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Inerrancy is the Problem Behind the Problems – Part 3
But what happens when the book we’re standing on starts to feel unstable? What happens when weak points appear in the ways we were instructed to read biblical texts? What happens when the so-called ‘doctrine’ of inerrancy we were taught begins to reveal its flaws? What now? What do we do with the Bible?
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Inerrancy is the Problem Behind the Problems – Part 2
In the minds of so many evangelicals, God may as well have swung a pocket watch in front of the biblical writers, telling them they were feeling “very sleepy”, then dictated word for word the text they were to compose. Or better yet, simply shoved those writers aside, saying He’d “take it from here”, dipped…
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Inerrancy is the Problem Behind the Problems – Part 1
Think about the issues American Christians are angry about. It shouldn’t take long for us to see that this anger has its roots – and its justification – in a ‘straightforward reading’ of an ‘inerrant’ Bible.
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Conquest Christianity
I’ve come to wonder if a ‘conquest’ mindset within evangelicalism has made it especially susceptible to the allure of nationalism. The drive to occupy and control territory, the gathering of souls around a flag, the call to work for the glory of the nation, the promise of a future ‘utopia’ for the true believers –…
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Why Trumpism Reminds Me of Maoism
History indeed repeats itself in strange ways. And I can’t help but think Trump is just Mao in a three-piece suit instead of, well, a Mao suit.
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Thieves of the Forest: A Parable
Soon, though, they realized all was not well in the forest. Huge swathes of woodland vanished, seemingly overnight; only shallow stumps remained to prove trees were ever there. Wildlife numbers dwindled. Even once-mighty rivers slowed to a trickle further downstream.
Ex-Patriot
Confronting Christian nationalism (and other bad ideas)