Dallas Willard on “Right-Wing Theology” in The Divine Conspiracy
Dallas Willard, master philosopher and Christian, wrote an amazing book a few years ago called The Divine Conspiracy. In it he writes about how both left and right wing theology make errors regarding the Christian life, admitting he is painting...
Gay Marriage – Continued
The last post about gay marriage generated some interest and some comments very much worth considering. I posted my response to those comments below: Alright. I found some time, so I’ll now respond to my gracious commenters – even if...
Letter to a Liberal Friend Explaining the Christian Position on Gay Marriage (as best I could)
I wrote the below to a friend of mine who identifies himself strongly as a leftists. He had originally asked me why I couldn’t be sensible about gay marriage as is the United Church of Christ. ___________________ As for your...
Aquinas on Private property
A very nice site I stumbled across is “Acton Insitute for the Study of Religious Liberty.” Therein you can find excellent articles and book review by prominent conservative Christian scholars such as Os Guiness and Herb Schlossberg. One piece of...
Spiritual Disciplines – Part 2
My wife, Malea, is an excellent writer and thinker. She has spent much time contemplating and practicing the disciplines and here is what she thinks about them: Spiritual Disciplines: Described and Explained Spiritual Disciplines aid us in becoming more like...
Evangelicals Desperately Need to Practice Spiritual Disciplines: an Exhortation from Romans
Last week I attended a summer class put on by a fairly typical Southern California church on spiritual disciplines. I thought it was cool that they even cared about spiritual disciplines – a subject grossly neglected by most evangelicals. For...
Is Aid to Africa Effective?
The German magazine Spiegel ran an article recently attacking the notion that aid to Africa is as effective as commonly conceived. The article argues that aid to third-world African countries fosters an unhealthy dependency and has been proven to be...
St. John Chrysostom on Romans
Lately I’ve been reading St. John Chrysostom’s homilies on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. A striking feature of Chrysostom’s writings (Chrysostom means “golden mouth” in the Greek for etymologists out there!) is how evangelical they sound! Yes, I mean...
No More “Public Servants”?
On this Fourth of July weekend our great nation remembers those who fought for independence and established our venerable republic. The men who did this did, indeed, have some economic incentive, i.e. no taxation without representation and therefore lower taxes....
My New Job at Total Financial Solutions
This past week marks the first week of my new job at a great company called Total Financial Solutions, and the reason I think this is noteworthy enough to blog about is the up-close experience of the business world this...