The growing number of accepted gender non-conformities is growing each year, and the number of combinations of gender identity and sexual preference is multiplying to the…
American patriotism, I would argue, is not as simple as most. Unlike most countries, our patriotism is not based primarily on ethnicity or shared lands…
Lots of heat, not very much light in the gun violence discussions. However, in my research, here’s what works and does not. Two Types of…
Our political system is polarized on many issues, many of which, like education and healthcare, probably do not yield to a simplistic either or, statist…
Inspired by Matthew Scmitz , Artur Rosman, and a great list from 2005,1 and to celebrate Banned Books Week, I came up with my own…
Recently, historically conservative Christian colleges started changing their policies regarding gay marriage and sexual orientation. This is in part a move to comply with the reality of…
A lot of people I know and respect have abandoned the Complementarian view for Christian Egalitarianism.1. High profile evangelicals have furthered the dialog, like Rachael…
Or do I? A friend of mine posted an image with the left half and bottom of this image. I provided the right column. We…
This past week, self-help guru and author Wayne Dyer died at age 75. He was beloved by celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Ellen Degeneres, even…
This is our first year doing homeschooling – we are starting our 6th grader, while our two younger children are still in the excellent Walnut…
We all know that paradoxes are two ideas that seem contradictory or mutually exclusive, yet are actually both true in a way that does not…
The other day, a friend mined the following quote from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility: The only force…
Over the past few decades, Evangelicalism has shifted from being mainly conservative (both politically and doctrinally) to a much broader spectrum of positions. One of…
The new cake wars is not a triviality, even though on the surface it may seem like it. The issue here is that, like with all…
Here is the lecture I gave at the 2015 Rethinking Hell Conference. It’s about an hour long, but I think it’s worth it. Enjoy.
Have you ever been so stressed or sad that you felt like you were losing years off of your life? That real life was so…
For those new to the debate over hell, there are three main positions in Christendom: The Traditional View, a.k.a. Eternal Conscious Punishment (ECP), claims that…
The second Rethinking Hell conference just finished, and this year was more fun than last year because I got to present a breakout lecture entitled…
My left-leaning evangelical friends often chide me as being uncaring and unbiblical when I resist increased taxes for social welfare programs. They believe that they…
In my previous post, I discussed the three levels of accusation regarding the guilt of white people in white privilege, and how I find only…
Over the last few days, I’ve had a heated discussion with a pastor friend of mine about ‘white privilege,’ which, if you don’t know, can…
DISCOUNT ON CONFERENCE Friends and fellow theologians – this conference has some really great plenary speakers, and I will be speaking at one of the…
This post is part of a series. If you had to guess what the top two sources of revenue are for games, what would you…
My friend Chris Date, who currently is on the fence between egalitarianism and complementarianism, has a bevy of informative interviews on his Theopologetics podcast. If…