But that doesn’t mean that everyone agrees how they were wrong, or why they were wrong. That’s not something we like to talk about. Read more
But that doesn’t mean that everyone agrees how they were wrong, or why they were wrong. That’s not something we like to talk about. Read more
In which musing about the "death of the author" results in an email from the author. Read more
Just saw a halfwitted sea lion tossing out that anti-biblical “ceremonial law” nonsense again. This piffle is a lazy retcon, an after-the-fact attempt to make a capricious, convenient, self-serving, selective, slave-trading reading of the Bible seem like it’s based on some “rule.” It ain’t. This garbage hermeneutic, held together with old shoelaces and chewing gum, would never work as a principled, before-the-fact approach to reading and interpreting the Bible. And it doesn’t work any better as a patchwork excuse for... Read more
I'm one of those squishy liberals who thinks God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. Read more
This here blog is exactly 20 YEARS (and two weeks) old. Time to try out some exclamation points. Read more
Here's a headline that makes no sense: "The Christian Right is winning cultural battles while public opinion disagrees." Read more
Prairie Muffins tried to be Constantinian Mennonites, which is Plain nonsense. Read more
"A man who lies habitually becomes a lie, and it is increasingly impossible for him to know when he is lying and when he is not." Read more
It’s safer to cling to a lie — even if we know it’s a lie — than to have to learn to think differently about who we are. Read more
"The cause of liberty may be stabbed by the men who glory in the deeds of your fathers. But, to proceed." Read more