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November 2020

November 01, 2020
I write this knowing every group, every segment of any religious, cultural, socio-political part of...

October 2020

October 23, 2020
Disgraced evangelical leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., infamously noted in 2016 that we were not electing...
October 20, 2020
With the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court the topic of originalism...
October 08, 2020
I hear this all the time: “I’m tired of politicians. I want someone real, someone...

September 2020

September 27, 2020
I don’t normally engage other Patheos contributors, but sometimes, just for fun, I like any...
September 19, 2020
Something I found growing up in the fundamentalist-evangelical world, was that having a closed mind...
September 05, 2020
(I wrote this at the height of the recent fires in Northern California) As I...

August 2020

August 24, 2020
In my former life as an evangelical (really more a fundamentalist) I was always interested...
August 14, 2020
In the following, what I present is an interpretation from a finite, limited perspective (obviously)....
August 08, 2020
In the following, what I present is an interpretation from a finite, limited perspective (obviously)....

July 2020

July 15, 2020
Running through the theological framework of fundamentalism and evangelicalism, perhaps even the Protestant tradition, is...
July 09, 2020
I’m suspicious. When I read or hear something put out by those most critical of...

June 2020

June 22, 2020
Many voices from across the evangelical spectrum have all noted the same problem, which is...
June 06, 2020
Clearly, Alisa Childers is. Obviously, I write on the Progressive Christianity platform created by Patheos....

May 2020

May 31, 2020
This is something (revised) I posted some time ago. However, given recent events, I thought...
May 20, 2020
When Christians read the Bible, what is it they want or hope to gain?  There...
May 09, 2020
Whether we ever thought of ourselves as contemplatives or monks before, we are now.  And,...

April 2020

April 19, 2020
In the Christian narrative we find the picture of humans and their response to God...
April 07, 2020
From stories like these (here, here, and here), one could credibly assert that certain parts...
April 01, 2020
We need a lot of things right now. We need a vaccine. We need ventilators....

March 2020

March 21, 2020
Obviously, during a time like this, we need to be listening to the best medical,...
March 12, 2020
I’ve started a fascinating book written by Eugene McCarraher, which asserts, among other things, that capitalism...

February 2020

February 18, 2020
I was reading a review of David B. Hart’s new book on universalism, which I’ve...
February 06, 2020
I’ve focused several times on the fact that evangelicals, in my opinion, get upset over...

January 2020

January 24, 2020
Albert Mohler is upset.  He came across a New York Times essay he didn’t agree...
January 11, 2020
One of the heresies of modern times is that we live in a two-story universe. ...

December 2019

December 26, 2019
I respect Peter Leithart a great deal and have read several of his books.  His...
December 08, 2019
Only those in darkness can see a great light. The people who walked in darkness...

November 2019

November 23, 2019
In Deuteronomy 14:2 we read: "For you are a holy people to the LORD your...
November 08, 2019
Periodically I plan to post reflections from my Patreon blog here at Patheos.  These are...
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