When confronted with an alternate position, one's tone in engagement should be less ‘How can they believe this?’ and more ‘How did they come to believe this?’
In The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, I think Noll missteps with his tone a handful of times. Perhaps he is seeking to provoke evangelicals to think even as he tips his hand on issues like creationism and politics.
When an evangelical mind like Noll asks me 'How can you believe this?' about doctrine I hold, I certainly am compelled to ask 'How did I come to believe this?' of myself. And for this I'm grateful.
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