Theology

I am not surprised. No. Not in the least. Since the Bush/Gore election of 2000,...

The best biblical image for a veil is the "torn curtain" in the Temple. It...

What is a concrete mystery? It is not understanding what is real. I have always...

Nonviolence is a vague doctrine for most of us. Is it absolute? What about self-defense?...

Pastors live on the shelf in the pantry of many people. We are dry goods....

I taught a class after the world ended. On this day, 28 years ago, I...

No historical paradigm change is evident to the people living within it. Christian faith is...

"Don, you need to get what you're saying into the trough so the pigs can...

The other day I was called anti-Christian. It was by a progressive member of my...

My home church hired a younger preacher. This happened when I was very young. The...

Knowing the answer before the question is asked is the privilege of the teacher. I...

American presidential elections are embarrassing to say the least. A friend recently asked me about...

The hologram of a dead scientist stands before the detective investigating his death. It is...

My first grade teacher began every class with prayer. It was a trap. She did...

Denominational leaders like to say that there are essentials and there are non-essentials to the...

I began this series with the conflict between science and theology. I called into question...

Many fundamentalists become atheists because the Bible fails them. Christian fundamentalist/evangelicals make the Bible the...

There has always been a conflict between science and theology. I am not supposed to...

There are serious errors in Evangelical exegesis and theological assumptions. The worst actions though are...

Liberal Christians do not take the subject of miracles seriously. Bultmann and many others told...

This morning I did something I have done more times than I like to think...

Believe it or not, most of us developed our first images of God based on...

Hats off to the last generalists. The pastor is the last true generalist of the...

President Trump is a foil for most progressive Christians. He epitomizes every criticism of the...

I recoiled the first time I read the words Acts concerning St. Paul's shipwreck. Luke...

Jeremiah's words apply to the situation of the United States and the American churches over...

I was once told that "a liberal theologian is just an atheist dressed-up for church."...

I remember the first time I was told I had "a pastor's heart." It was...

I teach Bible studies. That's not a big surprise considering I am a pastor. Each...

I have a question for everyone who thinks about divine judgment. What do you believe...