We’re all familiar with the fire evacuation maps on the inside of a hotel room door. In a brief, succinct, […]
Does the Bible condemn same-sex relationships? A Response to Michael Brown (Part 3)
In this article, I continue my response to Michael Brown’s response to my review of his book Can You Be Gay […]
Pastor to the Ragamuffins: A review of Pastrix
Nadia Bolz-Weber’s memoir Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint (published 2013) has been getting a lot of […]
Are same-sex relations and menstrual intercourse moral abominations? A Response to Michael Brown (Part 2)
In this article, I continue my response to Michael Brown’s response to my review of Brown’s book Can You Be Gay […]
Overcome your Cognitive Bias with the 50/50 Rule
In the past, I have often lamented the way that people exhibit cognitive biases in their critical engagement with opposing […]
Gay-Affirming Christians and Charismatics: A response to Michael Brown (Part 1a)
I didn’t quite get through my response to the first part of Michael Brown’s rejoinder in my previous article, hence […]
Okay, so Laura Ingalls Wilder was a racist. Now what?
I grew up reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books. (Not quite, actually. I stopped reading them when I was about 12, but […]
Is gay culture necessarily promiscuous? A response to Michael Brown (Part 1)
A few years ago, I posted a four-part review of Dr. Michael Brown’s book Can You Be Gay and Christian? A couple […]
The Bible depicts God commanding moral atrocities. Should we believe it?
The Bible includes some descriptions of divine action which are fundamentally at odds with the moral perceptions of properly functioning […]
Fundamentalist Apologetics Comes of Age: A Review of Evidence that Demands a Verdict
Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell. Evidence that Demands a Verdict (Thomas Nelson, 2017). Like many in my generation, I grew up with […]