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September 2023

September 25, 2023
I never acted out much when I was a kid.  I never smoked, drank, or...
September 22, 2023
For several decades now, many in America have tried to find the central issue, the...
September 19, 2023
In this article, I conclude my four-part series examining theologians of the 19th and 20th...
September 15, 2023
Recently, while reading a highly regarded commentary on the Book of Numbers, I realized a...
September 08, 2023
In this series I am looking at three different interpretations of history. In part 1,...
September 05, 2023
This is the third of a four part series in which I explore theologians of...
September 01, 2023
In this series, I am discussing three views of history. This is not to say...

August 2023

August 30, 2023
At a church in Southern California, not far from the U.S.-Mexico border, two Middle Eastern...
August 28, 2023
My first run-in with postmodern literature was back in college.  During my writing undergrad, I'd...
August 25, 2023
This is the second of a four part series in which I explore theologians of...
August 23, 2023
What is history? In one sense, history could just be the accumulated facts of natural...
August 18, 2023
This is the first of a four part series in which I will explore theologians...
August 11, 2023
There are some bedrock facts about Jesus Christ that all people, regardless of theological or...

July 2023

July 31, 2023
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the preeminent Harvard sociologist, Carle C. Zimmerman...
July 28, 2023
“Never Trust a Pedophile” – Tim Ballard Like most Americans, if you spend little time...
July 24, 2023
  Dear Patheos Readers, Some of you may be wondering why I have not been...

June 2023

June 14, 2023
In this recent episode of the "Come Let Us Reason" podcast, friend and colleague Lenny...

May 2023

May 31, 2023
In the last post, I gave a brief account of the rise and dominance of...
May 27, 2023
In 1955 German sociologist Helmut Schelsky wrote these enigmatic yet incisive words: Psychotherapy and psychological...
May 22, 2023
This month's special series for Patheos writers is on the faith of public figures. Since...
May 19, 2023
I hate to be the guy who points this out, but we need to do...
May 17, 2023
"Yes, Virginia, demons are real." And they are real not only as Francis Church described Santa...
May 15, 2023
Guest Post by Nathan Amerson  Is the Bible ambiguous? As Evangelicals who stake our truth claims...
May 12, 2023
Heraclitus once wrote that "War is both father and king of all," and "all things...
May 03, 2023
I admit, suggesting Tucker Carlson is a "Prophet for our Times" is a fairly "click-baity"...

April 2023

April 30, 2023
Read Time: 10 minutes Beltane is a pagan, Gaelic feast day that originated among the...
April 28, 2023
Read Time: 15 minutes Recently, two of my favorite cultural commentators, Dennis Prager (a *conservative...
April 21, 2023
Read Time: 8 minutes There is a group in our culture that has become increasingly...
April 14, 2023
Read Time: 15 minutes To say Protestant churches in America have lost their way is...
April 05, 2023
As we enter into Easter week, my exhortation to all who read these words is...
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