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November 2020

November 01, 2020

A Requiem

I write this knowing every group, every segment of any religious, cultural, socio-political part of...

October 2020

October 23, 2020

Presidents, Pastors, and John Piper

Disgraced evangelical leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., infamously noted in 2016 that we were not electing...

October 20, 2020

Some Problems with Originalism

With the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court the topic of originalism...

October 08, 2020

I’m Not Voting for A Politician

I hear this all the time: “I’m tired of politicians. I want someone real, someone...

September 2020

September 27, 2020

Obsess Much?

I don’t normally engage other Patheos contributors, but sometimes, just for fun, I like any...

September 19, 2020

Open Bibles—Open Minds

Something I found growing up in the fundamentalist-evangelical world, was that having a closed mind...

September 05, 2020

When the World is on Fire

(I wrote this at the height of the recent fires in Northern California) As I...

August 2020

August 24, 2020

A Theology That Bleeds

In my former life as an evangelical (really more a fundamentalist) I was always interested...

August 14, 2020

Christ: The End of Religion, Part Two

In the following, what I present is an interpretation from a finite, limited perspective (obviously)....

August 08, 2020

Christ: The End of Religion, Part One

In the following, what I present is an interpretation from a finite, limited perspective (obviously)....

July 2020

July 15, 2020

Biblical Justice is Social Justice

Running through the theological framework of fundamentalism and evangelicalism, perhaps even the Protestant tradition, is...

July 09, 2020

Is Separating the Gospel from Social Justice a Sign of White Privilege?

I’m suspicious. When I read or hear something put out by those most critical of...

June 2020

June 22, 2020

Evangelicals Are Attracted to Conspiracy Theories—Why?

Many voices from across the evangelical spectrum have all noted the same problem, which is...

June 06, 2020

Who’s Afraid of Progressive Christianity?

Clearly, Alisa Childers is. Obviously, I write on the Progressive Christianity platform created by Patheos....

May 2020

May 31, 2020

When There is No Peace

This is something (revised) I posted some time ago. However, given recent events, I thought...

May 20, 2020

How to Read the Bible

When Christians read the Bible, what is it they want or hope to gain? There...

May 09, 2020

We Are All Monastics Now

Whether we ever thought of ourselves as contemplatives or monks before, we are now. And,...

April 2020

April 19, 2020

We Are Sheep-We Are Goats

In the Christian narrative we find the picture of humans and their response to God...

April 07, 2020

Presumption not Faith

From stories like these (here, here, and here), one could credibly assert that certain parts...

April 01, 2020

What the World Needs Now

We need a lot of things right now. We need a vaccine. We need ventilators....

March 2020

March 21, 2020

In Times of Crisis: We Are Our Prayers

Obviously, during a time like this, we need to be listening to the best medical,...

March 12, 2020

The Pecuniary Over Principle—Mammon Over Morality

I’ve started a fascinating book written by Eugene McCarraher, which asserts, among other things, that capitalism...

February 2020

February 18, 2020

Evangelism as Pathos and Concealment

I was reading a review of David B. Hart’s new book on universalism, which I’ve...

February 06, 2020

What Did Jesus Get Upset About?

I’ve focused several times on the fact that evangelicals, in my opinion, get upset over...

January 2020

January 24, 2020

Al Mohler Misses the Point and Makes it—All at the Same Time

Albert Mohler is upset. He came across a New York Times essay he didn’t agree...

January 11, 2020

Christian: We Don’t Have to Baptize Everything

One of the heresies of modern times is that we live in a two-story universe. ...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

Leithart Makes A Poor Case for Keeping Trump

I respect Peter Leithart a great deal and have read several of his books. His...

December 08, 2019

Advent Meditation: Only Those in Darkness

Only those in darkness can see a great light. The people who walked in darkness...

November 2019

November 23, 2019

Chosen and Elected? Yes.

In Deuteronomy 14:2 we read: "For you are a holy people to the LORD your...

November 08, 2019

The Prodigal Son and Hell’s Location

Periodically I plan to post reflections from my Patreon blog here at Patheos. These are...