In Which I Discover that I Am Not a Thinking Person

I just made this discovery this morning.

I mentioned Jerry Coyne’s site in an earlier post Five Sites I read Because I Disagree, and I still read it. I get some good information about evolutionary science and great cat pictures and videos. But Jerry Coyne is not particularly friendly to believers.

Now I want [...]

Asked to Move in Church?

I’m one of those people who tend to sit in or near the same place every week. In fact, in one church I attended, when I consciously decided to move, someone jokingly told me that I shouldn’t have moved, because they used to find their pew by seeing where I sat, and then sitting [...]

A New Testament Political Theology

Dave Black has some very useful comments on political activism, responding to a video by N. T. Wright, which I’ll embed here:

 

I appreciate this video for several items, but I even more appreciated Dave Black’s comments. I personally am politically active. I always vote. I often advocate for various causes or [...]

Joel Watts Quoting Edward Vick

Joel Watts is quoting from a book I publish, From Inspiration to Understanding. I’d like to get more involved, but for now, check out his quote.

My company (Energion Publications) will be releasing a new book by Dr. Vick, Creation: The Christian Doctrine, taking the approach of systematic theology. This will be released some [...]

1st Century Church?

My wife Jody is again writing about the first century church. She wonders if we want to just visit it for one hour per week.

We have both previously written on this topic. To be honest, I don’t think that many people are really interested in a church like the first century church. I [...]

Seasons of the Church Year

I grew up in a Christian group that did not follow the Christian liturgical calendar. There were many arguments presented for this, including the pagan backgrounds of some holidays. I’m not going to discuss that issue except to say that I care very little about the background of the day. What I care about [...]

What Disastrous Situation

… could possibly make Donald Trump a “great” candidate for president? It’s one of the worst comments on our political system that anyone even pretends to take him seriously.

Marks of a Unified Church

Walter Brueggemann suggests how we might avoid getting tangled up on secondary issues:

 

(HT: Allan R. Bevere)

This Does NOT Represent Family Values

In a blog on the American Family Association web site, Bryan Fischer has named Jessica Ahlquist, the High School student in Rhode Island who was plaintiff in a case against a prayer banner in her school, to his “American Association of Religious Bigots.” In doing so he calls her a “little atheist bully” and [...]

Repelling Young People

“So, in a spirit of Christian solidarity, I decided to help these churches expel young people once and for all.” This is too good! Read the rest.