The Church as Model Nation

© 2015 Robert OsburnI thought about titling this essay “The Magnificent Church,” but, to some folks, calling the church “magnificent” is like calling a trailer court an “estate.”   “Fractious, stumbling, squawking” may seem like better adjectives for an...

The Potential of Pluralism

Dr. Robert OsburnI not only read World magazine, but I sometimes gift subscriptions to it.  It fearlessly exposes the occasional evangelical impostor and our sometimes-frivolous tendencies to hucksterism (e.g., Mark Driscoll’s attempt to purchase New York Times...