, a better servant of Christ, and to better defend the faith that was delivered, once for all, to the saints.
