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 →
Critique of Dr. Baucham’s Views on Christian Nationalism
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 →
The Legacy of the Scopes Trial: Truth vs. Control in Christianity
July 21 marks one hundred years since a jury found John Scopes guilty of violating the Butler Act and fined him $100. I have been thinking about this trial recently and how even though the Fundamentalists won the trial it was ultimately a major loss. I find the Scopes trial is one of those events... Continue Reading →
Understanding the Rift: Evangelicals and American Nationalism
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 →
Who is the Antichrist?
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 →
There is no Pride in being a Bigot
Today I saw a pastor post a video in which he said that if Christians are not being called Nazis, racists, antisemitic, misogynistic, bigots they are failing. And this is a man with 25k+ followers on social media (not an insignificant number). He made this claim and defended it by saying that such labels show... Continue Reading →
What Place is Satan Allowed in Government?
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 →
On Christian Nationalism
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 →
America The Christian Nation: White Hat America
This is the last in a series of posts on the idea of America as a Christian nation you can read the other posts in the series here, here, here, & here. A classic troupe of Western movies was the white hats vs. the black hats; in these movies the good guys always wear the... Continue Reading →
Squinting in the Light 