Religion

Thank God for Gut Bacteria

Posted by on November 20, 2022 at 6:55 pm

You might read that title and think I’m a little weird. But, by the end of this post, you’ll be thankful for the lil fellas, too. (Though you may still think I’m weird.) A few years ago, I was having some digestive issues. (Nothing major.) I don’t remember the details — probably just as well […]

What Kanye Said

Posted by on November 13, 2022 at 8:22 pm

Kanye West — I refuse to call him ‘Ye’ — gets a lot of grief. This has been especially true in recent years, now that he has adopted a largely conservative political view and become a Christian (of some sort). As with Donald Trump, some of the criticism is fair, thanks to his big ego […]

Five Misconceptions About Calvinism

Posted by on October 30, 2022 at 6:58 pm

In honor of Reformation Day this year, I opted to provide some information about the teachings of one of the Reformers, John Calvin. A little over a year ago, a Facebook friend shared a rather long post (possibly extracted from an e-book) from someone named Robin Schumacher. I was not familiar with the name at […]

What Is a Hyper-Calvinist, Really?

Posted by on October 2, 2022 at 9:32 pm

Alternate titles: The Truth about Hyper-Calvinism OR Hyper-Calvinism: What It Is and Isn’t Once again, I find myself — a non-Calvinist, or perhaps a not-quite-Calvinist — defending Calvinists and Calvinism on social media. (Not that I do this a lot, mind you.) Or, at least, trying to correct misinformation. Why? ‘Cuz it really bugs me […]

Biden’s Student Loan Bailout: Irresponsible, Unfair, and UnChristian

Posted by on September 4, 2022 at 7:45 pm

“America’s children will be picking up the tab for this fiscal negligence for a generation.” — Lindsey M. Burke, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy and Mark A. Kolokotrones fellow in education Everyone is talking about President Biden’s plan to “cancel” student loan debt for millions of people, a move even a […]

SETI and the Drake Equation

Posted by on August 28, 2022 at 11:46 pm

“I am usually baffled by the thoughts and accomplishments of humans in different cultures. I’ll be damned if I can state with certainty what some extraterrestrial source of intelligence might do.” — Stephen Jay Gould, noted paleontologist and evolutionary biologist When I wrote “SETI and the Fermi Paradox”, it was all I could do to […]

SETI and the Fermi Paradox

Posted by on August 14, 2022 at 7:14 pm

“Here [pointing to new, blown-up photo from Voyager] is the Earth in a sunbeam. And you can see it; it is in fact less than a pixel in size. And, uh, this is where we live — on a blue dot. There is no evidence suggesting life anywhere else. For me, that underscores the rarity […]

Reformed Arminianism?

Posted by on August 7, 2022 at 6:49 pm

“Nothing is more obstructive to the investigation of the truth than prior commitments to partial truths.” — Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609), Dutch theologian Most people with a little theological knowledge would have to think twice about putting the two words in this post’s title together. I mean, “Reformed” usually refers to Calvinism and the doctrines of […]

The Way Forward: Forgiveness and Clear Biblical Teaching

Posted by on July 17, 2022 at 7:02 pm

In earlier posts, I cited Voddie Baucham’s concerns regarding the growing “fault lines” within greater Evangelical Christianity due to the infiltration of Critical Race Theory, “social justice”, etc. Baucham explained what these ideas were, their unbiblical nature, and how they have manifested in “evangelical” churches across America. In this post, I present much of the […]

The Sufficiency of Scripture in Matters of Race and Justice

Posted by on July 10, 2022 at 6:45 pm

This week I have a citation from the chapter titled “A New Canon” in Voddie Baucham’s Fault Lines. In the chapter, Baucham discusses a list of books, articles, films, and social media platforms provided by Christianity Today ostensibly to “help move white people toward antiracism.” The list concerns him. So as not to be misunderstood, […]