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September 2017

September 05, 2017

Atheism as Religion, not its Antithesis

The scientific justification for atheism has begun to crumble. Scientific reasoning, scrupulously applied, leads to questions...

August 2017

August 30, 2017

Atheism and the New Conditions of Disbelief

In his book A Secular Age Charles Taylor shows how secularity in his definition: "consists of new...

August 28, 2017

The End of a Privileged Place

A recent article in “Countercurrent News” regarding the ongoing scandal of pedophilia within the Roman...

August 20, 2017

Uncertainty is Our Only Hope

Living with uncertainty is our only hope that God will laugh with joy when we...

August 16, 2017

Jews, Muslims, and Christians Restoring American Ideals

Unity and political solidarity and action are the only way to overturn the ascending forces...

August 10, 2017

Fire and Fury, Will Korean Christians Survive?

a war on the Korean Peninsula? I wonder. Dallas’ own Robert Jeffress has once again...

August 05, 2017

Romans 1 and Same-Sex Relations

The key to understanding any passage in the Bible is surely grasping the author’s intent....

August 01, 2017

Marriage Isn’t a Matter of Doctrine

In a recent article in First Things Paul Stallsworth makes observations about the current structure...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

“Can the West Be Converted?”

I hope not. The great missionary theologian Lesslie Newbigen asked this question in 1987. For...

July 26, 2017

Culture Eats Ideology for Lunch

The economist Peter Drucker nailed an important truth in this pithy saying. It is a...

July 22, 2017

Telling Truth in Public is Civil, not War

PJames Ragland has suggested that the debate about Dallas' civil war monuments has become an...

July 16, 2017

Do We Believe in the Same God?

I get asked this question often when it comes to people of different religions. And...

July 11, 2017

We Need a Re-write

The story of United Methodism has gotten boring. We all have a story. Sometimes these...

July 06, 2017

Our Culture of Fear

No group can ever enjoy a semblance of true civil rights when its members are the...

June 2017

June 20, 2017

ACT for Ignorance

Recent Anti-Shari’a demonstrations hosted by ACT for America have shown us once again that there...

June 04, 2017

Binary BS and PC Politics

When the choices seem simple its probably because you’ve already stepped in it and just...

June 01, 2017

The Death of Civil Discourse or a New Civilization

A recent Wall Street Journal editorial declared that civil discourse is in decline, with dire...

May 2017

May 24, 2017

Everything Dies Baby That’s a Fact

The "Dr." on my calling card represents a PhD in history from the University of...

May 23, 2017

Singing our Faith, or Undermining it?

Who can object to an effort to affirm both faith and learning! We sang Praise...

May 15, 2017

Christian Theology: a Congenital Defect

Am I fearfully and wonderfully made? I learned at age 59 that I had possessed...

May 11, 2017

Political Correctness or Political Culture?

You have your ups and downs. Years ago a professor (Stanley Hauerwas) at the Duke...

May 04, 2017

INRI – An Insult at the Heart of Christian Symbolism

As I turned into a parking lot I saw something on the van in front of...

April 2017

April 23, 2017

Cross-Talk in the UMC

With the United Methodist Judicial Council meeting next week to consider several cases related to...

April 20, 2017

The Fear Factor in Texas Politics

As she stretched my muscles until a tear rolled dripped into the bowl of rose...

March 2017

March 21, 2017

Fear and Loathing in the AG’s Office

Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office just sent a letter that demonstrates again how deeply...

February 2017

February 05, 2017

America’s Forever Immigrants

It has often been said the the United States was founded on immigration. And that...

February 03, 2017

What is a White Supremacist?

Let's keep this fast: You don't have to be an Arian Nation airhead wrapped in...

February 02, 2017

Its Not a Muslim Ban – Its Worse

Atlanta airport, T-Gates. A radio talk show features a debate on President Trump’s executive...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

The Assimilation Debate

Recently Facebook, bringer of many things, brought me two. The first was a quote from...

September 02, 2016

Let’s Talk about Burkhinis!

So I’m trolling through Facebook postings and I find an article on a French ban...

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