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Will I die today in a school shooting?

"Will I die today in a school shooting?" This is the existential questions many of...

March 2024

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Bodily Resurrection. Soul 7

Even though Holy Week is just beginning, it's time to think about Easter resurrection and...

February 2024

February 29, 2024

Are frozen embryos really children? Abortion 1

Are frozen embryos really children? The Supreme Court of Alabama forces us to ask this...

February 06, 2024

Hopes and Hazards of Artificial Intelligence

Two hazards frighten our otherwise optimistic AI techies. First, the possibility of superintelligence -- what...

January 2024

January 12, 2024

What is Public Systematic Theology? Part One

Introducing Michael Morch's new book, SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY AS A RATIONALLY JUSTIFIED PUBLIC DISCOURSE ABOUT GOD....

January 01, 2024

Does God Exist?

Does God exist? Does God quench the thirst within our souls to be at one...

December 2023

December 22, 2023

Blessed Mother Olga of Alaska Knitted Mittens

The Blessed Mother Olga of Alaska knitted mittens and, thereby, opened the gate to the...

November 2023

November 27, 2023

Evangelicals Against Christian Nationalism

The bombastic vitriol spewed by the anti-Christian nationalsm movement is really aimed, I think, at...

November 15, 2023

Christian Nationalism versus the Vermin Curse

To fear Christian Nationalism is like fearing a conspiracy theory. It's a waste of psychic...

November 13, 2023

Big History and Progressive Christianity: Thomas Lindell

Professor Thomas Lindell is a Progressive Christian who incorporates Big Bang cosmology and evolutionary biology...

November 02, 2023

The God Question in Cosmic History

I recommend that Big History expand its method to include the history of humanity's differentiating...

October 2023

October 29, 2023

What is History in Big History?

One task of history within Big History, I believe, should be to chronicle and interpret...

October 21, 2023

Critique of Ted Peters by Mitchell Diamond

Mitchell Diamond's critique of Ted Peters is actually a critique of Big History. Diamond argues...

October 07, 2023

Science, Religion, and Deep Time

The terrific new book, "Science, Religion, and Deep Time," is an honest attempt to resolve...

September 2023

September 22, 2023

Asking Google Existential Questions

Existential questions prompt anxiety, the fear of nonbeing. We cannot escape them. We all must...

August 2023

August 15, 2023

2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions: Ultimate Unity

On the one hand, I rejoice that representatives of various religions affirm freedom and human...

August 04, 2023

Words and Worldview

Our worldview is constructed mostly by the words we recognize and articulate.

August 03, 2023

Are UFOs demonic?

It is very rare for someone to believe that UFOs are a smokescreen from Satan...

July 2023

July 28, 2023

What is Blasphemy?

Blasphemy is in the news reporting on movements to repeal anti-blasphemy laws and because of...

July 22, 2023

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Pope Francis has just appointed Argentinian Archbishop Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández to head the Dicastery...

July 20, 2023

Pentagon, show us the aliens!

Will the US House Oversight Committee show us the aliens? Not likely.

July 11, 2023

Low Tide for America’s Churches?

Church decline, like low tide, leaves the sun to bleach out the traditional religious depth...

July 01, 2023

Paul Lange on Praying for a Miracle. Miracles 8

Should we be praying for a miracle? Yes, answers distinguished scientist and cancer specialist Paul...

June 2023

June 29, 2023

UFO Whistleblowing

UFO whistleblowing appears every day in news broadcasts. It is increasing attendance at the 2023...

May 2023

May 30, 2023

Is resurrection the ultimate miracle? Miracles 6

When God raised Jesus from the dead on the first Easter, God promised to raise...

May 22, 2023

Is Special Divine Action miraculous? Miracles 4

Special Divine Action comes in two forms, miraculous and non-miraculous. Robert John Russell's NIODA (Non-Interventionist...

May 11, 2023

How to see a miracle? Miracles 1

How to see a miracle? It's easy to dismiss an event of God's grace when...

April 2023

April 28, 2023

The Science-as-Savior Eco-Myth

The science-as-savior myth coined two plus centuries ago by Europe's Enlightenment has resurfaced as an...

April 16, 2023

Abortion access for women’s health? What about the baby?

Abortion access policy should keep the yet-to-be-born baby's welfare in mind. The political wrangling should...

April 11, 2023

Children, Guns, and Abortion

The public debate over children, guns, and abortion seems confusing. Republicans allow living children to...