Salvation and Sovereignty: A Molinist Approach (A Book that Shaped My View of...
(This is part 1 of a two part series on books that affected me deeply.) Why are books so powerful? Perhaps it is because a book allows us to experience years of an author’s thoughts and dreams in a...
View ArticleThe Holocaust and Life is Beautiful: All Life is Worthy of Life
“This is a simple story but not an easy one to tell. Like a fable, there is sorrow, and like a fable, it is full of wonder and happiness.” These are the opening words of the Italian film Life is...
View ArticleA Simple Explanation of the Antiwar Position
“Let’s stop spending money we don’t have to kill people we don’t know for reasons we don’t understand.” Teller This simple statement reflects my opposition to US wars, and antiwar views in general....
View ArticleEnder’s Shadow Review
Orson Scott Card is best known for his classic novel Ender’s Game. He introduced the character of Ender Wiggin, a child genius who was groomed to destroy an alien race. Ender’s Game covers Ender’s...
View ArticleOn Authority: Chapter 1
“I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given,...
View ArticleOn Authority: Chapter 2
The first step in any discussion of authority is the definition of the term itself. When putting forth a philosophical argument, definitions are not just semantics. A system and position may rely on...
View ArticleManifesto Part 4: Government and the Sin Problem
Man is radically sinful. Bible-believing Christians should be the first to recognize this. Yet somehow we think that when entrusted with power over millions, they will act like angels. We cannot even...
View ArticleManifesto Part 7: Returning to the Individual
So far what I have outlined falls under the category of anarchism, a negative philosophy which simply claims that the State is unjustified, not the answer to the problems of the world. The solution...
View ArticleStorycaster
Pull up a chair and listen: The pen becomes the voice, The voice becomes the sound, The sound becomes a story. A story about story, Narrative within narrative. Meaning stretched As reality is...
View ArticleAnabaptists and the Ethics of Jesus: Traditional Anabaptism
When you mention that you are Anabaptist, people are often completely puzzled or immediately jump to a mental image of Amish or traditional Mennonite dress and practices. Few realize that Anabaptist...
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