When everything you want to write requires you to explain the doctrine of original sin, sometimes the easiest thing is just to write something about original sin, and then refer to it a bunch of times.
Dispatches
The hatred and rivalries that cause armed conflicts in our world can’t be stopped by one person bending all their attention and energy on them—we’re not superheroes. But if all of us engage in doing the right thing to care for people, ultimately the dogs of war will starve for the lack of the hatreds and fears upon which they feed.
Humans continue to dream utopian dreams to solve the brokenness, injustice, and evil in our world. Why do all the utopian dreams always end in nightmares?
A horrible day for American democracy reveals a serious failing in American culture, which is being mimicked by the American Evangelical church. Both church and country are in serious trouble if they cannot repair what is broken.
What I have to say today isn’t for culture warriors, political partisans, or self-righteous ideologues. If you’re aware one of those titles describes you, I don’t have anything for you today. Thanks for stopping
“How did we get here?” It’s a question I’ve been asking myself an awful lot lately. I’m guessing you may have uttered it yourself a time or two. If you weren’t acquainted with this
My purpose for writing tonight is this: I fear that many Christians have been trained in a Gospel that is fit for children, but not mature believers…
Grief is the natural human reaction to losing something that can’t be replaced in this life. When we fail to do it well in our own lives or aid others in it, we can do enormous harm.
“…Loving people means knowing what is true about each of us: that we can be difficult, petty, selfish, self-centered, egocentric, self-righteous, self-important, etc., and choosing instead to see the part God values…”
One of the assumptions of most contemporary people is that if we have enough time and resources, humans will continue to progress and solve all of our problems–our hope is our ability to continue to show progress. But on the basis of the historical evidence, is there really any reason to think that humans can really make meaningful progress on the matters that matter most?