The Abundant Life Christian School witnessed one more devastating event in the history of human sin. Murder is a sin. Suicide might be. But certainly America suffers from a gargantuan social sin, namely, protecting gun sale profits at the cost of the life of precious children. Read more
When we ask whether AI can become possessed by a spirit sent by Satan, we might unnecessarily beflummox our minds with an detour into puzzlement over the relationship between disembodied spirits and machine intelligence. The straight path is to follow Leona’s Law of Evil: You know it’s the voice of Satan when you hear the call to shed innocent blood. Read more
I argue against Patheos columnist Dennis Knapp who contends that "justification by faith alone" is unbiblical and that Martin Luther was wrong for holding this view. In contrast I argue that faith alone justifies. But genuine faith is never alone. Love and hope keep faith company. Read more
We're all gonna die, right? Millenial singer Jesse Welles terrorizes us with the prospect of death and the meaninglessness that haunts death. The gospel message of Jesus' Easter resurrection folowed by God's promise of our resurrection comes as good news. But it's so very hard to believe such news. It requires trust in spite of. Read more
Scholar ufologist Jensine Andresen makes a coherent case that David Bohm's dialectic between the implicate and explicate order provides an explanation for both UAP and everything else as well. Read more
If Amanda Tyler's ideal pluralistic society would be governed by religious freedom, then Christian nationalists along with MAGA Republican evangelicals should be included. Not excluded. How should we go about that? Read more
Who is the 'public' in 'public theology'? We have a nice dialogue to report between Torsten Meireis at the Berlin Institute for Public Theology and Paul S. Chung, founder of the Putlic Theology in Forum Center. Both scholars agree that outside the Church Christians need to address the common good of many publics. Further, the public theologian must address directlu within each public stratification, discrimmination, and injustice. Read more
Yes, we can expect the majority of evangelical Christians in America to believe Donald Trump's lies and to vote Republican. But a Christian nationalist belief system does not explan this. What does explain it? Ressentiment. Read more
In celebrating Pastor Charissa Jaeger-Sanders for passing her doctoral examination, we here ask whether comparative theology might be the best method for the confessional universalist. Read more
The Interdimensional Hypothesis (ID) suggested by Jacques Vallée, J. Allen Hynek, and John Keel replaces the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH). Instead of coming to earth from outer space, UAP comes into our air space and into our cultural symbolism from a parallel universe, a second reality that occupies the same space as our home universe. How do you like ID? Read more
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