Striving for the Impossible… and loving it
I love the word asymptotic. I’m not a mathematician. No offense intended to all you left brained calculus types, but I actually hate doing math. It seems to me, however,…
Worst Nelson Mandela Quote Ever
I have a lot of respect for Nelson Mandela on a personal level. He came back from years of imprisonment over his resistance to institutionalized racism and, yet, took an…
Egalitarianism as a Power Struggle
Today we have a guest post from Darrel Cox, Ph.D. Professor of Biblical Studies at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, VA. He has a Ph.D. in Theological Studies from Trinity…
Could Someone Please Define Racist for Me?
Let me say for starters that I don’t watch Duck Dynasty, don’t agree or disagree with anything about their statements for absolute sure (having no real context for it) save…
“Inconceivable!” When Old Words and New Meanings Meet in Bible Study
Today is a guest post by Scott A. Woodlee, pastor of Franklin Alliance Church (in Franklin, PA) and a contributor with Biblical Literacy Ministries. In the movie The Princess Bride…
Hey Millennials! Hollywood is a Bunch of Big Fat Liars!
In my post, “Confessions of a Troglodyte,” I attempted to share my frustrations as a biblical scholar trying to teach or dialogue with those who are quintessential Millennials, those who…
Isn’t Anyone Afraid?—Sex without Consequence & the Changing of a Paradigm
Technology has done many wonderful things for human existence. The power of our infrastructure has made survival likely (though none of us are getting out of this world alive till…
Is Prejudice Wrong?
I remember a heated discussion I had in the 90’s with an African American friend of mine over race, culture and prejudice. I often contended genetic innocence for American slavery…
Utopian Daydreams will Make Fools of Us All
Christianity is by its nature both fatalistic and utopian. Those dedicated to a Biblical Christianity tend to hold out little hope for this world, marching as we are to a…
Have You Trip-wired Your Mind?
It seems to me that a phenomena I have been witnessing for years in ever increasing regularity goes well beyond prejudice right into manic meltdown. All that is needed to…
Lions, Gazelles and Switching Hats
I recently reread Dr. Mark Yarhouse’s article in Christianity Today called “Understanding the Transgender Phenomenon.” While I appreciated his candor and data, my mind drifted, as it often does, to…
Are You Flotsam & Jetsam on The Social Tides of a Confused and Lost Humanity?
I’m not the first to be amused by the irony of human profession, being that everyone likes to believe that their opinions and rationalizations are based on facts, reality, and…
Government Entitlement Programs are Psychologically Dysfunctional
In an earlier post, “Progressives Don’t Want to Help the Poor to escape Poverty—Entitlement Programs aren’t Charity or Charitable ” I began a discussion on the misguided equalizing of Biblical…
Progressives Don’t Want to Help the Poor to escape Poverty—Entitlement Programs aren’t Charity or Charitable
One of the frustrations I face as a biblical theologian is the confusion that biblical laws regarding the poor cause Christians who cannot tell the difference between charity and entitlement…
Mother Necessity Reads the Bible
There is little doubt in my mind that there is a constancy to human nature that maintains a vital unity and relevance for human experience from age to age and…
Confessions of a Troglodyte
I regard myself, perhaps wrongly, as a decent communicator, even if a bit snarky at times. I’ve dedicated most of my ministry energy to explaining complex ideas in biblical studies…
I Have No Political Finesse
Categories, they are like crack for the left brained; they can’t get enough of them, can’t build barriers between them that are high enough, or thick enough. If the government…
Controversial Words on the Bullied
First, let me say that we need an easier way to speak of those souls who find themselves on the wrong end of a bully’s attention. Bullies get the easy…
Controversial Words on Bullies
Bullying is a complex topic, one that elicits extreme emotional reactions no matter what a person has to say about it. So I thought I might just make a few…
Our Pagan Souls
Read my blog long enough and you will find that I frequently bring up the frustration I feel as a right brained individual being often under the biblical studies thumb…