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October 2020

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...

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...

October 2019

October 26, 2019

Poor Analysis—False Equivalence—Bad Outcome

I’m all for tolerance and civility. Amen brothers. However, I’m also for logic, nuance, and...

October 12, 2019

Dead Man Walking

A further thought: I wonder if these types of trends are accelerating due to what...

August 2019

August 13, 2019

The Unbearable Lightness of Evangelical Triggers

I’ve written before of how evangelicals get upset over the wrong things. And new examples...

August 03, 2019

The Way We Still Are

If one is a white male, it can be very difficult to understand white privilege...

May 2019

May 18, 2019

Just, Pro-Woman

With all the recent bills passing state legislatures (by white men primarily) restricting or limiting...

April 2019

April 14, 2019

Lord of the Left-Behind

Growing up in the fundamentalist-evangelical world, along with the fear of a girl’s rejection, test...

April 05, 2019

You Have No Power Here

There is a scene in the Wizard of Oz, at the beginning, when Dorothy has...

March 2019

March 14, 2019

Government Should Not be Run Like a Business

Something I’ve heard most of my life is a sentiment along the lines of, “Government...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

That God Chose Trump and Other Dumb Ideas

We’ve heard of people, or read of people, who have asserted that God chose Trump...

January 01, 2019

Poor Wayne Grudem

What to do when our departures and reversals from prior positions or statements are this...

December 2018

December 21, 2018

We Have Met the Enemy

I’m not a big believer in the Liberal Democratic Experiment we have been living since...

December 01, 2018

Who’s Afraid of Socialism?

I was brought up to see communism as the brain child of Satan and the...

November 2018

November 08, 2018

Outside the Camp

Since the mid-terms are over, we probably won’t hear much more about the caravan of...

October 2018

October 22, 2018

Lipstick on a Pig

The dilemma moderate evangelical pastors/leaders find themselves facing is, well, the other evangelicals. The majority. ...

October 13, 2018

This Rolling Spectacle

Too much ink has already been spilled and key strokes manipulated regarding the Kavanaugh appointment,...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

What if…?

What if, as Christians, we decided to listen first, rather than respond immediately with, “But...

July 2018

July 04, 2018

America: Israel or Babylon?

We celebrated our independence. Well, that was the idea anyway. I think most of us...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Love or Fear?

In 1 John 4 we are told God is love. Not that God is loving,...

June 11, 2018

Christians: We Are Still Upset Over the Wrong Things

When this post was published on Patheos last June, it clearly hit some nerves. The...

May 2018

May 18, 2018

The Earth is the Holy Land

What are we to make of the US moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to...

March 2018

March 17, 2018

Theology and Culture

To revisit quickly this post (see here), I wanted to follow-up with one of the...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Dining with the Devil

In 1993, Os Guinness wrote a wonderful little book (See here) entitled, “Dining with the...

October 2017

October 15, 2017

Thank You President Trump

Even a perfunctory perusal of most media (social or otherwise), and serious respected commentary (and...

August 2017

August 04, 2017

What is “Political Correctness” Keeping You From Saying Out loud?

We heard it during the 2016 Presidential Campaign. “I just like the fact he speaks...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

On Hoping the Pilot Fails

Some have told us we shouldn’t hope for the failure of the pilot flying the...