Book Review

“Goodbye Jesus”–A Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 4: Rationalizing His Newfound Unbelief…and Appeal to Ehrman’s Authority as the High Priest of Ex-Evangelical Rationalism)

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Here in Part 4 of my analysis of Tim Sledge’s book, Goodbye Jesus, I’m going to delve into a curious phenomenon I have noticed with many former Christians, particularly ex-Evangelicals/Fundamentalists, when it comes to them explaining why the left the faith. Now, as we’ve seen with Sledge’s life story, there were a variety of things…

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Book Review/The New Atheist Movement

“Goodbye Jesus”–A Book Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 3: Church Rivalries and Marital Failures)

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We now come to Part 3 of my analysis of Tim Sledge’s book, Goodbye Jesus—a book in which he recounts his life story into Christianity, into the ministry, and eventually out of Christianity altogether. In Part 1 of this series, I provided a “Reader’s Digest version,” if you will, of Sledge’s 420-page book. In Part…

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“Goodbye Jesus”–A Book Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 2: Child of an Alcoholic; Obsession with Church Attendance)

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Last week I began a short blog series in which I discuss Tim Sledge’s book, Goodbye Jesus, in which he tells his life story as an Evangelical pastor, and his eventual walking away from the Christian faith, to where he now identifies as a humanist. In last week’s post, I provided a 2,500-word overview of…

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“Goodbye, Jesus”–A Book Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 1: An Overview of the Book)

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Tim Sledge is a former Baptist minister who, for about 40 years, had been a pastor and Christian writer. As the title of his book, suggests, he no longer is a Christian. He now describes himself as a humanist, and in his book, Goodbye Jesus, he essentially gives his life story in which he details…

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Creation Evolution Debate/Ken Ham/Social and Cultural Issues

Answers in Genesis Passes Judgment on OEC, TE, and even NT Wright and Francis Collins…(and I somehow tie this all into 2020 Politics)

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Over the past month, I really haven’t written anything on this blog. I’ve just been too tired, and quite frankly, too depressed, to write anything. The social and political upheaval that has gripped America these days has just really been tough for me to process. As I briefly mentioned in my 5-Year Anniversary post, I…

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Happy Anniversary to Me: “Resurrecting Orthodoxy” Turns 5…

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This Sunday, July 19th, will mark the 5-year anniversary of my starting Resurrecting Orthodoxy. Over the past 5 years, I’ve written about 200 posts on the Creation/Evolution debate, over 200 posts specifically about Biblical Studies, about 100 on the New Atheist Movement, and a smattering of other topics. I’ve also written extended book reviews of…

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Social and Cultural Issues

George Floyd, Protests, and Rioting (Part 4): Where We’re Going Wrong, into the Arms of Joker and Bane

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In the 3-4 weeks since George Floyd’s murder, after the protests, riots, lootings, and endless debate and discussion throughout the country, despite the fact we still are in the middle of a whole lot of chaos, there are a few things we all should see clearly, at least at this point: The main problem involving…

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Social and Cultural Issues

George Floyd, Protests, and Rioting (Part 3): Engagement and Conversations

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We now come to Part 3 in my brief series in which I’m sharing my take on the recent events that have enveloped our country. In this post, I want to address a variety of items regarding how we as a society are trying to discuss and deal with everything. (As it turns out, I…

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Social and Cultural Issues

George Floyd, Protests, and Rioting (Part 2): Real Problems…and Politics

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In my last post, I argued that, despite the fact that there are certainly racial injustices in America today and certainly instances of unjust police brutality and harassment, the prevailing narrative that is often pushed in our society today about how racist white police officers were  “hunting down black men” and that white people were…

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Social and Cultural Issues

George Floyd, Protests, and Rioting (Part 1): What is Not the Core Problem

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Over the next few posts, I’m going to share my thoughts on the current crisis in America today that has been sparked by the murder of George Floyd, as well as other issues that, in one form or another, are connected to it. I want to focus on three things: (1) What is not the…

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