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December 2017

December 13, 2017

Hell Believers, Please Consider the Following

On December 14, my family and I will be heading down to Orange County, California...

November 2017

November 14, 2017

3 Lenses With Which to View the So-Called ‘Clear Biblical Truths’

If you’ve spent any time discussing theology with other Christians, you’ll likely hear about so-called...

December 2016

December 04, 2016

“If all are saved, then why follow Jesus?”

“If all are saved, then why follow Jesus?” has to be one of my least...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

Crying out in the Wilderness: A Lamentation

Here we are, as a species, teetering on the edge of ruin. We’ve flattened Syria...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

Dispensationalism: A Doctrine More Dangerous Than Hell Itself

Theopedia defines dispensationalism as a “theological system that teaches biblical history is best understood in...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Modern Evangelicalism, or in other words, Second Temple Judaism v. 2.0

I grew up in the Evangelical church, so I’m fairly familiar with all of the...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Archaic Sacrifice in Modern Forms

The practice of sacrifice has been around as long as human civilization. In fact, according...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Good Friday: A Brief Reflection

The death of Jesus is not unlike the sacrificial deaths of the prophets before him,...

March 18, 2016

3 Practical ways to Lead More Peaceful Lives

With so many horrific things going on in the world right now, it is hard...

March 14, 2016

Mimetic Theory and the Old Testament

There are so many stories throughout the Hebrew Scriptures that are, well, simply perplexing. Tales...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

The Wrath (of God?)

In The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul, Pauline scholar Douglas Campbell...

February 23, 2016

The Election to Save America

It is becoming more and more obvious as to the kind of fruit this 2016...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

Introduction for my next book: “From the Blood of Abel.”

Well, I do not believe any of these options or any similar are satisfactory and over the...

October 2015

October 05, 2015

To Death with the Death Penalty

And in spite of this obvious transformation, in spite of a restored heart, and in...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

The Idolatry of Violence

I cannot understand the fascination conservative Evangelicals have with the movie American Sniper: The Most Lethal...

June 21, 2015

The God of Peace

Jesus died not to save mankind from His vengeful “Abba”, but to truly save all...