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Why We Think Money Can Defeat Death (It Can’t)

Despite our delusional belief that accumulating a large amount of money or that people will...

March 2026

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Resources for Public Theology

Public Theology resources in books and online

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Redeeming America Resources

The road to "Renewing America" begins with a map of the destination. On that map...

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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...

May 2025

May 15, 2025

Corruption and Cruelty without Conscience

Government sponsored corruption and cruelty rattle the religious conscience while MAGA Republican bystanders shamelessly keep...

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...

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 08, 2024

Walz and Lutheran Public Theology

Might a future Vice President Tim Walz benefit from deliberating out of a Lutheran Public...

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 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...