As others have suggested, #MAGA should stand for "make America godly again." We can only be greet if we are good. #SavingaSickAmerica. — Dr. Michael L. Brown (@DrMichaelLBrown) October 2, 2017 That tweet got my attention. So I asked Dr. Brown (via Twitter), to which point in American history is he referring? That is, which […]
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You can’t make America great again because it is now better than it ever was
This morning on Twitter Michael Brown posted the following image with this description: “This is something we can all agree on”: Except I couldn’t agree on it. To be sure, I do agree with the importance of repentance. But I don’t agree with the Trumpian sentiment about making America great again. And this is because, for […]
Many Christians think the world is getting worse. Are they right?
Christians from my evangelical tradition tend to be predisposed to view the world in pessimistic terms as if the trajectory of history ensures a spiral into moral chaos and decadence. This is largely due to the influence of premillennial eschatology which predicts precisely this decline prior to the supernatural return of Christ. When you adopt that […]
If Richard Dawkins were king
Plato famously opined that in his perfect city state great philosophers would serve as the supreme rulers. It is a common mantra among secularists today that we would surely want secular, non-religious people in that vaunted role. And it is easy to point to a contemporary example of a militant socio-political group with a distinct religious […]
Why do we talk to our dogs?
I’ve got two dogs. And like many dog owners I end up talking to them. Don’t get too worried. I’m not saying I have long discussions. But I do say things like the fellow in this Far Side cartoon. This is perplexing. As Gary Larson (the cartoonist) observes, when we speak to our dogs they don’t […]
