Shortly, I will be receiving a review copy of God’s Favorite Place on Earth by Frank Viola. The book released May 1st and stayed in…
I am surprised to find that I really like my new smartphone. My previous phone, a Motorola Bionic, was getting…
I am irritated with the whole Global Warming (GW) discussion, for many reasons, and I am not alone. A recent…
One of the moral challenges to the Christian viewpoint entails the fate of those who have never heard the gospel,…
I am currently reading Dr. Jerry Walls’ book on purgatory (for Protestants!) entitled Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation, and one…
In Proportions for Public Policy – the Normal Curve, I introduced the image below, suggesting that the relative proportions of…
The following is an excerpt from my Research Paper, A Framework for Preparing A Christian-Center Call to Unity & Action: THE…
I’ve had my ‘blues patch’ beard for almost a decade now, and even though it’s more common and popular now,…
In my New Testament 2 class at Fuller Theological Seminary, my big ‘aha’ (I usually hit one per class) was…
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is famous for developing her five-stage model for grieving loss. Those stages are: Denial and isolation Anger Bargaining Depression…
I have recently published a few articles on the topic of Annihilationist (a.k.a. ‘Conditionalist’) view of hell, which claims that…
One of the greatest theological shifts in my life is moving from the Christian Right to the Christian Center. As…
Recently, I posted about an upcoming documentary promoting the Christian Universalist view of hell, called Hellbound? An interesting piece of…
I’ve always been a bit of a seeker, and have re-examined and overturned many of my previous convictions as I…
Dr. Fudge, author of the clasic book s The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of…
The traditional view of hell, that of eternal conscious torment of the lost, is under fire again, this time, not…
With endorsements from Frank Schaeffer and Brian McClaren, you would rightly suspect that Hellbound? is questioning the traditional view of…
I am still in the midst of considering and perhaps adopting the Conditionalist view of hell, which is that those…
One of my favorite atheist podcasts is from The Thinking Atheist. Seth, the proprietor of TA, is a former Christian…
I have had a few major doctrinal and ideological shifts since becoming a Christian at the age of 21 in…
I have a whole list of pet peeves, but one of my top annoyances to date is a list of…
This post is part of a series One of the first tasks in resetting our priorities as Christians is to…
I’ll admit it – I am NOT a fan of comic book movies. I don’t hate them, they are just…
This sermon got some strong positive and negative feedback, including the criticism that it contained ‘profanity.’ You be the judge.…