A Brief Hiatus, and My Wish for You
Friends, I guess I’m not that good at multi-tasking. I have a book project that I’ve been neglecting for far too long, and I must bring the project to completion. I need to postpone… Read More
An Evangelical Alternative to Christofascism: a Review of “A New Evangelical Manifesto”
A New Evangelical Manifesto When I first perused A New Evangelical Manifesto, I was more than a bit dubious. The fact that there was barely a mention of LGBT issues, let alone a chapter,… Read More
You Can’t Quote Genesis to Prove that God Rejects Homosexual Couples
The debunking of the Clobber Passages has been so effective that anti-homosexual campaigners had to search for more Bible bullets to use against their opponents. Their most recent addition to their arsenal has… Read More
Review: “Cross Roads” by Wm. Paul Young
I confess I had misgivings about reading Wm. Paul Young’s Cross Roads this week. I avoided his best-seller, The Shack, when everyone in my congregation was reading it and my wife was telling me… Read More
Justice Review: The Prophet Micah
Sometimes we need to review the basics. With that in mind, let’s look at one of the straight-up justice passages from the Hebrew prophet, Micah. With what shall I enter Yahweh’s presence and… Read More
Christian Liberty: Free, or Not Really So Free After All?
It’s odd. In our religion freedom figures so highly, but we seem to experience so little. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled… Read More
“So Just How Do You Look Inward?” The Deeper Life
In the past I have told you to turn inward, to look inward for direction, for your values. I’ve written about the Image of God, the Spirit of God, and Conscience, to describe what’s… Read More
You Say They’re Homosexuals? Jesus Says, “So What? That Doesn’t Matter. You Come, Follow Me.”
I received an email which voiced numerous objections to the idea that Jesus accepted some sexually active gays and lesbians, which I document from Luke 17. I replied to him, “You’ve covered far… Read More
The Evangelist and His Wicked Advisers
Once upon a time there was a good king named Théoden of Rohan. King Théoden was one of the great rulers of Middle Earth, greater than Denethor of Gondor, and braver than Galadriel… Read More
True Religion Does Not Demand that You Believe in Heaven and Hell
True religion does not require you to believe in heaven and hell. This comes on good authority, if you need it–the Bible. Writing around the time of Alexander the Great, long after the… Read More
