The Dawkins Delusion (Part 2): “A Deeply Religious Non-Believer” (Chapter 1)
Dawkins: The Philosophical Naturalist The first chapter of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion is entitled “A Deeply Religious Non-Believer.” In it, Dawkins makes...
Category: Social and Cultural Issues
The Jews, the Holocaust, and the Covenant
I recently watched a PBS presentation entitled, God On Trial. The setting was a barracks in Auschwitz, in which the Jewish men there decided to “hold court” and...
Larycia Hawkins, Wheaton College, Muslims, Evolution…and Political Idolatry (Part 2)
Yesterday, in my previous post concerning the Larcycia Hawkins/Wheaton College story, I tried to reflect on what the more fundamental issues really were....
Larycia Hawkins, Wheaton College, Muslims, Evolution, and Politics (Part 1)
Over the past month, the story of Lacycia Hawkins has gained national attention. She is the tenured professor at Wheaton College, a prominent Evangelical colleg...
The Crash: Part 2 (How the Fallout Changed the Course of my Life)
In my last post, I told about the life-changing car wreck I was in as a teenager on December 22, 1985. I said that it was that car wreck that changed my life, b...
Book Review: Karl Giberson’s “Saving the Original Sinner” (Part 3)
Here is the rest of my book review of Karl Giberson’s book, Saving the Original Sinner. Chapter 6: The Origin of Mrs. Cain (and the Posse that Chased her ...
Karl Giberson: Saving the Original Sinner (Book Review: Part 2)
Today I wish to briefly review the first half of Karl Giberson’s book, Saving the Original Sinner. It is “Black Friday,” and I’m sitting...
From the Holy Mountain, and into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Part 2)
If you have grown up in an American Evangelical culture, no doubt your view of the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis is that Israel can do no wrong, and all the Palest...
From the Holy Mountain…and into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Part 1)
***I originally wrote this four years ago, and have now revised it a bit. If you find this post, along with the next few posts, to be challenging and thought-pr...
Getting Naked With Soren Kierkegaard: Yes, You Should be Self-Conscious!
There are certain things in my life that have convinced me that I am not really a bright person: my pathetic choice to be a die-hard Cubs fan, my enjoyment of f...