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May 2022

May 13, 2022

Remaking Civilization: Part 1 – The Necessity of Hierarchy

At the heart of the biblical view of reality are three deep and abiding claims...

April 2022

April 22, 2022

The First Temptation(s) Of Christ: The Temptation of the Eyes

In this series I have looked at each of Jesus' temptations in the wilderness. First...

April 01, 2022

The First Temptation(s) of Christ: The Trial of The Ego

In this short series I am looking at the three temptations of Christ as recorded...

March 2022

March 18, 2022

The First Temptation(s) of Christ: The Trial of the Body

In this short series I am looking at the wilderness temptations of Jesus, who is...

March 09, 2022

Are We All Vladimir Putin?

During major human tragedies I often look at local news stories. Right now the world's...

March 07, 2022

Four Moral Battles Worth Fighting: Number 4 – Critical Social Justice

There are four moral battles that the Church today must fight, and fight without ceasing....

March 03, 2022

Rethinking “Thoughts and Prayers” For The Ukraine

Over the last week politicians and pundits across the globe, some religious some not, have...

February 2022

February 23, 2022

Four Moral Battles Worth Fighting: Number 3 – Defending the Unborn

In this series I am addressing four prominent and urgent moral battles of our times....

February 04, 2022

The Stupidity of Self-Actualization And How To Get Truly Woke

Arrogance and stupidity often go hand in hand. I, for one, should know this better...

January 2022

January 07, 2022

“His Blood Cries Out From the Ground!”: Climate Change And Moral Corruption

In ancient Hebrew thought, the health of the earth itself was intimately connected to the...

December 2021

December 22, 2021

Moral Decision Making and The Fear of the Lord: Part 2 – Acts of Fraud

In this series I am arguing that the right starting point for any moral decision...

December 06, 2021

LGBTQ+ And The Search for The Infinite God

The LGBTQ+ movement, a political agenda which derives its intellectual framework from "Queer Theory," is...

November 2021

November 22, 2021

The Most Important Movie Ever Made and Why You Should Show It At Church

In America today we see the very foundations of morality and law crumbling under our...

November 15, 2021

Becoming Evil: Dorian Gray And The Prospect of Eternal Hell

In a previous post, I recounted a true story of real evil. The story was...

November 08, 2021

Reconstructing Humanity – Part 6: Made To Worship

In this series I have argued there are features that are fundamental to all human...

October 2021

October 29, 2021

Reconstructing Humanity – Part 4: The Crushing Burden of Guilt

In this series I've been arguing that there are features of daily life which remind...

October 25, 2021

Reconstructing Humanity – Part 3: Facing And Overcoming Fear

In this series I am looking at how human beings share a human nature, a...

October 20, 2021

Reconstructing Humanity – Part 2: What is Human Identity?

In this series I am looking at the act of deconstruction and juxtaposing it against...

October 15, 2021

Reconstructing Humanity – Part 1: What are Deconstruction Stories?

There is a lot of talk today in the popular culture and the culture's popular...

October 04, 2021

The Beautiful Law Of God

“The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver...

September 2021

September 20, 2021

Why We Cannot Prove God Exists and That’s Okay

In his masterful introduction to Metaphysics, Peter van Inwagen points out why the cosmic fine-tuning...

August 2021

August 09, 2021

The Tempting Power of Human Creativity

One of the most powerful forms of idolatry is the tempting power of humanity's own...

July 2021

July 26, 2021

CRT and The Return to the Old Gods: Part I – Rejecting Reason

In a previous post, I discussed three features of Critical Race Theory that should encourage...

July 23, 2021

Angela Harris and C.S. Lewis on Identity and Liberation

Critical race scholar Angela Harris opens her seminal essay, "Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal...

July 09, 2021

The Task of Theology: Do We Speak Well of God?

A few years back I heard theologian Kevin Vanhoozer describe the task of theology very...

July 07, 2021

Reengineering Society: Is Critical Race Theory Aiming for Our Children?

On 6-26-2021 I spoke with Dr. Harry Edwards and Dr. Jacob Daniel on the use...

June 2021

June 21, 2021

2 Books Every Pastor Really, Really Should Read

Broadly speaking, reflection on the human condition can take one of two tracks: a logical,...

June 18, 2021

Die Another Day: How The Fear of Death Controls Us

As the terror of COVID-19 wanes in the West it seems appropriate to do two...

June 14, 2021

Three Features of CRT That Hurt Us (Part 3): Moral Legalism

In the first two posts of this series I argued that Critical Race Theory (CRT)...

June 11, 2021

Three Features of CRT That Hurt Us (part 2): Pure Politics

In the previous post, I claimed there are three core features of Critical Race Theory...