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May 2018

May 15, 2018

My Journey back to the Southern Baptists

I became a Christian in college. Perhaps in a future blog I will talk about...

May 08, 2018

Should we Address the Fears of Christians?

A few weeks ago this article was brought to my attention. So basically at UC-Davis...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

What do we do about the Incels?

So last week I learned a new term. That term is incel. Evidently it indicates...

April 25, 2018

Do Sexual Minorities Benefit from Hatred of Christians?

There has been a hurricane of changes over the past decade or so as it...

April 17, 2018

Going Local

In a post-Christian society I am going to occasionally blog about building the Christian community....

April 09, 2018

An Abusive Relationship and Race Relations

Let me tell you a story. There was a man and a woman who were...

April 05, 2018

Apology as Weapon

A disclaimer is in order. I consider myself a moderate on issues of gun control....

March 2018

March 28, 2018

White Conservatives and Christianophobic Progressives

For the first fifteen years or so as an academic, I focused on research that...

March 20, 2018

The Increasing Cost of Supporting Trump

So what do we know about the sordid affair of Stormy Daniels? We have plenty...

March 16, 2018

Lessons from the Demise of the Mainliners

I was looking over the data from the Pew study on the changing religious landscape...

March 09, 2018

They Did It, So We Can Too.

I became involved in a discussion at Rod Dreher’s blog. He was discussing the type...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

Did Progressive Christians play a Role in the Rise of Trump?

I have spent a good deal of time criticizing conservative Christians about their support of...

February 19, 2018

Why it is important that the University of Iowa Officials got Caught

There was a case going around concerning the all-comers policy at the University of Iowa....

February 13, 2018

Coming to a Campus near you.

I had the pleasure last week of attending a seminar on the “Threats to Academic...

February 05, 2018

Angry Non-Leftist Professors

An interesting thing happened after I posted last week about how anger helped to create...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

Anger Made Trump

Much of this is tied to the disrespect that many of Trump voters perceive. They...

January 25, 2018

Why Have We Forgotten about Forgiveness?

Research indicates that religious individuals have more capacity to forgive than non-religious individuals. This difference...

January 18, 2018

It is Time for a New Type of Evangelicalism

We do not have to let evangelicalism be tied to Trump. We do not have...

January 09, 2018

Conservative Christian Colleges and the Coming Student Drought

Conservative Protestant schools should offer something that students cannot get elsewhere.

January 04, 2018

Who Gets to Have Free Speech?

Hate speech is not illegal, and it cannot become illegal. Trust me that when it...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

The War Between Conservative Christians

I am not as concerned about the conflict among Republicans and Democrats as I am...

December 20, 2017

Politics and the Holidays

This has been quite a year in politics. To say that President Trump has been...

December 11, 2017

Are Secularized Societies Stable?

Why am I hesitant to accept secularization theory? One word. Children. Secular individuals have fewer...

December 06, 2017

MyTeamism

There is a poison in our society that is ruining our ability to make intelligent...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

Privilege part 4 – We (almost) all have privilege

A couple of weeks ago I took on the notion that privilege was a myth...

November 20, 2017

Privilege part 3 – The Nonsense of Asking People to Check their Privilege

Last week I took on those who do not tend to take the idea of...

November 16, 2017

Is it Time to Hold Bill Clinton Accountable?

Men should not sexually harass or assault women. It does not matter whether you agree...

November 13, 2017

Privilege part 2 – Is it a Myth?

I stated last week that privilege is a useful concept. Of course not everyone feels...

November 09, 2017

Hasty Decisions and Muslim Immigration

Last week we saw the terrible terrorist attack in New York City. It reminded us...

November 07, 2017

Privilege part 1 – What is it and Does it Matter?

This month I will do a series on the notion of privilege. Over the last...