The church must state that experience is neither the standard nor irrelevant. We can neither bow to experience nor deny its existence.
All in Culture
The Church As Beacon
"If you have a family, you can reasonably feel you have time for no one else. But that can mean that unless you have a family, you feel you have no one at all." - Ed Shaw
Against Armchair Iconoclasts
Modern man is an iconoclast, but he hasn't the decency to be an honest one.
History Has Its Eyes on You
The likelihood of a rap musical about often-ignored founding father Alexander Hamilton may seem ridiculous on its face, but subject matter alone can never make a play.
Finding A Wife for The Man
Thankfully, because of the Second Adam, none of us is every truly alone. We are never without God our helper.
Art and J. R. R. Tolkien
The making of myths, stories, etc. can also bring God's truth to the world in unexpected ways.
Why Are Grown Ups Fighting Over a Ball?
The great sin that underlies playing the lottery is the same great sin that plagues all of us even when we don't play the lottery.
Libertarian Schools of Thought Defined
To help with this problem, below there will be a few definitions and distinctions between different sub-schools of libertarian thought.
On Neighbors, Love, & the Magistrate
We do not want to be "those who turn aside the alien" and do not fear God.
On Priorities
With regard to James 2, I think it's applicability here is a stretch. The order of charity described by Paul and Aquinas has nothing to do with the sin of partiality.
On Fear
Let me take a little time to explain why I believe the USA needs to continue its acceptance of Syrian refugees.
The Enemy Pursues Him Even There
Could we be more pathetic? For gosh sakes, we're begging the world for street cred.
A Gender Stereotyping Discussion
The Scriptures tell us to do this. What a novel thought.
Public Confession
Christ's death on the cross is not for them in a special way. But for them right now, His nakedness is represented by their honesty.
Solomon Against Modernity
We must submit to the place that God put us in His creation. Modernity refuses to do this. The Modern man must be either God or meaningless manner. The Modern man ignores the wisdom of Solomon.
through a glass darkly (part 2)
The thing is, I stopped going to "my" bar on a regular basis (it's a long story), so I haven't been sampling as many unusual brews. Here, however, are some standbys.
A Cultureless Faith
According to Schindler, the Christian church quietly obeyed the voices of the Enlightenment which told the church which compartment of the modern life it could have a say in; namely the realm of spirituality and personal religion.
John Calvin and the Civil Magistrate (Part 5)
Get our troops off of foreign soil and return to a true Christian magistrate.
Objections to Holy Deception
It should not be surprising that a slew of posts on "why it is okay to lie" might receive some push back. It is time for me to address a couple of objections that went untouched in my posts.
Personhood & Abortion
In the end, it should not matter whether the fetus is human life or not. Humans are to view the world through the understanding that they are in dynamic relationship to everything around them.