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September 2026

September 08, 2026

God’s Silence and the Anger We’re Afraid to Feel

God oftentimes feels silent to me. I don't hear his voice as some claim to,...

December 2025

December 01, 2025

A Eulogy for the Sleeping Church

For the last 20 years, I have been a disruptor – a corrective. Whether...

May 2025

May 05, 2025

Are You A Saul Or Paul: The False Self

In the Kingdom of Man, I argued that one of the most significant factors contributing...

July 2024

July 16, 2024

Kierkegaard and Christian Nationalism

I was wrong. In fact, I wasn’t even close on this one—an intellectual anomaly for...

November 2023

November 21, 2023

Fun with Philosophy: Experimenting with Certainty & God’s Existence

As a philosopher, specifically metaphysics, I have been trained to view reality in terms...

May 2023

May 23, 2023

Why Am I Trying To Destroy The Church?

First and foremost the church needs no help from me in destroying itself. It...

November 2022

November 14, 2022

The Meaning of Life

Many people struggle with the question, what is the meaning of life? All great thinkers...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

God is Dead! A Post Easter Reflection

During the Easter season, we focus heavily on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ....

January 2022

January 12, 2022

Does God Exist: An Honest Reflection

Theologians, philosophers, and scientists have been making claims about God as long as humans...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Fun with Philosophy: Time & Being

Fun with philosophy is a series that explores fun topics that I find interesting. I...

April 18, 2021

The Weight of Truth

I remember when I officially cut ties with evangelicalism. It was a feeling of relief,...

March 2021

March 23, 2021

Biblical Inerrancy Does NOT Glorify God

Biblical inerrancy is one of the most sensitive issues within the Christian culture. Those who...

February 2021

February 07, 2021

Do Evangelicals Really Believe in God?

I was always taught that the most significant difference between Christianity and every other religion...

January 2021

January 30, 2021

God is NOT Good: A Theodicy

In the opening chapters of Genesis, we read that God created everything in the cosmos...

January 26, 2021

Fun With Philosophy: The Soul

I feel like I have a soul. I don’t mean I believe I have...

January 09, 2021

UNenlightenment is Being Certain of your Subjectivity

UNenlightenment is the undoing of our Enlightenment presuppositions, which in my opinion, prevent us from...

December 2020

December 28, 2020

The Courage to Be

Before I had children I often thought how selfish it would be to bring children...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

Moving Beyond Bullshit

There is a lot of bullshit (BS) in our American culture. Between fake news, flat-earthers,...