Was Jesus Really a Socialist? (Part 5: Charity as Discipleship)
Recap In part 3 of “Was Jesus Really a Socialist?” I list the claims made by those attempting to present Jesus as this very thing. In part 4, I pushed…
Was Jesus Really a Socialist? (Part 4: Jesus, Charity, and Property Rights)
Recap In Part 3 of “Was Jesus really a Socialist?” we considered 20 different arguments made by believers to defend the idea that real Christianity is socialist… that Jesus Himself…
Was Jesus Really a Socialist? (An Important Excursus)
Sorry for Being a Troubler-Maker In part 3 of “Was Jesus Really a Socialist?” I list the claims made by those attempting to present Jesus as this very thing. Amusing…
Was Jesus Really a Socialist? (Part 3: 20 Claims for Jesus the Socialist)
Recap In Part 1 & 2 of “Was Jesus really a Socialist?” we considered more than the fluffy and emotionally satisfying notion that socialism means sharing and caring and, the…
Was Jesus Really a Socialist? (Part 2: Torah and Natural Rights)
Recap In Part 1 of “Was Jesus really a Socialist?” we considered more than the fluffy and emotionally satisfying notion that socialism means sharing and caring. Some Christian leaders with…
Was Jesus Really a Socialist? (Part 1: Three Kinds of Socialists)
If you are an emotional thinker, it is easy to respond emotionally rather than logically and rationally to bumper sticker claims like, but not limited to “Jesus was a Socialist,”…
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The game where clichés collide and logic dies laughing. 🃏 THE PREMISE Tired of long conversations that demand nuance, facts, or logic? Play Bumper Sticker Bingo! A New Game for…
Empathy, The Christian, & Charlie Kirk (Part 3: Desire vs. Need)
The Story of Our Trilogy We began this three-part discussion looking at the manipulative presentation of Charlie Kirk’s statements about empathy. His enemies took them out of context and gave…
Empathy, The Christian & Charlie Kirk (Part 2: Useful Idiots & Emotional Thinkers)
In our last session together…1 Please, feel free to lie down on the couch, that’s why it’s there… Gooood… is that comfy? So, in our last session together, we discussed…
Empathy, The Christian, and Charlie Kirk (Part 1: Context Matters)
Oh that darnable quote from Charlie Kirk, “I can’t stand the word empathy. Actually, I think empathy is a made up new age term… that it does a lot of…
A Big Easy Lazy Lie
Once “they” convince you that all the suffering in the world is caused by one easily identifiable group of people (Oppressors) with all the advantages and all the power… people…
Mao, Abortion, & the Contrarian Spirit: An Exercise in Thinking
I’ve been studying the history of Marxism a good deal of late. I’ve audited several courses, read dozens of monographs (a fancy word for books meant to alert you to…
Without a Vision People are Sure to Misinterpret Proverbs 29:18 (Video)
Few churches go more than a couple weeks in business meetings or general assembly without somebody quoting the first half of Proverbs 29:18 from the King James, “Without a vision…
A Daring Claim about Colonization
A word to the wise… read the footnotes. A review of the long history of violence and abuse by ancient rulers the world over would make a sensitive soul ill.…
A Review of Peter Lance’s Book, Homicide at Rough Point
Homicide at Rough Point is a sort of investigative piece into the 1966 Newport death of Hollywood up-and-comer Eduardo Tirella under an automobile driven by the wealthy heiress, Doris Duke.…
One Man’s Reception of the Reception History Conference of the Society of Pentecostal Studies’ 2019 Annual Meeting
I have just returned from my first SPS annual meeting. As a newbie, I was less than impressed. Rats! There goes the tension spring in another understatement meter; I should…