Merold Westphal’s book, Overcoming Onto-Theology: Toward a postmodern Christian Faith, is a collection of essays concerning onto-theology. Westphal’s goal is to show the problems with the onto-theological project and why it should be abandoned. Westphal has impacted my perspective on human faculties, and has opened me up to appreciate more postmodern thinking. As successful as […]
As a Christian inclusivist, I maintain that Christianity is the fullest revelation of God, but that people are able to receive salvation without professing to be Christian. I believe the inclusivist position allows us to maintain traditional understandings of core Christian doctrines, while also acknowledging the force of a religiously plural reality. We are to […]
It’s been interesting to hear people talk about politics and economics, and then comment on how Christianity should inform a political or economic perspective. I definitely believe that one’s Christian faith should inform and direct economic and political decisions. Jesus always gets pulled to one side or the other though. Those who are liberal want […]
Clothing attire causes much area for confusion and disagreement and even judgement. Especially when talking about women’s clothing attire. Especially when talking about women’s clothing attire and the sexual implications. I’ve recently heard of a movement called “Free the Nipple”. The issue is women want to be able to walk around shirtless and show their […]
Let’s look at natural evil and evil as a reason to reject Christianity.
How do I get to heaven? That is one of the most common and controversial questions. As important as an answer to that question is, my attention is elsewhere. My attention is on what lurks behind that question. I’ve been fascinated with the assumption that we don’t get to heaven as we are right now. […]
An exploration into what Christians can learn from Buddhist about how Christianity relates to other religions.
How does God accomplish “His Will” in the world? We are told that nothing can stand in the way of God’s will and that nothing will prevent God from bringing about his will. When you think about God being this all powerful and all wise God, it seems like something that makes sense. Of course, […]
Here are the issues we have. There’s debate on whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. One side says they do not, that Christian’s and Muslims have such a radically different view of God that when either one of them is speaking about God, they are literally talking about two different beings. It’s not […]
The evangelical story that’s told is people need Jesus to get into heaven. Why is Jesus the prerequisite for heaven? The story continues to go on and say that we need Jesus because we need a savior. We are in a position where we can’t remedy our predicament ourselves and need someone to save us […]
Power of Words 