There is a discussion happening between Ryan Bell and Jeremy Neil on whether it is necessary for God to be personal. Necessary for worship and necessary to be connected with the Christian […]
God as Personal but not a Person
Can the Secular and Religious Converse?
Whenever you see a breakdown of communication, this is likely the failure of both parties seeking to communicate with one another. If it is true that the religious and secular cannot speak […]
Approaching Justice Podcast Episode 1: Keystone XL Pipeline
In this episode, Michael Talerico, a social democrat, and Shaun Maher, a conservative, discusses the Presidents veto of the Keystone pipeline. References Used for This Episode: What is the Keystone XL […]
Socialism, the Death of America
“Socialism and the redistribution of wealth is a fundamentally wrong-thinking, anti-freedom, anti-American idea. Nowhere in history has it worked. It destroys nations. Why do our leaders keep moving us in this direction? […]
A Progressive Christian Take on Jesus
This post is a bit different. It’s an experiment and I hope you will indulge me. You see, whenever I’ve written a post, the interlocutor in my head has been an atheist, […]
What is “Net Neutrality”?
Right now the Internet consists of you on your computer, and everyone else on their computers, each connected through a modem or radio that attaches to the worldwide network. A block of […]
In Defense of Higher Education, Loans and All
Thanks to Facebook’s settings, I am privy to whole conversations on others’ timelines simply because my wife makes a comment. A couple years ago, I read through a “discussion” about the movement […]
Josiah Royce and the Possibilities of Conversation
This blog post is developed from a paper that I presented this month for the Josiah Royce Society at the Central American Philosophical Association conference. Richard Rorty captures well what he considers […]
Kill the Poor
Conservatives have not been shy about their disdain for the poor in recent years. They don’t like the way that they vote, they are okay with the uninsured dieing, they want to […]
“O you who love the LORD, hate evil.” (Psalm 97:10)
A few weeks ago Bill Maher, of HBO’s “Real Time,” accused the Navy Seal Sniper Chris Kyle, who is depicted in the movie, American Sniper, as a psychopath. Maher referenced Kyle speaking […]
Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln: My Founder
We have in many ways ruined Abraham Lincoln. I love him because of his flaws. He was surely a work in progress. Yet, the progression of his thought is a work of […]
I Want to Be Classified. I Want to Be Stereotyped.
We are in the process of buying a house here in Las Vegas. I am glad that we picked a house in an older part of town. It is still the suburbs, […]
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