The argument over the role of women in the Church and home, and whether or not women should not have authority over men (in some…
This post is part of a series. Gamifying a system involves high level conceptual work, and one model which can help you go from general…
This series is made up of the following posts: Gamification: The Three Levels of Design Abstraction 01 – Dynamics Gamification: The Three Levels of Design…
This post is part of a series. When designing a gamified system, which is essentially a system for motivating users to continue using your software…
This post is part of a series. So, you understand game mechanics and components, and are ready to actually develop your new system? You need…
Having returned from the Annual Far West Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, I have some reflections on some best practices, some of which were…
I am thrilled to announce that I will be delivering a paper at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s Far West Regional Conference. The…
This paper was written as a final assignment for my M. Div. program at Fuller Theological Seminary, for the class IS502 – The Practice of…
This series is made up of the following posts: The Limits of Christian Non-Violence 01: Non-redemptive Destruction The Limits of Christian Non-Violence 02: The Balancing Principles
This post is part of a series. I am taking a pretty fantastic course at Fuller Theological Seminary this quarter entitled IS502 – THE PRACTICE…
I admit it, the title of this post is misleading. In actuality, as Christians, we are to forgive others without condition. The relevant passages teach…
This post is part of a series. As you may have read in the last article in this series, my traditionalist friend responded with one…
This post is part of a series. Having responded to my friend’s initial list of scriptures, I had hoped to get a detailed response, or…
The posts in this series include: Letters to a Traditionalist On Hell 01 – Eternal Fire Letters to a Traditionalist On Hell 02 – Undying…
This post is part of a series. In Part 1, I began answering objections from my traditionalist friend regarding the Conditional Immortality view of hell…
This post is part of a series I have a good friend who takes the traditional Christian position on hell, that of Eternal Conscious Torment…
Are you an idea junkie? Me too. Edge.org is an association of high-level scientists and thinkers that ponder the big questions. One of their activities…
Few things are as influential as positive testimonies, be they for products, or for faith. The practice of telling the story of how you came to…
Robert R. Reilly, who has more accomplishments than I can list, has written a fascinating historical account of 9th century Islam, and how the more…
Author James K.A. Smith is a bit of an anomaly to me – a Pentecostal, Reformed philosopher with impeccable intellectual credentials and mindbendingly erudite prose…
While some may be quick to dismiss such a concept as anti-intellectual or narrow, I think that only a poor implementation of a Christian interpretation…
In chapters 4-6 of Hosea, a passage occurs that Jesus quotes at least twice in the New Testament: For I desire mercy and not sacrifice,…
I am totally jazzed to be part of the 2015 Rethinking Hell Conference, this year held on the campus of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena,…
1. A Brief History of My Communities My childhood was spent within a family whose ideology can be characterized as agnostic, scientific, and feminist. My…