This post is part of a series. One common error that frustrates public debate is the lack of clear definition…
Abortion is a highly contested topic, like many other human rights issues (there are arguably two, if not three humans…
Interestingly, all religions (except Judaism, perhaps) recognize Jesus as some sort of spiritual prophet (which can not be said of…
A recent article at the Huffington Post entitled The Foolishness of So-Called Biblical Gender Roles got me thinking – what…
The growing number of accepted gender non-conformities is growing each year, and the number of combinations of gender identity and sexual…
American patriotism, I would argue, is not as simple as most. Unlike most countries, our patriotism is not based primarily…
Lots of heat, not very much light in the gun violence discussions. However, in my research, here’s what works and…
Our political system is polarized on many issues, many of which, like education and healthcare, probably do not yield to…
Inspired by Matthew Scmitz , Artur Rosman, and a great list from 2005,1 and to celebrate Banned Books Week, I…
Recently, historically conservative Christian colleges started changing their policies regarding gay marriage and sexual orientation. This is in part a move to…
A lot of people I know and respect have abandoned the Complementarian view for Christian Egalitarianism.1. High profile evangelicals have…
Or do I? A friend of mine posted an image with the left half and bottom of this image. I…
This past week, self-help guru and author Wayne Dyer died at age 75. He was beloved by celebrities like Oprah…
This is our first year doing homeschooling – we are starting our 6th grader, while our two younger children are…
We all know that paradoxes are two ideas that seem contradictory or mutually exclusive, yet are actually both true in…
The other day, a friend mined the following quote from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics…
Over the past few decades, Evangelicalism has shifted from being mainly conservative (both politically and doctrinally) to a much broader…
The new cake wars is not a triviality, even though on the surface it may seem like it. The issue…
Here is the lecture I gave at the 2015 Rethinking Hell Conference. It’s about an hour long, but I think…
Have you ever been so stressed or sad that you felt like you were losing years off of your life?…
For those new to the debate over hell, there are three main positions in Christendom: The Traditional View, a.k.a. Eternal…
The second Rethinking Hell conference just finished, and this year was more fun than last year because I got to…
My left-leaning evangelical friends often chide me as being uncaring and unbiblical when I resist increased taxes for social welfare…
In my previous post, I discussed the three levels of accusation regarding the guilt of white people in white privilege,…