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
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
Should we Christians, Jews, and Muslims board the transhumanist train? Should we ask for our own coach labeled, "Religious Transhumanism"? If so, how far should we ride? All the way to the posthuman destination? Is a religious transhumanism conceivable? Read more
Frankly, I've been flabbergasted at the hurricane of anti-evangelical Patheos posts analyzing the church crisis. Like flinging feathered missiles at a dart target, critics throw at evangelical churches mud, invective, and vitriol. Read more
What is public theology? We will ask Rudolf von Sinner. He will tell us that there are many definitions. Even so, public theologians can gather together and focus on important matters confronting the public sphere. Read more
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