One of the stickier parts of becoming an adult is learning how many of the truisms from your childhood were outright lies. Today, I’m reminded about a particular favorite from …
Categories Bible & Theology
‘Saul’s Armor’ or ‘David’s Sling’: A Reflection on Pentecostal Apologetics
Does Pentecostalism offer any resources for Christian apologetics? That is the focus of our brief reflection. In the spring of 2014, for a course on theological method, our teacher and …
Categories Ethics
Should we care that the Earth is dying?
It was widely reported last week that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented new research that says we humans have just over decade to change the way we …
Categories Everyday LivingPolitics
Discerning Amid Our Social Chaos
For those not paying attention, here’s a public service announcement: the United States is in a prolonged moment of societal crisis. That seems a bit overblown, I know, but those …
Categories Politics
Reflections on the Church of God General Overseer attending the White House Dinner
On August 27th, the White House hosted a dinner for Evangelical leaders from around the country. These men and women serve in various capacities and the administration chose them due …
Categories Ethics
Rock and Sand: Christian Ethics in an Unethical World
In this post I’d like to broadly consider ethics: why are ethics important, and assuming they are, what is required for ethical living? Disgust Perhaps the most fundamental question regarding …
Categories Bible & TheologyEveryday Living
Phyloxenia: Love of the Stranger
What is Philoxenia? When I first heard this word, I wondered if I had just stumbled upon a new kind of flower, Philoxenia… sort of like a Xenia or phlox …
Categories Arts & Culture
“Woe To You”: A Theology of Children
Remember the simpler times before the U.S. President refused to uphold his most basic oath––representing and supporting his citizens––when all we had to worry about was how our nation detained …
This is not a “Left-Right” Issue
On May 7, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the justice department will begin to criminally prosecute every person who illegally crosses the border. This hard-line policy has resulted in …
Categories Bible & TheologyEthics
When is it time to leave the faith?
In one of my first classes at Boston University School of Theology, we explored the expansive terrain called “Christianity.” At one point I asked my professor (who eventually became my …