Thoughts on ethics, society, politics, religion, philosophy, theology, and everything in between
I was at a funeral for a departed Christian friend, listening to a number of different speakers giving their reflections upon her life and what her experience would be after her death. One speaker declared that, even though she was dead, we know that right now she is dancing in the streets of heaven. Another … Read more
What is salvation? Many Christians would answer that salvation means going to heaven when you die and having eternal life. These certainly are important aspects of Christian salvation. However, this answer represents an impoverished and shrunken understanding of salvation that misses important aspects of what Christian salvation means. A careful study of the concept of … Read more
Should Christians support Israel? Since the founding of the modern nation of Israel in 1948, this has been a contested question in Christian circles. Christian attitudes toward Israel and the Jewish people have ranged from Zionism, which sees supporting the modern state of Israel as a Christian duty, to, on the other end of the … Read more
There is a widespread belief that God is wrathful rather than loving in the Old Testament, and loving rather than wrathful in the New Testament. Many Christians will even speak of “the God of the Old Testament” and “the God of the New Testament,” and wonder how we can reconcile these two apparently different Gods. … Read more