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2026-01-06T07:15:25-07:00

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Can Ethnic Pride Be Rational?

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 7:15 am By Brad Vaughn

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In a recent conversation, someone in our group posed the question, “Is it rational to have cultural or ethnic pride? If we didn’t accomplish anything our ethnic group did in the past, and we’re just products of our parents’ biology, is it actually rational to feel ethnic pride?” For some, this seems like a nonsensical question, especially in a day when ethnicity and culture (for many people) have become idols in themselves. But it’s a fair question, one that cuts... Read more

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2025-12-09T08:07:24-07:00

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Honor and Shame in Mary’s Magnificat

Last updated on: December 9, 2025 at 8:07 am By Brad Vaughn

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Mary’s Magnificat bursts with themes of honor and shame that resonate deeply with the cultural world of first-century Palestine Read more

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2025-11-25T07:41:38-07:00

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You’re Either a Louse or a Legend?

Last updated on: November 25, 2025 at 7:41 am By Brad Vaughn

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In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky’s protagonist, Raskolnikov, offers a chilling simplification of the human condition: “I simply wanted to have the daring… and I killed. I only wanted to dare, Sonia! That’s what seduced me—what made me want to become a Napoleon. That’s why I murdered.” Beneath all his tortured philosophy and moral calculation lies a stark self-diagnosis: he is either a louse (i.e., an ordinary, forgettable nobody) or a legend – an extraordinary man, worthy of bending the rules... Read more

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2025-07-21T12:43:55-07:00

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The Heart of Biblical Sacrifice Is Not Blood and Death

Last updated on: July 21, 2025 at 12:43 pm By Brad Vaughn

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Popular evangelical theology often reduces Israel’s sacrificial system to a simple blood transaction: God punishes an animal instead .... Read more

2025-04-25T10:53:28-07:00

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Self-Ambition Is a Cancer

Last updated on: April 25, 2025 at 10:53 am By Brad Vaughn

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Self-ambition is a cancer. It'd rather be famous than faithful. Modern self-ambition is a theological mutation of that same sort of impulse. Read more

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2025-04-24T14:03:08-07:00

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Should We Emphasize Jesus as King to People Without Kings?

Last updated on: April 24, 2025 at 2:03 pm By Brad Vaughn

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Should we emphasize Jesus as King to people who don't have kings? Ought we still to stress this point to contemporary people? Read more

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2025-07-21T12:26:00-07:00

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The Temple as Sacred Space for Divine Honor

Last updated on: July 21, 2025 at 12:26 pm By Brad Vaughn

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Israel’s temple functioned as theological statements about God’s design for creation and the nature of atonement itself. Read more

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2025-04-20T14:46:04-07:00

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“Why Have You Forsaken Me?” and the Problem of Evil

Last updated on: April 20, 2025 at 2:46 pm By Brad Vaughn

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Matthew 27:46 is one of the most unsettling verses in all of Scripture. As Jesus hangs on the cross, he cries out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” It’s not a rhetorical question. And it’s not just a quote from Psalm 22—it’s a raw, personal expression of abandonment. In that one cry, we see the deep mystery of suffering laid bare. Many Christians read this moment through the lens of penal substitution: Jesus is being punished in... Read more

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Why “Jesus Died the Death I Deserve” Misses the Point

Last updated on: June 13, 2025 at 4:17 pm By Brad Vaughn

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A common phrase in contemporary evangelical theology is “Jesus died the death I deserve.” You’ll hear it in sermons, worship songs, and theological discussions. It’s meant to capture the heart of the gospel— that Christ suffered punishment in our place. But what if this seemingly biblical phrase actually distorts the very thing it’s trying to explain? In writing The Cross in Context: Reconsidering Biblical Metaphors for Atonement, I became convinced that this formulation contains a fundamental category error that undermines... Read more

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Doubt Is the New Dogma

Last updated on: April 20, 2025 at 2:01 pm By Brad Vaughn

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doubt doesn’t keep you safe. It keeps you stuck. It doesn’t protect you—it paralyzes you. You can’t sacrifice, can’t serve, can’t love deeply if you’re always hedging your bets. You need faith for that. Read more

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