Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: The Declaration famously says that we are "endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights." Like many famous sayings, this one tends to roll over the surface of our brains, ...
“Lo, another river of lava. The thing that is actually taboo is not the language, but rather the criticism of women by a man.”
Letter to the Editor: The catch in all of this AI business is that the bots will be demanding minimum wage and then some in short order.You see, these bots, they have owners, who have investors, ...
The Occasion for Writing About This: Last week, as we were enjoying another round of "Christ is King" posturing, a thought occurred to me, and so I went ahead and tweeted it. And when I tweet my observations, ...
Introduction: Now if you have been following how this story has unfolded thus far, we have to this point seen that Vashti was likely courageous, that Ahasuerus was feckless and easily manipulated, ...
“I don’t mean to pick on English departments today, but if the head of such a department at some soft Christian college has a bumper sticker that says “Not All Who Wander Are Lost,” and the background of the bumper sticker is decorated with stardust, and the driver of this particular Volvo things my language here is intemperate, injudicious, and unbecoming a Christian minister, then what we are actually dealing with is a cowardly refusal to read the situation. And I don’t care if he is published and has tenure. I don’t care if he is a two-feather hobbit.”
“Shall I praise you for this checklist mentality? Wisdom is pursuing you, friend, but you are fleet of foot.”
Hey, Christian Kid . . .: A Return to Offensive Christianity: A friend has written what promises to be a good one, and today is the day it releases. You can get a copy here or here. Let’s be honest. You should go get one now. Keep At It, Friend: Three Open Roads, All In …
“We continue to allow our evangelical leaders to represent us with an etiolated ‘gospel-centeredness’ that keeps the gospel at the center of a tiny little box that we store in the innermost recesses of our being.”
