Chris Kugler
A Plea and a Warning for “Evangelicalism”
“I’m surprised people are still even trying to run in those circles.”
That’s what my colleague a New Testament scholar who signs up to all the ecumenical creeds and staunchly defends the inspiration of Scripture said to me. And by “people”, he was specifically referring to Bible and Theology Profs running in conservative evangelical circles.
It’s simply assumed and one sees it again and again in practice that if you get the academic training, you will find life in many evangelical churches difficult, if not impossible.
But why? Why do most Bible scholars and Theologians say: “I give up. I’m exhausted. It’s time to go Anglican/Episcopalian/Methodist/Presbyterian, etc.?”