State

The Public Acceptance Factor and Politics

About a month ago, my husband and I ditched our TV package with Time Warner Cable and changed to Playstation Vue. In the greater scheme of things, this was a …

Church / Reconciliation

Those Who Live By Faith Are Just

This is the latest in a series of essays on the topic of reconciliation. You can find links to the previous articles at the bottom of this page. In the …

Society

The Speeding up of History

I can’t help observing that things seem to be moving a good deal faster today than they ever did in previous eras. My grandmother was born in 1932. Her childhood …

Church

No Thank You, Aquinas: Women Are Not Misbegotten

Thomas Aquinas was undoubtedly one of the greatest thinkers in Christian history. His Summa Theologica is quite possibly the most influential theological tome of all time. Christians of all stripes …

Church

Should Christians Use Satire?

Yesterday, I was moseying around Twitter rather innocently: well, at least as innocently as possible for a person such as myself. As I was scrolling through the long line of …

Church

That Time Martin Luther Became a Thief

The relationship between the German Reformers Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon has been puzzled over by scholars for centuries. They were fellow professors at the University of Wittenberg and collaborated …

Church

How Christ Redeemed Our Suffering

In a recent essay, I made a throwaway comment to the effect that Jesus Christ has not only redeemed us, but also our suffering. I then fell prey to a …

Uncategorized

We’re Rebranding

Friends, In the interest of simplification and in order to reflect my shift in interest away from political topics and toward religious ones, I have dropped the “Church & State” …

Church / Reconciliation / Society

Humble Rebellion: Living as Ambassadors of Christ

This is the latest in a series of essays on the topic of reconciliation. You can find links to the previous articles at the bottom of this page. How can …

Church

A Puritan Response to William P. Young’s New Book

Many of you may be familiar with the new movie titled The Shack, which is based upon William Paul Young’s novel of the same name. Depending on what circles you …