My apologist crush
When I set out almost four years ago to pursue an amateur vocation in apologetics by way of the blogosphere, arguing for the reasonableness of theism and Christianity in particular, I knew the… Continue reading
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Exploring the rocky reefs
All aboard! 🙂 Thanks for joining me again on this potentially perilous passage to prudent professional policies and practices in a progressively prurient… Continue reading
Our future environmental climate is less important than the future religious one
Prognostication is an uncertain business. When screenwriter Bob Gale and others involved in producing the Back to the Future trilogy depicted 2015 in Part 2, they came pretty close with a lot of… Continue reading
Works for me
There’s no shortage of criticism of Oprah Winfrey for her contribution to the syncretistic spirituality of our times. Even famed author, speaker, and apologist Ravi Zacharias has said that he wanted the title… Continue reading
Holy Father
Pope Francis’ tour of the Americas continues and wherever he goes Catholics flock to get a glimpse of him or perchance a selfie. And for many of them, getting within a few hundred… Continue reading
If I met the pope
Pope Francis is coming to America next week. It’s a big deal. And it’s got me wondering…what if someone tells him about my blog, and all the critical things I’ve had to say… Continue reading
Faith plus works or faith that works?
Picture this: You’re standing before the throne of God as his mighty right-hand angel retrieves your record of deeds from the database. Between you and God is a holographic screen upon which scenes… Continue reading
Understand is a verb
In the parable of the sower in Matthew 13, Jesus tells of four categories of people who “hear the word” of the kingdom and how they are distinguished by their responses to it.… Continue reading
Pope sets time frame for forgiveness
“A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar…” And you know the rest. You don’t? Neither do I. But there’s got to be a good joke out there that starts… Continue reading
The grapes of truth
When I first decided to move beyond letters to the editor in laying down my two cents, I created my own website and called it Expression is Wine. I took the title from… Continue reading
Danger ahead
I sometimes wonder how others see the world…in particular those who are ideologically and politically on the opposite side of the spectrum from me. Are they as concerned as I am about the… Continue reading
Hypothetical judging
Was Hitler a Christian? I hope it’s obvious to all of us looking back at history that Adolf Hitler was most certainly not a follower of Christ. He did, however, pass himself off… Continue reading
Slavery, submission, and sonship
When the 13 colonies declared their independence from Great Britain they cited in their reasoning the “separate and equal station” they had before God and the proper role of government as one instituted… Continue reading
Evidence or pride?
If you, like I, believe that for a good many atheists it’s not a lack of evidence that motivates their lack of faith but rather an unwillingness to submit to God, you’ll appreciate… Continue reading
These are your gods
When I recently went from a PC to a Mac, I picked up some speed. I personally didn’t actually move faster [you know the Tortoise and the Hare tale? I’m definitely the slow… Continue reading