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June 2020

June 18, 2020

History Repeating Itself?

History Repeating Itself? History does not really repeat itself, but there are patterns and similarities...

June 14, 2020

The Problem with “All Lives Matter”

The Problem with “All Lives Matter” “Black lives matter!” Predictable response from some white people:...

June 10, 2020

How American (White) Evangelicalism Has Changed

How American (White) Evangelicalism Has Changed I have lived a long life “in the thick”...

June 06, 2020

What Is the Purpose of Preaching?

What Is the Purpose of Preaching? Over the past many years of life as a...

June 02, 2020

Clearing Up Confusion about “Theology” (Prolegomena to Prolegomena)

Clearing Up Confusion about “Theology” (Prolegomena to Prolegomena) Systematic or constructive theology usually begins with...

May 2020

May 30, 2020

What Would It Take (To Convince Doubters That American Is Becoming a Police State)?

What Would It Take (To Convince Doubters That America Is Becoming a Police State)? For...

May 26, 2020

Why Study/Learn Historical Theology

Why Study/Learn Historical Theology? I was recently asked to address a group on this subject:...

May 23, 2020

Why Lying Has Become Normal and Acceptable

Why Lying Has Become Normal and Acceptable Just this week I necessarily visited two “big...

May 21, 2020

The Problems and Possibilities of Christian Apologetics

The Problems and Possibilities of Christian Apologetics Recently a very popular Christian apologist (defender of...

May 17, 2020

Confusion Reigns about COVID 19 Fatality Rates

Confusion Reigns about COVID 19 Fatality Rates This is my final post on this subject—at...

May 15, 2020

My One Concern (Here) about the Pandemic

My One Concern (Here) about the Pandemic Many respondents to my most recent post have...

May 13, 2020

Why Is It So Difficult to Get Reliable Information about the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic?

Why Is It So Difficult to Get Reliable Information about the COVID-19 Virus Pandemic? I...

May 09, 2020

The Problem with Calvinism is Fundamentalism

The Problem with Calvinism is Fundamentalism I have long studied varieties of Calvinism—from mainline Reformed...

May 05, 2020

Does God Ever Make Us “Worthy?”

Does God Ever Make Us “Worthy?” Recently I heard a contemporary worship song that expresses...

May 03, 2020

Toxic Religion

Toxic Religion Last evening my wife and I watched Dateline (May 1, 2020)—an American “news...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

What Is “Prayer?”

What Is “Prayer?” Very few subjects provoke my thoughts more than prayer. Of course, praying...

April 24, 2020

“Unchurching”

“Unchurching” I recently viewed a Youtube video of a TedTalk given at Palo Alto...

April 20, 2020

What Makes a Group of People “Church?” Part 2

What Makes a Group of People “Church?” Part 2 Let’s get something out of the...

April 17, 2020

What Makes a Group of People “Church?” Part 1

What Makes a Group of People “Church?” Part 1 Let’s get something out of the...

April 12, 2020

Christianity and Economics

Christianity and Economics For good reason economics is traditionally labeled “the dismal science.” Even the...

April 09, 2020

Calvinism Is Impossible

Calvinism Is Impossible Obviously by “impossible” I don’t mean it doesn’t exist. Here I am...

April 04, 2020

Where Is God in This Pandemic?

Where Is God in This Pandemic? Several people have asked me “Where is God...

April 01, 2020

“This World Is Not My Home” A Reminder to Evangelical Christians

“This World Is Not My Home” A Reminder to Evangelical Christians I know what some...

March 2020

March 28, 2020

The “Ultimate” and the “Penultimate”: An Important Distinction in Christian Ethics

The “Ultimate” and the “Penultimate”: An Important Distinction in Christian Ethics Lately I’ve been re-reading...

March 26, 2020

Why Should the Human Species Survive?

Why Should the Human Species Survive? Someone here repeated a comment I have heard many...

March 22, 2020

What Matters More Than Anything Else at All, Whatsoever?

What Matters More Than Anything Else at All, Whatsoever? I’m not asking what matters to...

March 21, 2020

Why I Am Disobeying the Bible

Why I Am Disobeying the Bible I was brought up to believe, as I was...

March 18, 2020

Can God Change?

Can God Change? Can God change? This question is here and now only for biblically-...

March 15, 2020

Can a True Christian Be Demon Possessed?

Can a True Christian be Demon Possessed? I know this is one of the strangest...

March 13, 2020

Responding Theologically to the Coronovirus Epidemic

Responding Theologically to the Coronavirus Epidemic Let me just say up front that I am...