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May 2024

May 10, 2024

The John Birch Society and the Republican Party

The John Birch Society and the Republican Party People smarter than I and more “in...

May 08, 2024

How a Christian Can Influence Culture for the Good

How a Christian Can Influence Culture for the Good Of course, there are numerous ways...

May 05, 2024

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Ambivalence

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Ambivalence Here I take up two more parts or sections...

May 04, 2024

Is American Christian Nationalism A Threat?

Is American Christian Nationalism an existential threat? Guest Post by Theologian Ted Peters Ted Peters...

May 02, 2024

Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel

Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel A faithful follower of this blog asked me to...

April 2024

April 30, 2024

Evangelical Pastor Goes Ballistic on Trump

Evangelical Pastor Goes Ballistic on Trump You may have already seen it. It’s all over...

April 28, 2024

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Revolution and …

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Revolution and … Equality/Inequality Here I am taking up for...

April 26, 2024

My Experiences with Liberal Churches

My Experiences with Liberal Churches Recently I posted a blog essay here about my nostalgia...

April 24, 2024

Feeling Nostalgia for Fundamentalism

Feeling Nostalgia for Fundamentalism I had a memory “flashback.” I suddenly, out of nowhere, remembered...

April 21, 2024

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Social Reform

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Social Reform Here I take up two more sections of...

April 19, 2024

Why Calvinism Cannot Be True and Is It Heresy?

Why Calvinism Cannot Be True and Is It Heresy? Of course I’ve addressed this before...

April 16, 2024

How Many Gods Do Christians Believe In?

How Many Gods Do Christians Believe in? Titles generally require that all nouns begin with...

April 13, 2024

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Power & State

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Power & State Several readers and I are here discussing...

April 12, 2024

What Is (Christian) Folk Religion?

What Is (Christian) Folk Religion? Folk religion is an anthropological category also used in the...

April 10, 2024

What Does “The Blood of Jesus” Mean?

What Does “The Blood of Jesus” Mean? Recently there has been some public criticism of...

April 07, 2024

The Meaning of Christianity: Liberty and Tolerance

The Meaning of Christianity: Liberty and Tolerance Under discussion here are two small portions of...

April 06, 2024

What Is a “Resurrection Body?”

What Is a “Resurrection Body?” We are not a week away (past) Easter Sunday. And...

April 04, 2024

Should Homosexuality Be Criminal? About Uganda

Should Homosexuality Be Criminal? About Uganda According to many news reports a court in Uganda...

April 02, 2024

Is “Evil” Science Fiction?

Is “Evil” Science Fiction? I have watched several episodes of a new television show called...

March 2024

March 30, 2024

Are All Saved People Christians? Are All Christians Saved

Are All Saved People Christians? Are All Christians Saved? I’ve written about these questions before,...

March 26, 2024

Empirical Christianity versus Real Christianity

Empirical Christianity versus Real Christianity I rarely devote a whole blog essay to answering one...

March 24, 2024

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Chapter Two

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Chapter Two: The Individual and Prophetic Hope and Chapter Three:...

March 23, 2024

O, That Again: Another Book about Evangelicalism

O, That Again: Another Book about Evangelicalism No, this time I’m not going to name...

March 21, 2024

What Good Education Does

What Good Education Does As most readers here will already know, I was (and am...

March 19, 2024

When Did Character Stop Mattering?

When Did Character Stop Mattering? Today, 2024, most Christian Trump supporters (and others) claim that...

March 17, 2024

Tinder: The Prophet Stance

Tinder: The Prophetic Stance These are some of my thoughts about this week’s portion of...

March 14, 2024

Belief in Satan without God?

Belief in Satan without God? A notable feature of contemporary American culture (I won’t speak...

March 12, 2024

Christian Zionism Gone Crazy

Christian Zionism Gone Crazy Recently I met a Christian man, an evangelical, who believes the...

March 10, 2024

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Chapter Two…

The Political Meaning of Christianity: Chapter Two: Prophetic Hope: Community and Society and The Ideal...

March 07, 2024

Generational Curses?

Generational Curses? Recently I have been asked about generational curses. Do I believe in them?...

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