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Pastors On Evolution and Creation
A recent survey indicates that pastors are beginning to change their views on evolution and creation. And I think that’s a good thing!
Publications
Relational Theology: A Contemporary Introduction. With Brint Montgomery and Karen Winslow. Point Loma Press, 2012

The Bible Tells Me So: Reading the Bible as Scripture. With Richard Thompson. Sacrasage Press, 2011

The Best News You Will Ever Hear. With Robert Luhn. Russell Media, 2011.
God in an Open Universe: Science, Metaphysics and Open Theism. Editor with William Hasker and Dean Zimmerman. Pickwick Press, 2011.
The Polkinghorne Reader. SPCK Press and Templeton Foundation Press, 2010.
Defining Love: A Philosophical, Scientific, and Theological Engagement. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Brazos, 2010.
The Nature of Love: A Theology. St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, 2010.
Divine Grace and Emerging Creation: Wesleyan Forays in Science and Theology of Creation. Editor and Contributor. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2009.

Love Among Us. Edited with Darrin Grinder. Denver, Colo.: Outskirts Press, 2009.
Postmodern and Wesleyan: Exploring the Boundaries and the Possibilities. Editor with Jay Akkerman and Brent Peterson. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press, 2009.
Creation Made Free: Open Theology and Science. Edited and contributor. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2009.
The Altruism Reader: Selections from Writings on Love, Religion and Science. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.
The Many Facets of Love: Philosophical Explorations. Editor and Contributor. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007.
Relational Holiness: Responding to the Call of Love, with Michael Lodahl. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2005. Spanish Translation: Santidad Relacional: Respuesta al llamado de amor (Venezuela, 2006).
Science of Love: The Wisdom of Well-Being. Philadelphia: Templeton Press, 2004. Spanishtranslation: La cience del Amor: Sabiduria del bienestar (Mexico: Panorama, 2006). Polish translation: Milosc: Sprawai, Ze Swiat Sie Kreci: naukaow o milosci (Krakow, Poland: Wydawnictwo WAM, 2009). Download this book to your computer or Kindle.
Philosophy of Religion: Essay Introductions. Editor and contributor. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press, 2003.
Thy Name and Thy Nature is Love. Editor, with Bryan P. Stone, and contributor. Nashville: Kingswood, 2001.
Generation Xers Talk about the Church of the Nazarene. Editor and contributor. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press, 1999.
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- Open and Relational Theology
- Postmodern Philosophy, Theology, and Culture
- Theology and Science
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- Pastors On Evolution and Creation
- Six-Word Love Notes
- Books I’m Reading
- Plantinga, Divine Action, and Free Will
- An Alternative Doctrine of Creation: God Always Creates out of Creation in Love
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- A New Doctrine of Initial Creation - 1
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