God of grace, you suffer as do we from cruelty in our world; so we thank you for your patience and love which transform what is gross into saving power. Amen. Read more
God of grace, you suffer as do we from cruelty in our world; so we thank you for your patience and love which transform what is gross into saving power. Amen. Read more
Satan is present when you hear the call to shed innocent blood. Read more
The public theology of Valerie A. Miles-Tribble. Professor Miles-Tribble asserts that the church can and should become a public change agent in an era of Black Lives Matter. Read more
Satan sought to cast out Satan by scapegoating Jesus, but it turns out Jesus was not Satan. Satan overreached, so to speak. Perhaps this overreach became the downfall Jesus hinted at in Mark 3:23-26. Read more
Until President Biden curses President Putin, NATO will not prosecute war with Russia. This forecast is based upon the Christian doctrine of sin which recognizes that murderers and heads of state curse their victims in advance of violence. Read more
Is Satan back? Or, perhaps better, is Satanism back? Might we label the 2020’s: Satanic Panic 2.0 ? Read more
It’s Evolution Weekend in Lab and Pew. I belong to a group called the Clergy Letter Project which designates the 2nd weekend of February each year to “Evolution Weekend.” Let's rename this "Science Sunday" to address (1) the anti-science movement plus (2) the militant atheist movement. Read more
Should the public theologian develop a scientifically informed Theology of Nature? Yes, indeed. Should astrobiology inform astrotheology? Yes, indeed. Should astrotheology inform public theology? Yes, indeed. Read more
Like the Mighty Mississippi which overflows its banks each spring and inundates the landscape, today’s social media inundates our psyches with an overflow of alternative facts, fake news, and vicious ideologies. This is disorienting. Our psyches cry out for an integrated worldview wherein both little things and big things make sense. Read more
Which do you prefer: radical life extension? Cybernetic immortality? Resurrection of the body? Or, just death as endless oblivion? Transhumanism offers the first two, while Christianity offers the third. Take your pick. Read more
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