Let’s Talk More About Sex: Applying Mere Christianity to Today
After I wrote yesterday’s post, I have to admit it, I was thinking about sex…a lot. So cue the Barry White, I have a few more thoughts. If that is an intriguing...
Category: Social and Cultural Issues
The Politicization of American Christianity, and the Misuse of Genesis 1-11
***Note: If you find this post gives you something to think about, do me a favor–re-post it either on your Facebook page or Twitter. With the upcoming pol...
Inspiration and Inerrancy….My Two Cents
I have to be honest: I still am quite frustrated these days. It still hurts knowing that I lost my teaching job because I didn’t think the universe is 6,000 yea...
Let’s Get Hitched! My Assessment of Christopher Hitchens and the New Atheist Movement
Six years ago I decided to read my way through the three “leading books” of the New Atheist movement: Christopher Hitchens’ god is not Great: How Religion Poiso...
Holy Ham, Ken! E.T. is an Atheist!
Let me say right off the bat, the title is misleading. Ken Ham does not think E.T., that adorable alien from the 1982 movie, is an atheist. No—Ken Ham believes ...
A Cheat Sheet to Understanding the Heresy of Ham
There is no place better to learn about the heretical theology of the Hamites than the source of the heresy itself: Ken Ham’s Answers in Genesis website, and mo...
Ken Ham: Is He Just Wrong, or is He Really a Heretic?
In light of my post yesterday, I’ve gotten a couple of responses questioning my calling Ken Ham and young earth creationism a heresy. I want to make a few clari...
Why I am Not Teaching This Year…and the Heresy of Ken Ham
I believe that God often puts a calling on people’s hearts. I remember when I was in high school, sitting in chapel at my Christian school, listening to yet ano...
Thoughts on Planned Parenthood’s Harvesting of Organs from the “Least of These”
I want to take a break from N.T. Wright, and take some time to comment on the recent scandal involving Planned Parenthood and their harvesting of organs from ab...