Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: As I write these words, the trial of Lindsay Clancy in Massachusetts is wrapping up. She killed her three kids a few years ago, and the trial is over whether she did so in the grip of post partum psychosis, and so not guilty by reason of insanity, or whether she was responsible for …
Letter to the Editor: Would you please share with us who deeply appreciate your ministry and the whole CREC/Moscow Mood, what you think fuels the gut reaction against all this by the "standard ...
“It does seem awkward and asymmetrical to say that the timeless moral authority of the Decalogue arises out of nine and a half of the commands. Nobody likes seeing the Ten Commandments walk with a limp.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 62
Introduction: I first read Eric Hoffer's book The True Believer in 1984, over forty years ago now. I had also read Orwell's 1984 in that same year because I thought it was an appropriate time ...
Introduction: Learning to be a Christian athlete involves more than simply being a Christian and also being an athlete. What we are after is for those two words (and worlds) to intersect, such that ...
“One of my daughters described the youth ministries of many churches as ‘potato salad at room temperature.’ Sleepovers! Lock-ins! Back rubs! Jesus!”
Concise and to the Point, p. 58
“To object to an ambulance chaser is not to display a calloused disregard for the pain of the people in the ambulances. To object to hypochondriacs is not the same thing as being insensitive to those who are really sick.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 57
Gotcha: Open Autumn Road: A Chat With Michael Knowles and Others: And Hide It Real Good: HT: Samuel Cherubin: Daniel Gerhartz Unlikely Song Topics: A Song I Like for Some Reason: Featured Product: The Pink Spiders of Empathy: Although I was not the instigator of the empathy wars, not me, I was there when things …
