The “Good” Guys

70 years ago today, the Red Army arrived and evacuated the Auschwitz concentration camp, the most notorious of the Nazis’ death camps. As far as tyrannies that slaughter millions go, the Nazi’s are usually at the forefront of the American psyche, responsible for the death of roughly 6 million Jews, not to mention non-Jew dissenters. […]

Her Gates Will Never Be Shut

I recently read Her Gates Will Never Be Shut by Brad Jersak. I first encountered Brad Jersak in Kevin Miller’s movie, Hellbound?. In the documentary, Miller wrestles with doctrines of hell and eschatological judgment. It is mostly comprised of interviews with various influential figures in Western Christianity such as Mark Driscoll, Greg Boyd, Mike Bickle, […]

Calvinism and Open Theism

For a long time, I held the view that there was middle ground between classical theism and open theism. I no longer believe that to be the case. In case the reader may be interested in this topic, I’ll briefly discuss why. Classical theism includes the view that God is immutable, i. e. cannot be […]

A 2015 Resolution Suggestion

The world is much too full of people who too seldomly check for blind spots. If your beliefs and opinions haven’t changed much in the past 5 years, you almost certainly have a common condition known as philosophical stagnation. If you’re suffering from this philosophical dullness,  I recommend high doses of metanioa (rethinking). If you […]