I examine biblical data on the origin and purpose of government and contrast it with the traditional right and left wing outlooks as classically formulated […]
I recently came across a small treatise by the 16th century Christian humanist Desiderius Erasmus–the same Erasmus who gave us the Textus Receptus (the New […]
I was recently interviewed on the Ordinary Folk podcast. We talked about theology, politics, the relationship between church and state, and superheroes. Click the image […]
There seem to be two basic attitudes in the church in regard to the question of how Christians should vote. The first is that politics […]
Though Protestants have in more recent years come around to the principle of separation of church and state, this was not so in the beginning. […]
Fresh from the theater after having seen Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, I have been reflecting upon one particularly fascinating theme within it. In […]
When Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire in 380 (after being granted the status of an approved religion by Emperor Constantine […]
(the previous title for this post was “What Does Easter Sunday Have To Do With Social Liberation?” This material is also included in my book […]
I’ve been reading through the minor prophets (the twelve small books named after the prophets behind them in the Old Testament) and today I got […]
Recently, the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision changed their policy of not hiring individuals in same sex marriages (http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/march-web-only/world-vision-why-hiring-gay-christians-same-sex-marriage.html). The change in policy does not […]