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December 2025

December 23, 2025

The Intolerance of Christmas

Is Christmas really a holiday of peace? In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus says something that suggests...

February 2025

February 11, 2025

The “Gods” of Left and Right: The Left-Wing God

Ever since Panaetius of Rhodes (185-110/109 BC) philosophers have recognized three modes of theological expression....

January 2025

January 08, 2025

What is the Soul? An Interview with Joshua Farris

This episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast takes a deep dive into theology and...

December 2024

December 06, 2024

Are Demons Using AI?

Before I begin, Happy St. Nicholas Day! Let's just get that out there first. Second,...

March 2024

March 11, 2024

God Knows Ye Shall Be As Gods!

“This communion which the saints have with Christ doth not make them in any wise...

February 2024

February 09, 2024

How Many “Gods” Are There Really?

It has long been a theological and metaphysical bone of contention as to whether there...

December 2023

December 15, 2023

The True Meaning of Christmas: The Death of Paganism

G.K. Chesterton once summarized the religious history of the world in a single sentence: Paganism...

September 2023

September 22, 2023

What Divides The Left and Right?: America’s Battle over “The Way”

For several decades now, many in America have tried to find the central issue, the...

September 01, 2023

3 Views of History and Why They Matter: Part 2 – Progressivism

In this series, I am discussing three views of history. This is not to say...

August 2023

August 23, 2023

3 Views of History And Why They Matter: (Part 1) – Eternal Recurrence

What is history? In one sense, history could just be the accumulated facts of natural...

May 2023

May 31, 2023

The Rise and Fall of The Therapeutic Society (Part 2: The End of Therapy)

In the last post, I gave a brief account of the rise and dominance of...

May 27, 2023

The Rise And Fall of The Therapeutic Society: (Part I – The Rise of Psychology)

In 1955 German sociologist Helmut Schelsky wrote these enigmatic yet incisive words: Psychotherapy and psychological...

May 17, 2023

Are Demons Real?: Movie Review of “Nefarious”

"Yes, Virginia, demons are real." And they are real not only as Francis Church described Santa...

May 12, 2023

Mothers of Us All: A Mother’s Day Reflection on Eve and Mary

Heraclitus once wrote that "War is both father and king of all," and "all things...

April 2023

April 14, 2023

Outsourcing The Family: How The Church Is Handing Over Its Authority to Government

Read Time: 15 minutes To say Protestant churches in America have lost their way is...

April 05, 2023

This Easter, Choose Resurrection Life Over The Culture of Death

As we enter into Easter week, my exhortation to all who read these words is...

January 2023

January 22, 2023

Are You On Mission, Or Just A Trip?

In The Cambridge Guide To Postmodernism, Brian McHale unpacks the idea that there are two contrasting,...

January 11, 2023

Is Masturbation Murder?

The first thing to realize before discussing a topic as sensitive as masturbation, especially when...

January 05, 2023

Year in Review 2022: What Did It Mean for Evangelicals?

I am not accustomed to writing "year in review" type articles. The closest I've come...

December 2022

December 23, 2022

What Christmas Is Really About: Part 3(a) – The Philosophy of Christmas

In the first article in this Christmas series, I argued that Christmas is the Incarnation...

December 19, 2022

What Christmas Is Really About: Part 2 – The Historicity Of Christmas

In the last post, I argued that the true meaning of Christmas is often obscured...

December 16, 2022

What Christmas Is Really About: Part 1 – The Theology of Christmas

What Christmas Is Not About Around this time of year a slew of videos, articles and...

October 2022

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 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...

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 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...

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...

June 2022

June 24, 2022

The Overwhelming Of The Evangelical Mind: Information and The Soul’s Limits

In a previous post, I wrote that the Evangelical mind was being split apart. This...

May 2022

May 27, 2022

Remaking Civilization, Part 2: Recapturing Intrinsic Value

In the previous post in this series, I argued there are three fundamental aspects of...