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This is the first part of a new series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.   Why? Is there any question more fundamental to the human...

(picture found here) This is a follow up to a post I wrote recently about biblical inerrancy. It’s a clarification of sorts, or at least an elaboration on what I do and do not believe about the Bible and why. I am an ordained elder in and lifetime member of the Church...

If you blog long enough, someone will eventually call you a heretic. Self-appointed orthodoxy watchdogs plague the internet almost as much as porn. Say something outside their particular theological tradition and they’ll damn your soul to an eternity in hell as fast...

This is the eleventh part of a series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts. This particular post is adapted from a post that originally appeared...

This is the thirteenth part of a series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts. This post is adopted for two previous posts I have written on hell...

This is the twelfth part of a series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts. As is true for so many others, Dietrich Bonhoeffer has had a profound...

This is the tenth part of a series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.   There are many days when I find myself teetering on the brink of,...

This is the ninth part of a series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.   A couple of weeks ago in my post on what I believe God can and...

This is the seventh part of a new series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.   What is the church? Is it a building? Is it the people? Is...

This is the eighth part of a series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.   There are a lot of things we don’t like to talk about in the...

This is the sixth part of a new series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.    I intended these posts to be short, but this one is a little...

(H/T) This will probably come as no surprise, but I’m a fan of Pope Francis. A big fan. I’m under no illusions that he isn’t without his flaws, but when it comes to the Christian faith and in particular being Christ-like he just seems to get it, probably more than any...

This is the third part of a new series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.   Somewhere in the world today a senseless tragedy will occur....

This is the fourth part of a new series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.   Can God make a rock so heavy He can’t move it? Can God make a...

This is the fifth part of a new series I’m calling Blogmatics. It’s an attempt on my part to lay out as best I can in as brief a manner as I can all the theological assumptions behind my blog posts.   Who do you say that I am? It’s a question Jesus asked of his...

NOTE: This is the eulogy I offered at my grandmother’s funeral this week and I share it simply to honor her who I loved so dearly. It’s ok to laugh while reading this. The occasional humor is intentional. This wasn’t for a memorial. It was for a celebration of my...

Credit: Defence Images, Flickr Creative Commons The latest battlefield in our country’s never-ending culture wars is a strange one indeed. In the midst of a global pandemic, a small but vocal minority of folks are refusing to wear face masks in public as some sort of...

Credit: Rachel Held Evans Legacy, Facebook “This is gonna be a great post.” No, not this one.  Though, I hope it honors my friend at least a bit. I’m talking about a blog post I dreamed up long ago, but never wrote. I had just finished watching the PBS...

Credit: Jon Taylor, Flickr Creative Commons This month marks 4 years since I was first diagnosed with cancer. I’ve been in remission for a while now, but I still bear the scars of that moment in my life. Literally. If you could see through my regal mane of chest hair...

The doctrine of the Trinity is too complicated to explain in under 3 minutes and not relevant enough to everyday life to worry about anyway? Challenge accepted.