Theology That Bites Back
The main category for book reviews and cultural interaction.
Introduction: If our family is anything to go by, a number of Christians are having trouble processing the difference between their feelings about the presidential election and the presidential transition. Before the election, I could scarcely bear to watch Trump for more than a few minutes. I understood the entertainment value that some found there, …
Our state senator, Dan Foreman, caused a recent stir when it was reported that he was going to introduce a bill in the Idaho legislature that would make abortion first degree murder, not only for the doctor who performs it, but also for the woman who procures it. The first part of this article talks …
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time by Sarah Ruden My rating: 4 of 5 stars I hope to write more about this book later, but for now will just say that it was surprisingly good. View all my reviews
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read this many moons ago, and just now listened to it again. Very edifying book, with some brilliant sections. View all my reviews
We have all gathered here today in order to witness the establishment of a covenant. Scripture teaches that when a covenant is sealed by means of an oath, a vow, or an affirmation, something greater is being appealed to. As it says in Hebrews 6, “For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in …
Allow me to say a few things about the polarization of our society, and the radicalization of some individuals out on the extreme edges. There are always extremists at all extremes—for that is who lives out there—but let me begin by addressing one that (some) would want to say is an extreme version of what …
[Concerning 1 Tim. 4:2-3] “In scriptural terms, when a person’s conscience is seared with a hot iron, he doesn’t become an anarchist, he becomes a fierce moralist . . . A man with a seared conscience is the prohibitionist, the wowser, the fusser” (Food Catholic, p. 11).
Introduction: One of the great challenges that Christian parents have today is the challenge of figuring out what responsible parenting looks like in the middle of this technological supernova we are living in. For example, when should your teen get a smart phone? What are the parameters? Who is competent to police those parameters? Basic …
“Once the principles of unreason are well-established in our midst, we will find that we cannot turn them off with a switch, simply because we are now dealing with something more serious” (Food Catholic, p. 9).
If I might, I would like to deal with a number of issues at one fell, as they say, swoop. In the culture wars, the central battle is the battle over the dictionary. We are in a fight to the death over the authority to define. Shall it be God, or shall it be man? …
