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February 2019

February 21, 2019

The Future Is Now: 2.0 Research Opportunities on Everyday Cyborgs 2.0

I spotted two research opportunities related to "Everyday Cyborgs 2.0" and wanted to share those...

December 2017

December 04, 2017

Scribblings in the Margins of the Law

When the above meme was drawn to my attention, I felt I had to share...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

Do No Harm Act

Via the blog Joe My God, I learned about an effort to amend the federal Religious...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

What Isn’t Religion?

I had a hard time even figuring out what to call this post. My friend and...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

The Bible is Clear: You Must Not Distort Justice

Loren Rosson has an absolutely fantastic guest post by his friend Ray Vaillancourt, offering a...

August 2015

August 11, 2015

How a Letter Becomes a Scripture

Having finished a study of 1 Corinthians, my Sunday school class proposed as its next...

August 04, 2015

Not Terrorism, Not Appropriate Either

Eddie Kouya drew attention to an article in the Daily Telegraph, about plans to use anti-terrorism...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Belief informs Behavior

Ben Irwin wrote recently on his blog: If your theology leads to behavior that is unloving or...

July 01, 2015

RFRA Kicks Into Effect Today in Indiana

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act kicks into effect today in Indiana. This is the bill...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Breaking News: Supreme Court Decides in Favor of Marriage Equality!

The news has just broken that the Supreme Court of the United States has issued...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Supreme Court Deliberates Same-Sex Marriage

The Supreme Court of the United States heard a case today about marriage equality, on...

April 22, 2015

Tradition (No, No, This is Completely Different!)

The cartoon above is one of a few that Bruce Gerencser shared on his blog,...

April 02, 2015

Breaking News: Discrimination Illegal in Indiana

For the first time in its history, there is a law that prohibits discrimination on the basis...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Mike Pence Asks for New Legislation

For those who may have missed it, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence just asked for legislation...

March 28, 2015

Larry Berhrendt on Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Acts

Larry Behrendt wrote the above words in a comment here on this blog, and I...

March 26, 2015

The “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” Is Now Law In Indiana: How Should We Respond?

The governor of Indiana Mike Pence has signed the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" and made...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Rest or Rules?

The above cartoon by David Hayward seems to me to make much the same point...

August 23, 2014

The Rule of Love

The quote comes from Jonathan Bernier's recent post, "Paul, Conversion, and Homosexuality," and I highly...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Religion and Recession

A recent piece in the New York Times highlighted statistics that suggest majors in religion...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Gay Wedding Cake Discrimination

In comments on my post yesterday about standing against discrimination and other forms of injustice,...

February 14, 2014

You Have Heard Them Called Antitheses, But I Say To You…

Doug Chaplin has posted about the extraordinary antitheses in Matthew's Gospel. I disagree with his...

September 2013

September 22, 2013

Was Child Sacrifice Once Common?

As modern people, we often find it hard to believe that ancient people lived as...

June 2013

June 29, 2013

Vridar Returns (and a Review of a Review of a Review)

Before Vridar had been shut down as a result of a copyright complaint from Joel Watts,...

June 21, 2013

Retelling Romans 3:21-31

And now, God's justice has been manifested apart from the Bible (though the Bible testifies...

June 19, 2013

N. T. Wright and James D. G. Dunn on the New Perspective on Paul

HT Cliff Kvidahl on Facebook

April 2013

April 04, 2013

It Is Written vs. God Has Shown Me

Fred Clark has an excellent post highlighting the contrast between two different outlooks reflected in...

March 2013

March 05, 2013

The Ten Recommendations

When I saw yesterday's Non Sequitur cartoon, it reminded me of something that I run up...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

The Third Law of Theology

Unvirtuous Abbey posted this as a status update on Facebook: The Third Law of Theology:...

December 06, 2012

Truth in Education

Indiana State Senator Dennis Kruse is the man behind several past attempts to pass creationist...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

The Bible and Economic and Social Justice: Following Ruth into Leviticus

I've been wanting to post some thoughts that came up in my class on the...

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