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I Do Not Permitted a Calvinist to Use “Permit” Language

Often when discussing Calvinism with my Reformed friends, Ihear them use language like “God allowed/permitted sin.” This kind of rhetoricseems strange, though, coming from a group of people who believe, as the Westmi…
In All Fairness...

"Calvinists don't believe in Free Will." "Arminians don't believe God is Sovereign" "Open Theists deny God's omniscience." These three statements are patently false. While I have my own views, I cringe when I here fa…
There's Too Much Wax on This Apple: Your Cheap Theology Just Won't Do

There’s too much wax on this apple. As if by loading it upwith a smooth, clear, relatively unnoticeable cover, we can pretend we'll not getbruised when falling off this tree – or being picked off more likely. But the…
Hell Yes Or Hell No: Observations on an Over-Emphasized Biblical Doctrine

-Hell does not occur within the Pauline Corpus. In other words, Paul’s gospel is not proclaimed with the threatening backdrop of Hell looming over his hearers. It is the kindness of God that leads to repentance. The clos…
Forgive and Forget

Forgive and forget. The phrase always resounds of bumper sticker Christianity to me. Like when my guitar gets played too much the sound of this phrase just never seems to hit my ears at the right pitch – one of the strin…
Toward and Egalitarian Ecclesia Pt. 1/6

*I'm re-posting this on this site, but thought it would be somewhat helpful to re-post this stuff here too. Most of you already read this on my previous page, but I have enough new readers (and not much time to write new…
A New Heresy: The Soteriology of the State and the Peace of Christ: Remixed

Violence is the default reality of our society. We assume violence. We consume violence. We trust violence. It is our default reality because in many circumstances we can see no other alternative to defeating evil. We ru…
I’ve Only Got One Dog in the Fight: Reversing a Theology of Pessimism

“You’ve got two dogs in you,” an old pastor of mine used to say. “You’ve got the dog of the flesh and the dog of the Spirit. The dog you feed the most will be the dog that wins.” I’m sure many of you have heard …
Christianity and the Theo-Political World

During the conception years of Christianity, religion and the state intertwined quite nicely. In fact, no sharp dichotomy necessarily existed, especially when one considers the influence of the Imperial Cults which de…
Self-Reflection Time

Sometimes I wonder if this is real…really real. I don’t wonder so much whether or not God is real; that question only crosses my mind on occasion – a rare occasion. Rather, I wonder if what I experience with Hi…