After a flood of warnings and encouragements from across the spectrum of American Christianity, I decided to see Noah at the cinema. I don’t usually find movies to be value for money at cinema prices (even matinees), especially when it…
RINOs and ChINOs
In a two-party political system, everyone has to fit somewhere. Even in a multi-party system, they have to fit somewhere – it’s just that they have more options. In the United States, we give people two choices of party if…
Loving Your Neighbor: The Full Context
Everyone knows that the second great commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said it and that’s all there is to it, right? Sometimes we forget that Jesus was quoting from the Old Testament. He was quoting it…
Temple Builders
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let…
On the Election of Judges
In the March 4th primary election, there are a lot of candidates about whom the public has been made aware. With candidate ads, attack ads, and endorsements, the battle lines are drawn. In Texas, this is principally within the Republican…
What is Truth?
You have the right to be wrong, but you do not have the right to be right. Truth exists independent of what we think. If there were no people to think this or to think that, truth would still be…
Questions of Grace in a Life Unlived
Yesterday I went to one of the saddest funerals I’ve ever attended. It wasn’t sad because of the throngs of people weeping. Rather one of the reasons it was sad was how few people attended. Of those present, it seemed…
Why I’m Fed Up With Christian Politicians
Somehow Facebook has decided that at least once a day I need to see Texas Senator Dan Patrick’s video about how he is a Christian first, a Conservative second and a Republican third. This is supposed to convince me to…
The Bible Isn’t Biblical
This is a revision of something I posted in 2008, back in the days of my pseudonymous blogging. Several people have raised the underlying issue with me recently. A few years ago, I happened upon the world of the post-Christian,…
The Heart of Corporate Worship
The purpose of corporate worship is not to induce personal euphoria. If someone says to me, “I didn’t get anything out of worship this morning,” I need to say, “Good, it wasn’t for you anyway.” When someone says to me,…