Christianity
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Personal Religion
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6 min read
The new American definition of religious freedom, and therefore religion itself, is total, personal faith. No one in their right mind would say that Kim Davis defines Christianity. They are, however, eager to say that she is practicing her faith. She is being a Christian. Yesterday I wrote about what we should mean when we talk about religion. Today I…
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If ISIS Were Christian
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4 min read
Imagine if a random dude one day declares that he is the pope. This man isn’t completely random, perhaps. He’s got friends. He’s connected. Of course those connections aren’t Roman Catholic. He’s a member of the Army of God. He’s an activist. He’s proudly helped shut down clinics. He claims credit for radicalizing a young man…
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Trinity
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9 min read
The Trinity is the most important concept in the church. It is important in the way that things are important. It has this essential character, it is the source of great conflict, and it has some brilliance to it. And yet the doctrine of the Trinity is about as confusing, ill-defined, and poorly executed of…
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New Testament
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4 min read
The New Testament is about Jesus. The later testament, this one written in Greek, is simple really. It tells the story of Jesus and then his followers. In some ways, the text we refer to as the New Testament never gets much more complicated than that. The complexity doesn’t actually come from the Greek Scriptures…
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Christianity is more than identity
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6 min read
More than identity Reports surfaced a few days ago about a church in Germany which has baptized hundreds of refugees in the last two years. It was first brought to my attention by Zack Hunt, whose insightful piece “Why The Report Of Muslim Refugee Conversions In Germany Breaks My Heart” is, itself, heartbreaking. I know…
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Moving away from Anglo-Catholicism
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5 min read
I went to seminary to learn how to do church “right”. Seriously. That’s what I thought. I thought that going to seminary was about learning the methods, the practices. How to hold your hands and how to stand. One of my favorite moments from the end of the first year, when a few of us…