Llwellyn Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 When I was a Christian, I used to have some favorite teachers of Christian doctrine. Here are a few of the people who I respected as teachers: R.C. Sproul. I used to be a Calvinist, and I've read countless of Sproul's books. I also brought my family with me to a local megachurch where he had come to speak. He emphasizes the biblical doctrines of God's wrath, justification, and atonement. John Piper. This guy was also a favorite of mine during my Calvinist days in high school and college. I've seen him speak, and he has actually been hosted by my parents at my house for dinner. He is on board with robust Biblical Christianity. C.S. Lewis. Again, I've read countless of his books, but as a Calvinist, I was always puzzled by him because he seemed to leave out important parts of the Christian "gospel." George MacDonald. As I was leaving Christianity, I discovered George MacDonald. His was basically a very humanistic and Platonic approach to Christianity which mostly ignored the Biblical text. I liked it because it helped me to straighten out my thinking, but ultimately I am not sure that it is good for liberal Christians to reimagine Christianity. I would prefer if only Biblical fundamentalists like R.C. Sproul represented the religion. Who were some of your favorite Christian Teachers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelHappy Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I couldn't stand John Piper, too repetitive and his constant voice fluctuation annoyed me. I listened to a lot of hours of RC Sproul, he was one of my favorites. I really liked N.T. Wright near the end, he was probably my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeasabird Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 If I may answer the question slightly differently, I am fond of 'The Christian Left' on Facebook. They are truly open minded and don't involve most of the bad stuff you'd see from other Christian sources. In fact they rarely even post christian stuff, but rather mostly stuf about social justice and jabs at the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deva Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Sproul was one of mine, too. I went and listened to some of his lectures in Ft. Lauderdale in the late 90s. It all seemed so logical when he was expounding Calvinism. I still like some things C.S. Lewis wrote - "The Screwtape Letters" for example. I thought that was great. I believe he was not very consistent in his theology. That was probably necessary for him as intelligent as he obviously was. There are some more, but can't remember their names right now - I'm just too old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene39 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Who were some of your favorite Christian Teachers? Chuck Swindoll (Insight for Living) and Alistair Begg (Truth for Life) on the radio were enjoyable to me. I purchased a CD of Alistair Begg's study on the book of Ecclesiastes. Now, I can't follow the jump from beautiful melancholy of Ecclesiastes to my needing to accept Jesus, but other than that, still enjoy listening to his teachings from that CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen652 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I enjoyed CS Lewis' The Great Divorce, didn't like the Screwtape Letters though. I think my favourite was Phillip Yancey, he was the first teacher/author who actually challenged me to think outside the box about my faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyanaprajna0 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Alot of former Calvinists here. I went from Baptist (which to me was Calvinism lite), to Pentecostal (yeah, I used to do the speaking in tongues bit), to Eastern Orthodox (Catholicism with a stronger mystical bent), to Methodist. So I didn't like Sproul, or Lewis, or any of those. There was a period in my life, during my pentecostal days, when I like the idiots at TBN. That's really the only time I got into the more popular xtian teachers. Other than that, I never really got into the big name guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikirin Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Phillip Yancey, he was the first teacher/author who actually challenged me to think outside the box about my faith. I read "Dissapointment with God" in college, it was good because it said it was okay to feel the way you feel and not try and hide it. So I became more honest in my prayers, and would tell God how I felt, even if I was mad at him, but after several years of doing this, it came to feel like a waste of time altogether, and eventually I figured, why bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmot Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Phillip Yancey, CS Lewis (I practically worshipped the guy), Brian McLaren, a little GK Chesterton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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