“Scripture is full of believers participating in subpar systems—as weighed in the balances of a biblical worldview—and it does not follow from this that such participation was sinful” (Food Catholic, p. 16).
Idols Assume a Narrative
“Idolatry is an account of the world. It is not stand-alone worship of some god who is not God, who is being worshiped for its own sake. No, the idol is connected to an account of the world. This means that when we reject the idolatry, as we must do, we are still not in …
Endowed by Their Blind Evolutionary Process With Certain Alienable Privileges Which May or May Not Be Revoked at the Next Stage
“Why should men be free? Why should they be treated with equity? Why should we govern ourselves democratically? The answers will vary depending on whether you believe that we evolved out of the primordial goo, or God put us here” (Empires of Dirt, p. 16).
Or Two Crinkly Bags
“Nothing is being said here about the gourmand who knows and understands good food, and would consequently prefer a meal bursting with the interplay of numerous intelligently placed spices to a meal on the couch from a crinkly bag, the name of which ends with that pervasive food group suffix –itos” (Food Catholic, p. 12).
Because More Is Going On
“Those who appreciate the Bible for its literary or historical value will not appreciate the Bible for long” (Empires of Dirt, p. 17).
Because Natural is Important
“. . . a woman who has a botoxed face and siliconed chest, but who eats plenty of leafy greens because it seems ‘more natural’) (Food Catholic, p. 12).
Trump Takes Jezreel
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, …
Just a Quick Observation
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 …
On Not Having a Cockroach Head
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 …
Pharisee Devils
[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).