There have been some quesitons regarding my employment of the word 'patriarchy' in recent posts. Often Biblical Complementarians feel I use the word pejoratively. However, the following article supports my use of the wor...

My buddy  JR sent this to me over email. I'm not sure where the original source comes from, but this is aweseome! 10. A man's place is in the army.9. For men who have children, their duties might distract them from ...

 In one of the more misunderstood passages dealing with the life of Jesus, the Son of God encounters a gentile woman who seeks his assistance in casting a demon out of her daughter. The gospel of Mark provides her p...

I recently found a bunch of theological lectures freely available for download in mp3 format from The Christian Institute. I listened to a lecture on Nihilism by Lesslie Newbigin which was fantastic, and today I listened...

For most scholars, dealing with this passage is like trying to fold a fitted sheet – no matter how you manipulate it, it still doesn’t look right. The most they can hope for is to jumble together some cockeyed story and ...

I Timothy 2 and the Ephesian Artemis CultA Very Brief Background to Artemis:The Greek/Roman female deity Artemis/Diana had a twin brother named Apollo. When her mother went into labor, Artemis came out of the womb first....

*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...

Trinitarian theology, from outset of my Christian walk, has permeated my thinking. I’ve always known the doctrine as that which distinguished orthodoxy from heresy and I have no problem seeing it present within the bibli...

A few weeks ago, So-Crates played a game called Heroscape (yep, it was a nerdfest) with about 12 other people. So-Crates was more interested in the conversations than the game (he don’t like that nerd stuff), and with ...

After the ‘Original Sin’ of Adam and Eve, God shows up to collect on their transgression. In ultimate graciousness, God doesn’t come and do as he had promised – that is, He did not bring the Grim Reaper with Him. Rathe...