Commentary: In a recent social media exchange between two pastor friends and me, the issue of Russell Fuller’s departure from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was discussed. I think this is a great example of the sort of conclusion jumping and assuming that plagues social media and the interwebs. Without evidence, and furthermore, without even an …
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Tis the season for presidential elections! I make no apologies for the fact that I exploit the fervor in such a time to introduce my friends to political theology that I’ve found helpful. As such… I’ll be hosting a very efficient book study that will meet only twice over the next month+. We’ll meet once …
The death penalty has been a rightly contentious political and moral issue in our country for at least the last 50 years. Christians rightly struggle with the question of taking the life a fellow image bearer even when that person has done something as heinous as murder. Questions of justice come into play when the …
Seven years ago, 3 teenage boys took a joyride in a small aluminum boat they’d stolen from an uncle. The boys lived on the Tokelau Islands, a small remote pacific atoll governed by New Zealand. The boys were familiar with the ocean and its dangers, but that familiarity couldn’t restrain their youthful desire for adventure. …
I know that I need to talk to my daughter about sex. She’ll be nine, and if I don’t say something soon, someone else will. A health teacher will broach the subject, explaining it all in medical terms. Or a classmate will whisper something confusing. In neither case will they tell her about intimacy proceeding …
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