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November 2022

November 11, 2022

What Was The “Original” Original Sin?

What was the first sin? For centuries theologians have wrestled over what constituted Adam and Eve’s...

November 07, 2022

The Anti-Human Obsession of Progressive Christianity

This is a Guest Post by my friend and colleague Logan Zeppieri. Logan holds an MA in...

October 2022

October 27, 2022

Are Christians and Born Again Christians The Same Thing?

Are Christians and "Born Again" Christians the same thing? Well, the straight forward and simple...

October 21, 2022

Reading As An Evangelical: How To Cultivate A Christian Mind

In a previous series of posts, I talked about the four, primary domains of Christian...

October 17, 2022

Race, Sex and Social Justice: The Impact of Herbert Marcuse in America

It seems redundant to point out that with every cry of racial injustice and every...

October 12, 2022

20 Common Sense Truths People Hate

Recently Jordan Peterson interviewed Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft. Kreeft is one of the wisest voices in American...

October 03, 2022

Do We Need A New Apologetic?: Responding to the New Paganism

Since the late 17th century, the defense of the Christian faith has primarily been made...

September 2022

September 30, 2022

Recovering From a Heart Attack (Conclusion): Giving Thanks & What Will Change?

This is the final post in a series about my recent heart attack and quadruple...

September 26, 2022

Recovering From a Heart Attack (Part 4): Experiencing God & The Fellowship of Christ’s Sufferings

In this series, I am recounting the work of God in my own life. This...

September 23, 2022

Recovering From A Heart Attack (Part 3): The Mercy of God & Demons Next Door

It has often been said that the greatest apologetic for the truth of the Christian...

September 19, 2022

Recovering From A Heart Attack (Part 2): The Beautiful Family of God

In this series, I am articulating my own experience of living through a heart attack,...

September 16, 2022

Recovering From A Heart Attack (Part 1): When God Takes You On A “Detour”

A note to my readers: This next series will cover some personal ground. In my...

September 12, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 4 – Spiritual Formation

One fundamental element of Christian discipleship is the pursuit of sacred knowledge. We might say...

September 09, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 3 – Church History

Continuing in this series on what makes for a robust program of Christian discipleship and...

September 05, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 2(c) – Cultural Apologetics

In this series, I am considering four main areas of Christian study: Theology, Apologetics, Church...

September 02, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 2(b) Historical Apologetics

In the previous post in this series, I discussed the first category of Christian Apologetics: Philosophical...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 2(a) – Philosophical Apologetics

In this series, I am stepping back to look at the discipline of attaining Christian...

August 26, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 1 – Theology

There are many specific areas of knowledge relevant to the study of God, God's creation,...

August 19, 2022

Why It’s Good To Be Unappreciated

Never and nowhere has it been claimed that living an authentically Christian life will lead...

August 15, 2022

Should Evangelicals Have Children? (Part 3): On Self-Regard

In this series, I have argued it is bad for committed Christian couples to intentionally...

August 12, 2022

Should Evangelicals Have Children? (Part 2): On Selfishness

In my first post, I mentioned what inspired this series-- me becoming aware of a...

August 07, 2022

Should Evangelicals Have Children? (Part 1): On Sacrifice

When this month's "Topics To Write About" list for Patheos authors arrived in my inbox,...

August 04, 2022

White Evangelicals, Stupidity And The Hope Of “Black Christian Nationalism”

Too many white, evangelical leaders have bought into a lie. The lie being that Christian...

July 2022

July 25, 2022

Aliens, UFOs and The Bible

There are few things that give me serious pause when it comes to understanding reality...

July 22, 2022

Christianity and Pagan Knowledge: Three Approaches

In the history of the Christian Church, there are roughly three kinds of people to...

July 15, 2022

Dead Christians Are of No Value To The Devil: Reflections On Joseph, Propaganda and The Church

A dead Christian is of no value to the Devil. Only a Christian who is...

July 11, 2022

What’s Really Killing The Evangelical Church: Ambition and The American Dream

"Grabbing for the gold (brass) ring," has always sounded very American. The idea of unbounded...

July 07, 2022

“Overturned”: Roe v. Wade And The Conservative Beachhead

This is a Guest Post by my friend and colleague Logan Zeppieri. Logan holds an MA in...

July 01, 2022

More Reflections on Abortion: Agape, Eros and Our Desperate Pursuit of Bodily Pleasure

In a profound yet enigmatic book, Christ and Culture, theologian Graham Ward makes an incisive...

June 2022

June 27, 2022

A Few Thoughts On Roe v. Wade: Seinfeld, Moral Attitudes and Giving Moral Praise

There is a scene from an old Seinfeld episode, one of the few Seinfeld episodes I remember, that...