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 […]
Growing up a Christian in America, my understanding of the cross and effects of it is filtered primarily through a penal substitutionary lens. Essentially, this view holds that on the cross, Christ stood in as a “substitute” for us and received the punishment for our “penalty” of sin. We as humans our imperfect and sin, […]
There’s a lot of debate within the Christian sphere on how life actually came to be. Within this debate, there are three main camps people fall into. There is theistic evolution, Intelligent Design, and Creationism. I personally haven’t invested a large amount of research into this area and so don’t have a very strong position […]
Power of Words 