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September 2026

September 22, 2026

Why I Am No Longer a Christian Zionist

My journey away from Christian Zionism definitely took place over time. In the early years...

May 2026

May 05, 2026

The Gospel Above Party: Why I Speak Critically of Power

Thanks for your replies to my message on Facebook regarding my repost of Rick Steves'...

February 2026

February 25, 2026

A Scholar Weighs In: Why Don’t You Listen to Our Voices?

Recently, a number of former students of mine have expressed their appreciation for my teaching...

August 2025

August 15, 2025

When Trump and MAGA Meet the War Machine

Trump and Putin are scheduled to meet today. I truly hope that a just peace...

July 2025

July 10, 2025

Seeing Clearly—While Blind: Dangerous Deception & the Church

Dear Jesus, I thank you that I am not like others. They may be deceived,...

May 2025

May 13, 2025

Christianity & Nationalism are they Mutually exclusive? YES!

Christian Nationalism is an oxymoron? How so? I begin by pointing out that the mere...

April 2025

April 14, 2025

Israel’s war on Gaza: When is it “enough”?

An interviewer asks a medical doctor, “Are children in Gaza being shot by snipers?” His...

March 2025

March 14, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil Attacking Free Speech or Dangerous Precedent

Whether the US is great or not is a debate for another day. One great...

January 2025

January 06, 2025

Trump: Why I am not Looking Forward to the next 4 years

Well, I am sure that Donald Trump's election will provide plenty of material for this...

December 2024

December 23, 2024

Can Christianity Today Model the Conversations Churches Need

I recently had a conversation with another pastor-friend. At one point, we moved on to...

November 2024

November 25, 2024

Huckabee, Gaza, and the Evangelical Failure to Seek Justice

Palestinian Pastor Munther Isaac recently posted, “The irony for us Palestinian Christians is that evangelicals,...

November 04, 2024

Election Day 2025 What we need to know to vote well

The Kingdom of God Isn’t on the Ballot: A Guide to Voting with Purpose “Today...

August 2024

August 26, 2024

Are we the bad guys?

This title derives from a recent blog by Craig Murray, “We Are the Bad Guys.”...

August 19, 2024

The War Machine rolls on and our government continues to lie

The war in Ukraine is going so well. After two years of fighting off the...

August 12, 2024

Bought and Paid For: How Money Hijacks American Democracy

The question is simple: Should we allow our democratic process to be determined by money?...

August 05, 2024

What if we loved our neighbors even when we disagree?

It is fundamental to the Christian worldview that all persons are made in the image...

August 01, 2024

What if being Pro-Life begins with ourselves?

What if we could sit back and cry “foul” to all the things that we...

July 2024

July 25, 2024

Fantasy Football & the Bible: Drafting To Understand

So, it is that time of year for those who play fantasy football. We will...

July 24, 2024

Will it be a terrible day for the US? We must demand peace!

By now, you are well aware that on October 7, 2023, Israel endured its worst...

July 11, 2024

What happened to American democracy?

"For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil . ....

March 2024

March 11, 2024

Jesus & Politics: What you need to know & don’t want to hear

This week Determinetruth will begin a series of livestream events over the next 8 months...

February 2024

February 05, 2024

Gaza When will this damnable war end, When will we speak up?

Well, they did it—though I don’t believe this is something to be celebrated. Israel has...

November 2023

November 13, 2023

Jesus demands that we call for an end to this war: How can anyone rejoice at death?

Before I begin, allow me to note that You NEED to take an hour...

September 2023

September 11, 2023

Jesus and the banks: 2 reasons why Jesus would not be pleased with Credit Card rebates

In a previous post, I briefly commented on the banking industry's practices of charging excessive...

September 04, 2023

The Purpose of the Law: Why Jesus and Robin Hood did not break the law. And why our Sunday school lessons may have got it all wrong. 10 Commandments #5

In a previous post, I asked if Robin Hood was a hero or a criminal....

May 2023

May 29, 2023

Is God a moral monster? The book of Revelation and wrath #2

In my last post, “Is God a moral monster?”, I asked the question: “How come...

January 2023

January 15, 2023

Can’t we all just get along? The problem with pursuing Truth! Worldviews #2

I left off last time by asking: What sort of things influence our worldview? The...

December 2022

December 05, 2022

Want to overcome poverty and racial injustice? Change the educational system. Evangelicals, Justice, and Race #20

In July-December of 2021, I made a series of 19 posts on the issue of...

November 2022

November 07, 2022

Why our hope is not in the Election. The Beast/Anti-Christ #5

I noted in my post on Oct 18 “Before I proceed, I suppose that it...

October 2022

October 29, 2022

The anti-Christ is right in front of us and why didn’t know: The Beast/anti-Christ #4

The geopolitical order is not just a matter of world politics, of empires and kingdoms;...