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February 2022

February 01, 2022

The Bible is our only guide? Really? The Bible and evangelicalism #1

In my last post, I noted that evangelicalism is a diverse movement that spans a...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

Evangelicalism: Where have all the young people gone?

NB: apologies for those who read this blog regularly. This post is essentially the same...

January 18, 2022

Evangelicalism #1: why are so many young people leaving the church and even their faith?

Evangelical Christianity dominated much of the American Church over the last 50+ years. Statistics vary...

January 11, 2022

What is the Church?

In my last post, I asked why can’t we just leave the church? I noted...

January 04, 2022

Church: Can’t I just Leave?

Some of you hate the church. Some of you love the church and believe that...

December 2021

December 23, 2021

Communion and the Church as the Body of Christ; Part 2

As I said in my last post, I am convinced that before we can address...

December 21, 2021

Communion and the Church as the Body of Christ; Part 1

One of the problems with the church today is that we have little to no...

December 18, 2021

What if we got it all wrong! Deconstruction, Jesus, & Church

I recently had lunch with the President (who is a good friend) and some of...

December 07, 2021

We have met the enemy and he is us! Thoughts on the state of the western evangelical church

“We have met the enemy, and he is us.”[1] It was 739 BC when...

November 2021

November 23, 2021

Remembering our history: The Bible, injustice, and race#17; Justice#41

Spanish philosopher George Santayana famously said, “those who do not remember the past are condemned...

November 11, 2021

Veteran’s Day and Christian Worship

One of the better parts of being a pastor has been the opportunities to sit...

October 2021

October 19, 2021

Where are all the prophetic voices? Part 2 of 2

If we can read Paul, Isaiah, and Jeremiah and not be challenged by their words,...

October 05, 2021

America’s racist past: The Bible, injustice, and race#11; Justice#36

I have argued over the last several posts that the presence of systemic injustice in...

September 2021

September 21, 2021

Is America’s racist past the source of systemic injustice? The Bible, injustice, and race#9; Justice#34

A number of years ago a public-school teacher, who taught in an inner-city...

September 14, 2021

The Cries of the Oppressed: Race and education: The Bible, injustice, and race#8; Justice#33

Psalm 10:17-18 You will incline Your ear: To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So...

August 2021

August 24, 2021

The Church’s complicity in racial injustice Part 3: The Bible, injustice, and race#7; Justice#32

AP Photo: courtesy of The Conversation At the beginning of my teaching career, I...

August 17, 2021

The Church’s complicity in racial injustice Part 2: The Bible, injustice, and race#6; Justice#31

(Phot0 by ejsimpson.com) I hope that the readers of this blog and the current series...

August 10, 2021

The Church’s complicity in racial injustice: The Bible, injustice, and race#5; Justice#30

The behavior of Christians is often cited as a justification for rejecting Christianity. Whether it...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

Are all persons created equal? The Bible, injustice, and race#3; Justice#28

Are all persons created equal? We have established in previous posts that biblically the...

July 05, 2021

Gender and Justice: Women-Injustice#14; Justice#25

"Church is not the place for me." This is what many non-churched persons think after...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

Misogyny and the Bible: Does the NT teach that women must be silent in the church? An examination of 1 Cor 14:34-35: Women-Injustice#13; Justice#24

Christians and the Bible are misogynistic: so the claim goes. And the proof is found...

June 24, 2021

Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 3): Women-Injustice#12; Justice#23

There is no question that 1 Cor 11:2-16 appears to teach that women are...

June 22, 2021

Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 2): Women-Injustice#11; Justice#22

There is no question that 1 Cor 11:2-16 appears to teach that women are subordinate...

June 15, 2021

Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 1): Women-Injustice#10; Justice#21

1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and 14:34-35 are two of the more common passages cited by those...

June 04, 2021

The prominence of Women in the New Testament: Women-Injustice#7; Justice#18

I have been arguing that in the New Creation male and female are equal in...

June 02, 2021

Aiming towards a biblical theology of gender: Women-Injustice#6; Justice#17

Genesis 3 in the New Creation I argued in the last post on women and...

March 2021

March 30, 2021

Women, Injustice, and the Bible: Women-Injustice#1; Justice#12

I suspect that most everyone would agree that women face unfair treatment on a global...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

Abuse in the Church. Why leaders fall.

We have recently learned that the accusations of sexual misconduct against the deceased, iconic apologist...

January 2021

January 26, 2021

The Poor you will always have: Justice#6

“For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me”...

January 20, 2021

Challenging the Church to be the Church

Today, the US will inaugurate its next president. For some, this day marks the end...