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October 2015

October 13, 2015

Why Do So Many Christians Still Deny Climate Change?

How in God's green earth are so many people still denying the reality of climate...

October 12, 2015

Keith Ellison is Feeling “the Bern”

I was interested to learn today that Congressman Keith Ellison is endorsing Bernie Sanders for...

October 12, 2015

Theology Has No Essence, But it Does Have a Story (Hauerwas on Ethics)

Stanley Hauerwas, one of America's most prominent living Christian theologians and ethicists, represents an approach...

October 09, 2015

“Hate One Another as I Have Hated You”? (The Problem with Divine Command Theory)

Pretend, for a minute, that Christianity is based on hatred rather than on love. Sadly,...

October 07, 2015

The Justice Department: Setting the Captives Free?

The Justice Department has announced a plan to set 6,000 prisoners free, which as the...

October 06, 2015

California is Now a “Right to Die” State (and That’s a Good Thing)

After discovering she had brain cancer, Brittany Maynard moved from California to Oregon so that...

October 05, 2015

Stop, Drop, and Reconsider: On the Relation Between Religious Belief and Action

Kathryn Tanner is a first-rate theologian. Her book, The Politics of God: Christian Theologies and Social...

October 01, 2015

“We’ve Become Numb to this”

Obama's statement to the nation, following the horror of yet another mass shooting, rings sadly...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Is Our View of Justice Too Narrow?

Kelly Gissendaner was executed last night for her role in the murder of her husband...

September 27, 2015

Peter Enns, Inerrancy, and the “Two Natures” of the Bible

This post is a contribution to the Patheos Book Club discussion on Peter Enns' Inspiration...

September 24, 2015

The Lies We Need in Order to Live

In Denial of Death, Ernest Becker argues (in chp. 4) that human character is a...

September 23, 2015

Pope Francis as Public Theologian

In my Public Theology class last night, we discussed--albeit too briefly--Pope Francis as a public...

September 23, 2015

R.I.P. Phyllis Tickle: Prophet of the “Great Emergence”

I never had the honor of meeting Phyllis Tickle or even of hearing her speak....

September 21, 2015

Sad Day for the CCCU: EMU and Goshen Resign

The Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) has announced today (via a statement on...

September 21, 2015

Pannenberg on the Strange, Political Nature of the Kingdom

In participation for my Christian Ethics class this semester, I read Wolfhart Panneberg's (the late,...

September 17, 2015

Every Society is a “Religion” and a Stage for Heroism (Becker)

Tomorrow I begin teaching my fall course, Evil, Death, and Alienation (Don't worry, students: I'll...

September 16, 2015

Does John Piper Really Know Good from Evil?

John Piper recently responded to this question from a listener to his podcast: Pastor John,...

September 15, 2015

The Problem with “Biblical Morality” (and a Better Approach)

These days, an otherwise unknown country clerk, Kim Davis, gets front-page news attention for defying...

September 14, 2015

How Do We Counter Shame? Answer: Vulnerability

This post is a contribution to the Patheos book club discussion of Curt Thompson's recent...

September 11, 2015

“Faith Sees Best in the Dark”: Joe Biden and Kierkegaard

Somehow I missed Stephen Colbert's interview with Joe Biden last night on Late Night. I...

September 11, 2015

Combating Bigotry in the Wake of 9-11

It's been 14 years since 9-11, that day that changed (in many ways) marked a...

September 10, 2015

On Morality: Did Christianity Introduce Anything New?

I've been reading through Alasdair MacIntyre's A History of Ethics. It's an older text (1966)...

September 09, 2015

Shame, Suicide, Sadness: A Pastor Takes His Life

When the Ashley Madison hack happened, one of the first articles I read about it...

September 09, 2015

So You Find Yourself in the Middle of a Shame Storm: What to Do?

This post is a contribution to the Patheos Book Club discussion of Curt Thompson's The...

September 08, 2015

Kim Davis to be Released, but Now What?

A US district judge has recently ordered that Kim Davis be released from prison, according...

September 08, 2015

Suffering and the Heavy-Handed God (On Avoiding the Calvinist Trap)

A few days ago, Garrett Gilkey, NFL lineman (Tampa Bay Bucs), published an essay in which...

September 07, 2015

On Speaking “American”: Sarah Palin Might Have a Good Idea, After All

Sarah Palin recently weighed in on Donald Trump's criticism of Jeb Bush for speaking Spanish...

September 04, 2015

Notice: Upcoming Conference on Human Nature (The Science of Morality and Spirituality)

My former employer, Bethel University, is putting on what promises to be a terrific conference...

September 03, 2015

Why Being Rich Might Also Make You Sad

If you suddenly had over two billion dollars, would it make you sad? An article...

September 02, 2015

Dear CCCU Presidents: Retain EMU and Goshen, for Christ’s Sake

Those following the unfolding crisis within the CCCU (Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities) will...

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