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June 16, 2026

Free Will and Christian Freedom TWO

Within a deterministic framework, "libertarian free will" refers to self-determination and "Christian freedom" refers to...

March 2026

March 15, 2026

Resources for Public Theology

Public Theology resources in books and online

November 2025

November 11, 2025

AI and Public Theology

Both Silicon Valley techies and public theologians register the same two fears about the future...

June 2025

June 26, 2025

Is our free will really in jail?

Neurophilosophy based on neuroscience locks human free will up in a deterministic jail. The way...

April 2025

April 22, 2025

K2-18b? New Space Neighbors?

Might there by life on exoplanet K2-18b? Does dimethyl sulfide evidence count as a biosignature?...

April 16, 2025

Does Reason Prove the Afterlife? Gödel’s Surprising Argument

Kurt Gödel’s Afterlife Proof for resurrection of the dead meets the standards of scientific rationality...

March 2025

March 14, 2025

Roger Olson on Neoliberalism and Social Darwinism

When the public theologian attempts to diagnose the disease now plaguing Washington DC, Dr. Roger...

February 2025

February 08, 2025

Paula White and Christian Nationalism

Paula White and Christian Nationalism? Are they connected? No. But some self-rightous progressive Chrstians are...

February 03, 2025

Washington’s Attack on Lutherans

The White House has turned its guns on everyone domestic who sedulously spends money on...

January 2025

January 13, 2025

Demons and UAP in the Pentagon?

The talk of the UAP town is the new book by Luis Elizondo, "Imminent." Elizondo...

December 2024

December 16, 2024

Abundant Life and Death at School

The Abundant Life Christian School witnessed one more devastating event in the history of human...

November 2024

November 12, 2024

Faith Alone Belongs to the Gospel

I argue against Patheos columnist Dennis Knapp who contends that "justification by faith alone" is...

October 2024

October 26, 2024

End Christian Nationalism

If Amanda Tyler's ideal pluralistic society would be governed by religious freedom, then Christian nationalists...

October 11, 2024

Christian Nationalist Conspiracy Theory

Yes, we can expect the majority of evangelical Christians in America to believe Donald Trump's...

September 2024

September 20, 2024

Pope Francis vs Jesus as the Only Way, Part 2

In trying to sort out options for interpreting Pope Francis on the world's religions, I...

September 19, 2024

Pope Francis vs Jesus as the Only Way, Part 1

In his Singapore address of September 13, 2024, Pope Francis enunciated the position commonly known...

September 12, 2024

Our Confession of Evangelical Conviction: the New Barmen?

Is "Our Confession of Evangelical Conviction" of 2024 the new Barmen Declaration of 1934? The...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

Justification of the Doubter

God's grace justifies the doubter as well as the sinner, according to Paul Tillich.

August 06, 2024

Dancing the Lutheran Walz

Dancing the Lutheran Walz will put a smile on our face and a chuckle in...

August 03, 2024

Anti-Anti-Christian Nationalism, Part 3

Anti-Anti-Christian Nationalism does not support Christian Nationalism, to be sure. But it critiques Anti-Christian Nationalism...

July 2024

July 31, 2024

Anti-Anti-Christian Nationalism, Part 2

Anti-Christian Nationalism warns us against Christian Nationalism. This is a waste of energy. The real...

July 28, 2024

Anti-Anti-Christian Nationalism, Part 1

If you can find an actual American Christian Nationalist to interrogate, you'll hear something like...

July 24, 2024

Advice to Kamala Harris. Abortion 6

Democrats defend women's health. Republicans defend the unborn child from conception onward. What about those...

July 21, 2024

Project 2025 on Christian Nationalism

Does Project 2025 pave the road toward an American Christian Nationalist theocracy? Not in the...

July 19, 2024

No Threat of Christian Nationalism

Despite Christians against Christian nationalism warning us to fight the heretical and unpatriotic dragon, we...

July 15, 2024

Trump, Unity, and the Scapegoat

The near death experience of presidential candidate Donald Trump places him at the vortex of...

June 2024

June 15, 2024

Moltmann, Muslims and Al-Mizan

Jürgen Moltmann along with the Muslims composing Al-Mizan have heard our scientists prophesying planetary ecocide...

June 05, 2024

Un-Baptizing American Christian Nationalism

Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood's new book, "Baptizing America," blames yesterday's mainline Protestants for today's...

May 2024

May 26, 2024

My Appeal to Heaven on Christian Nationalism

Might we legitimately interpret the pine tree on the "An Appeal to Heaven" flag as...

May 24, 2024

Response to Underwood on Christian Nationalism

Intra-Christian fighting over Christian Nationalism draws attention away from confronting the real existential problem America...