Uncategorized Justice in the Ancient World 7 Oct 20228 Oct 2022 The word "justice" seems to pop up everywhere. We increasingly hear about things like environmental justice, health justice, economic justice, racial justice, among many others. Modern theorists, such as John…
Uncategorized Part 4: Debt Forgiveness in Scripture 12 Sep 202212 Sep 2022 In my first article, I outlined several presuppositions that should guide an Evangelical who is interested in applying Scripture to a contemporary situation. In part 2, I explored some of…
Uncategorized If Misquoting the Bible was a Political Contest… 6 Sep 20226 Sep 2022 If misusing the Bible was an Olympic event, many politicians and political candidates seem determined to win the Gold Medal. In the article below, I offer several examples of some…
Uncategorized Part 3: Loan Generosity & Predatory Interest 3 Sep 202212 Sep 2022 Recap This series of articles attempts to analyze Biden's student debt forgiveness program, and especially some Christian reactions to that program, in light of Scripture's ethical teachings. In PART 1,…
Uncategorized Part 2: The Value of Hard Work & Compassion 1 Sep 202212 Sep 2022 Debt Forgiveness: A Moral Issue? The concept of student debt forgiveness remains widely popular. One study reports 73% of those polled supported Biden's recently announced program to forgive $10,000 of…
Uncategorized Part 1: Debt Forgiveness: Introducing the Issue 27 Aug 202212 Sep 2022 President Biden's recent announcement regarding student loan relief has caused quite a stir on social media. While this is just the latest wildfire to burn across the social media landscape,…
Uncategorized Victimhood, Empathy, and the Invention of New Villains 1 Jan 20221 Jan 2022 Mark Pellegrino is an actor best know for playing the bad guy. Among many other villainous roles, he's played the abusive ex-husband (Dexter), the vaguely supernatural entity responsible for a…
Uncategorized Review: Jesus and John Wayne 1 Jan 20213 Jan 2021 JESUS AND John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a faith and fractured a nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez "Kristin Du Mez is a radical feminist." This was a fellow…
Uncategorized Sep 2020 Annotated Reading List 8 Oct 20208 Oct 2020 Reading is a joy. Below is a list of the books I was able to complete in the month of September, which I'm finally getting around to annotate. Hopefully one…
Uncategorized Aug 2020 Annotated Reading List 2 Sep 20208 Oct 2020 Institia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification (Alister McGrath) This book is the definitive (if scholars may use that word) resource on how justification has been understood…