Finding common ground with an evangelist street preacher
What’s a street preacher doing here? This last Saturday I was doing some audio work at the local Pondtown Festival; a little arts, crafts, and music festival in the tiny…
An Insurance Policy against Doubt
The Bible and the Qur’an are similar books, I’ve been clear on that before. One of the many similarities is a certain tendency to provide an insurance policy against the…
Exploitation: Children in the Pulpit
Child Preachers A few nights ago my wife and I happened upon a National Geographic documentary about child preachers called “Pint-Sized Preachers”. My wife said I shouldn’t watch it because…
Tebow, The Bible, and the Christian Persecution Complex
It wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t start this post out with a certain disclaimer: I don’t know a thing about football and have never cared much for what I…
Keeping Church and State Separate – Without Compromise
Many of you have heard by now of The Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, in Pike County Kentucky whose membership recently voted to disallow membership, marriage, and some participation in worship…
Reason for the Season
The time of year has come again where Christians all over the US are proclaiming that “Jesus is the Reason for the Season” and that they intend to “Keep Christ…
Facing the Reality of Death
Death, for believers from many different faiths, is a new beginning. Death is the point in which your deeds and dedication to your god begin to be rewarded and for…
Praxis Presup Debate ft. Matt Oxley and Brian Knapp
I was recently challenged to a debate with Christian Pressuppositional Reformed Apologist Brian Knapp. The debate took place on November 13 through Skype and was really fun and enlightening. I…
Wasted Potential: Church Buildings and Charity
Over the last two months or so I’ve been attending a weekly Bible study with a group of men at my local coffee shop (Yes, they all know I’m an…
(Another) Former Atheist Embraces Faith
The world of Christian news has been buzzing lately with news that Rich Suplita, Professor of Psychology for University of Georgia and former sponsor for the campus’ atheist club UGAtheists,…