Some Theodicy Talk for Breakfast
A reader writes: “I’m atheist after a long life of evangelicalism because I see no evidence of a benevolent god. To the contrary, bad things
Against False Dichotomies
One often runs into things like this on the Interwebs: The myth that we have to choose between orthodoxy and orthopraxy is a very popular
Lenten Series, Part 8: Lent Culminates in Good Friday and Easter
Throughout Lent, we observe the ancient Jewish acts of piety—almsgiving, prayer, and fasting—that passed into the Christian Tradition and were transformed by that Tradition’s encounter
Lenten Series, Part 7: Jesus on Fasting
Jesus finishes his discussion of the three Jewish acts of piety—almsgiving, prayer, and fasting—with an utterly consistent emphasis on fasting for God and not for
Lenten Series, Part 6: What’s the Point of Fasting
We now move on in our Lenten series to discuss the third of the Jewish acts of piety that Jesus instructs us to observe: fasting.