From Apostacy to paganism - CNN article

That's right. He makes his living as a philosopher and teaches the discipline at USC. He is also used to speaking to those philosophically trained, so he uses certain forms in communication that may not be familiar to everyone.

"Appease academia?" What in the word does that mean? The word philosophy literally means "love of wisdom."

He is a Christian who is also a philosopher.

You're really assuming evil motives when there is no reason to do so. He doesn't get much acclaim in philosophy circles because of his stand as a Christian. What he is doing is ministry to students. He is training students from all types of environments (many of them non-Christian) to think about truth in a serious, systematic way. As a Christian, he has the opportunity to point students to the One Who is truth.

Not in the part of the article RevMitchell selected. But all of his books and most of his articles do expound on scripture in depth. If you take a moment to examine his writing beyond items RevMitchell carefully selects, you'll see what I'm talking about.

Yes, in that particular article, he's not directly dealing with biblical doctrine. But plenty of people around here discuss things not directly related to biblical doctrine, but there seems to be no condemnation of them.

Sarcasm aside, yes.

Yep. But don't take my word, or especially RevMitchell's word, check it out for yourself.

If I believed what RevMitchell said without checking if for myself, I would feel the same way.

Nope. I'm following Jesus.

Willard is simply a fellow traveler who has some very good insights.

 

I did not intend to do that. I apologize.

I'm sorry, but there is no deceit in my heart regarding this matter. I am trying to simply tell the truth as clearly as I understand it.

I completely disagree with your assessment, except that Willard is friends with Foster.