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…
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…