This BLOG is called “Doug Beaumont.Org” because this is just me, Doug Beaumont, and my thoughts. It is also where, despite my general penchant for eschewing obfuscation, I get to showcase words I make up. For example, ”ircontent” was created to express discontent or malcontent without the stigmatic connotations (with the bonus that it makes use of the massively underrated prefix “ir”). “Evangelicalist” is a term I coined to describe, not someone who merely holds to evangelical theology, but a participant in the evangelical sub-culture (of which I am ircontent).
So yeah, I am Doug Beaumont - a college teacher at Southern Evangelical Seminary (here is my CV), ordained minister, armchair philosopher, back seat theologian, and all around righteous dude. I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and I sometimes speak for various groups.
Doug:
I found you via Leroy Lamar via Dr. Richard Howe. Your blogs looks interesting! Please check out this resource at my blog: http://ericredmond.wordpress.com/where-are-all-the-brothers/. I hope you find it valuable for your apologetics teaching and ministry.
Blessings!
ECR
You need us [whoever 'us' is] like we need you. I knew you couldn’t quit the blog world. Now I feel better about life in general.
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I really enjoyed your Sola Scriptura article. I’m curious–since you seem to recognize the great value of tradition in understanding Scripture–what denomination are you attached to? I’ve been a Christian my whole life, but the more I study theology and church history, the more I’m having difficulty knowing what tradition to trust.
I currently attend an Anglican Church (AMIA, if that means anything to you).
What do you mean by you prayed the prayer twice but you werent a christian, that at the camp you became a follower of christ. I note that after that you experienced a downward spiral. Do you mean if I have prayed to recieve christ but have not gone through a eight week training into apologetics then I am not a christian, Please help me with this.
I have no idea what an “eight week training in apologetics” has to do with any of this. What I meant by the part that actually came from what I wrote is that I do not believe that saying that prayer a a child made me a Christian. A Christian is a follower of Christ, and that is not what I was until the camp I went to.
I’m glad to see you distinguish between being a follower of Christ and a churchgoer. That distinction seems to be lost to a lot of Christians today.
Like you, I got an MA from SES in apologetics. After casting around for a Ph.D. program, I talked with Mike Licona who got his over in South Africa, so I made the same decision, but with a different school (North-West University). I was awarded the degree (Ph.D. in New Testament) last May, but not without a pretty hefty struggle against the very liberal examiners assigned to me. B-R-U-T-A-L. I wrote on the apologetics of Paul and wasn’t prepared for the struggle that was ahead of me. Very eye opening.