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I was at a talk recently where an older gentleman was describing how, in his youth, he had built a log cabin all on his own, on the salary—and the more »

Monsters perpetually threaten to drag the world into chaos and lawlessness. But it turns out that those who most fear the monster are the ones most likely to become the more »

There’s a lot of talk about Trump’s endorsement of a new God Bless the USA bible . I’m sure God is grateful. Most outsiders to American Christianity are probably unaware more »

CS Lewis is the grandfather of Christian apologists. Learned, winsome, and epically good at writing children’s fantasy books. Like many people who grew up in Christian families, I read through more »

Stage one When you are first introduced to the Bible as child, you know that it is the word of God. You know it contains a wisdom that is higher more »

Yesterday I drove into town on highway 20, crossing the tiny slice of our globe that extends from Sedro Wooley to Burlington, using the stored energy of that other prominent more »

The news has been abuzz with outrage about a recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court regarding IVF (“in vitro fertilization”), and Judge Tom Parker’s religious justification of the decision. more »

I fell from such dizzying heights Like icarus in a widening gyre Tumbling down in an elegant arc And spiraling away from all that is safe and certain. It’s not more »

The Millers lived a few miles outside of town, at the foot of a local mountain. I say mountain. Some people would call it a large hill. Depends on your more »

Skeptics, like the characters in Dicken’s Tale of Two Cities, live in the best of times and the worst of times. On the one hand, we are reminded every day more »

Earth’s oceans are about 3.8 billion years old. Ocean waves are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the wind blowing on the surface of the water, plus more »

Do you want to be a god? Do you want to think like a god? Do you want to see the world as gods do? Then study history. Historians are more »

Hi {Professional Theologian}, Great to hear from you. It sounds like you are living a full life! And thank you again for engaging with me. You asked why I focus so more »

There is an irony in the debate about whether psychology should be considered a science. The more important question is whether science is a psychology. And I’m here to argue more »

It was late at night, and I was having trouble sleeping. So I was just laying there, staring at the ceiling. Sometimes I would turn over and stare at the more »