Patheos, which holds a lot of interesting ideas, often hosts conversations that are interdisciplinary, or at least cross-cultural (in a religious sense). Like with many things in the internet age, however, there is a lot of bad content. By bad content, I mean content which appears to convince its readers, but doesn’t actually add to… Continue reading Rightly Divided: Introduction
Not everything happens for a reason. But in everything that happens, there can be a reason to bring hope and healing to others. God can use our pain for a greater good if we choose to let him in. Here, I am responding to the premise of this blog post to a relatively popular writer… Continue reading Be Very Afraid
I was recently in a OfficeDepot, searching for a replacement computer for my Mac (it’s a long story), and while I was waiting on a sales attendant to check his stock, I had the chance to have a good ol’ conversation with a native of the area. We talked about what each other were doing,… Continue reading “He Justs Makes Sense”
There is a lot of controversy surrounding the idea of biblical marriage and “traditional family values” (a masquerade of biblical marriage). Normally, I am the one going “Rambo” on the blogsphere and facebooks trying to disrupt what is usually a festival of liberal thinkers preaching to themselves. A lot of people do nit-pick and try… Continue reading Actually, According to the Bible
I recently helped a friend of mine move some furniture around. There were several of us; but I was probably the biggest guy in stature. One of the people, though, that was helping was a really sweet person from, well, the South. Some how, as in many cases, we got on the topic of Jesus,… Continue reading Christianism
Some may come after me in this blog post and defend the general goodness of all humans. Many will go after my view of free will; after all, who doesn’t like to have complete autonomy and total independence in the making of decisions? Man has the propensity to delight in generalities, to escape what is… Continue reading God-Centered Theology Part 2
I know that there has been a lot said about this way of thinking, so I am not trying to re-invent the wheel. What I am trying to say about theology, though, will hopefully be a welcome reminder. Basically, I pointed out with the previous post (related to theology) that when man is at the… Continue reading God-Centered Theology Part 1
What I have thoughts on today may turn some heads. What I have to say is difficult; I do not come by this thinking easily. Most everyone begins their evangelical exposure in this topic, so I say it with a great deal of understanding and heart-felt sympathy. However, what I believe to be saying is… Continue reading Man-Centered Theology
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3.16 Ahh… I feel it already. The sweet gagging of God when He hears all of the precious evangelical pastors flinging this particular part of the Bible like an… Continue reading 1-Ply Theology
Recovering Excellence 