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March 2014

March 05, 2014
If you want to make a million bucks as a Christian writer, you might want...
March 04, 2014
Contrary to what the word might sound like, ecclesiology is not a disease. Ecclesiology entails...
March 03, 2014
In a slightly futuristic Los Angeles, a recent divorcee who makes his living writing personalized...
March 01, 2014
What is a person? This is no easy term to define. I talk and write...

February 2014

February 27, 2014
"As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs." You...
February 25, 2014
How Hegelian is Christianity? The reader might think this is an odd question in that Christianity...
February 24, 2014
Contrary to what the word might sound like, ecclesiology is not a disease. Ecclesiology entails...
February 22, 2014
This piece was originally published at The Christian Post on 7 I am reposting it...
February 21, 2014
This article includes two responses from Christian friends who take further the pressing issues addressed in...
February 20, 2014
I oppose legalizing prostitution. While I appreciate the concern of those who believe that legalizing...
February 19, 2014
This piece was originally published at Christ & Cascadia on 2 The Pacific Northwest is known...
February 18, 2014
Fundamentalism comes in all shapes and sizes. Not only have I met conservative Christians and...
February 17, 2014
Extreme positions often get the biggest hearing. It seems like you have to be liberal...
February 15, 2014
No matter where one lives today, it seems like everyone’s from Missouri—the “Show-Me” state. Missourians...
February 14, 2014
Is God a child abuser? Did God pour out his wrath on his Son? If...
February 12, 2014
What do churches mean by talking about “target audience”? No doubt, one would have to...
February 11, 2014
In the Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant claims that he had to deny knowledge...
February 10, 2014
A few weeks ago, I was discussing the themes of Occident and Orient, Edward W. Said's...
February 07, 2014
Is it okay to privatize public beaches? I listened attentively to NPR the other night...
February 06, 2014
Conservatives and liberals have often debated whether Jesus is the substitute for our sin or...
February 05, 2014
What liturgy shapes your church—a sacred liturgy or a secular one? In asking this question, I...
February 04, 2014
How moral is religion? Not very—to put it lightly, if one’s perspective parallels Christopher Hitchens’...
February 03, 2014
There are many things that money can buy, but can it buy justice? I thought...

January 2014

January 30, 2014
Casual sex can refer to one night stands and non-relational sex, where there are no...
January 29, 2014
I originally posted this piece on February 1st, 2012. In preparing to teach on the subject of Trinitarian communion and its...
January 28, 2014
Is religion a private affair best kept to very quiet times in prayer closets, or...
January 27, 2014
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news that God’s saving grace is free...
January 23, 2014
Jesus is no bobble-headed doll or dashboard crucifix. He sums up all things in himself,...
January 22, 2014
How seriously do we who are Christians take Jesus’ words recorded in John 17:23? Here...
January 21, 2014
Immanuel Kant’s famous exhortation “Have courage to use your own reason!” (“Sapere aude!”) stands out...
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