I was reading through articles from "First Things" today and I saw one about birthright citizenship that I found very disturbing. Not only did the article make the claim that birthright citizenship would be impossible to maintain in the future (a completely unfounded opinion), but it used other truly upsetting language and simply untrue information.... Continue Reading →
Earlier today the Vatican's ambassador to the US met with Pentagon officials. These officials reportedly said the Vatican "must choose a side" in the war with Iran. Further these officials brought up the "Babylonian Captivity" a time when the French Crown kidnapped the pope and held the papacy under its control. This is absolutely disgusting... Continue Reading →
I recently wrote a response to a video of Voddie Baucham addressing the idea of Christian Nationalism (here). The same individual who asked me to review the video responded to that post and while I usually do not engage in such back and forth in this format I thought I would make an exception and... Continue Reading →
I was asked to review and critique a sermon by Dr Voddie Baucham about Christian Nationalism.1 A few words before I engage in that exercise, I am not trying to belittle Dr. Baucham in any way nor disparage his legacy, I am simply critiquing one message. Further there are things in this message I appreciated... Continue Reading →
Recently I was asked to write a response to this question, "Can you point to a turning point in American culture or history where the church started making this dramatic turn away from the teachings of Christ?" This was part of a larger (and ongoing) conversation about how to talk to fellow believers about politics.... Continue Reading →
This morning I am thinking about the book of Revelation and how many people I encounter have interpreted its prophecies. From the outset let me be clear, I disagree with this interpretation of the Bible, my thought is simply to express beliefs of others and then ask one simple question about how this interpretation should... Continue Reading →
This post contains some references to sexual assault and some might find it disturbing. Recently, I have been thinking about the story the Roman historian Plutarch tells that the night before he crossed the Rubicon Julius Caesar had a dream in which his mother "submitted" to his sexual penetration. To us this sounds like a... Continue Reading →
The erection and subsequent destruction of a display set up by the Satanic Temple in the Iowa State Capital Building has been major news in the circles I follow. Particularly because it has come on the heels of Rob Reiner announcing a movie project he worked on with the creators of Pure Flix highlighting the... Continue Reading →
I just did a short video related to this topic (you can watch it here), but I thought I the issue deserved a little more context and development. I began thinking about the phrase "The Word of God" a couple weeks ago because of a twitter discussion I had with two individuals who were trying... Continue Reading →
Over the last few months Americans have seen the growth in the number of people identifying with a political theory known as Christian Nationalism. There are those who will say Christian Nationalism is nothing more than voting our Christian conscious, but this is untrue. I have been following Stephen Wolfe, a major proponent of Christian... Continue Reading →
Squinting in the Light 