Monthly Archives: June 2017

Bruce Gerencser points toward a discussion at Bart Ehrman’s (paywalled) blog taking-up the problem of suffering. Ehrman writes … I’m not completely sure when I first started realizing that the enormous amount of suffering in the world, so much of … Continue reading →

Naturally, it’s from The Donald. Wow, CNN had to retract big story on "Russia," with 3 employees forced to resign. What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017 So … Continue reading →

Last March I gloomily hazarded a small prediction: We have forfeited for a generation or more the presumption that America, if sometimes misguided, can always be trusted to proceed with at least good intentions, for the election of Trump was … Continue reading →

For the first time in my life, I began to see the underbelly of evangelicalism. The Wartburg Watch Most of us are raised, almost by default, with some sort of vague idea that devout Christians, and clergy especially, are somehow … Continue reading →

A yahoo at Renew America exemplifies the resolute ignorance that genuinely devout Christianity demands. “The problem for biblically centered Christians is that the Bible, right in the very beginning, tells us clearly that God created all life forms with a … Continue reading →