Cosmos, Episode One: A Religious Approach to Science and an Unscientific Approach to History
As I’ve publicly stated in the past, Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of my favorite people on the planet .…
How Not to Worship a Black Hole: A Review of Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed by Austin Fischer
Over the last 15 years, I’ve engaged in far more discussions, “debates,” and arguments over the subjects of election, predestination,…
The Gospel and Table Fellowship
What makes a person a ‘sinner’? Can a person be a ‘sinner’ simply by virtue of their ethnic identity? Today,…
Farewell, Preston Sprinkle – A Review of Fight by Preston Sprinkle
An Overview of Fight Fight opens with a graphic description of a genocide in Mozambique that is reminiscent of the…
Guns Don’t Stop Killers, People Stop Killers: Love, Shared Stories, and the Power of the Holy Spirit
Depending on your access to social media, you might not have heard about this story, or you might think you’re…
Jesus, Zombies, and Love: A Theological Reflection on Warm Bodies (Part 3)
This is part 3 of a three-part theological reflection on Warm Bodies. In part 1, I explored what Christian theology and the…
Jesus, Zombies, and Love: A Theological Reflection on Warm Bodies (Part 2)
If you’re just tuning in, this is part 2 of a few theological reflections on Warm Bodies, a zombie romance movie.…
Jesus, Zombies, and Love: A Theological Reflection on Warm Bodies (Part 1)
WARNING: SPOILERS Warm Bodies is an exploration of what it means to be fully human and fully alive. Zombies are a perennial…
The “Real” Jesus: Why Reza Aslan is Right! (…and Wrong)—Jesus, Revolution, and Objectivity
For those who are not familiar with Dr. Reza Aslan (like his Fox News interviewer, apparently), he is religion scholar…
Reading Revelation Wrongly: “The Rapture” and the End of the World in Popular Culture and Conservative U.S. Christianity
Hollywood isn’t to blame for getting the Christian view of the end times wrong—Christians are to blame. Christians have failed…