Evangelicals Lose Bush?

After Bush’s recent interview on Nightline, media networks have creating hype around the fact that Bush made several comments relating to the Bible that wouldn’t jive with most evangelicals.  (I’m sorry friends–it was on Fox News, so it must be true! ;o)  In fact, according to some definitions of an evangelical, Bush is officially outside [...]

The Cost of Leaving Home

I think the chapter entitled “The Justice of Privilege” out of Robert Wuthnow’s book American Mythos is a very thought provoking look at the way us Americas think that we are a land of men and women that are more noble than the rest of the world because we invite immigrants to our country and [...]

Those People were Crazy

The more I read about the New England Puritans in Robert Jewett’s book Mission and Menace the more I think that they were crazy.  I know that calling people crazy is not the right thing to do but come on.  Robert Jewett writes, “If New England was to play the role of God’s New Israel [...]

I’m Sorry But Not Really

The Gospel According to America by David Dark has a lot to make us think about such as: Waffle House conversationalism (listening to everyone’s point of view and thinking about their ideas carefully), a Through-a-Glass-Darkly Clause (the way we see things in a cloudy way in this life), a No Spin Zone (realizing we all [...]

Just an Ethnocentric State of Mind

Many times I get the feeling the United States has a problem with ethnocentrism.  We kind of make this obvious with all our talk about American being the greatest country in the world.  How did we get this way?  Well, I have two ideas on why we are like this.  I’m sure there are many [...]

Deliver us…from illegal immigrants???

My family farms for a living. They have for many generations. It has been the source of our livelihood for decades upon decades…maybe even venturing into the centuries category. And, I don’t mean to brag or anything, but they’re good at what they do. A large part of the reason for such success is simple, [...]

Out of the Black and White and Into the Gray

I watched the pro-homosexual lifestyle movie For the Bible Tells Me So tonight at a campus screening here at Fuller.  Homosexuality is an issue I have thought about a lot in the last couple of years because it has become real in my life.  From friends that are openly gay and proud of it, to [...]

No More Sex with the “Great Whore”

Following Jesus is not always easy. He tells us not to lust, because it’s adultery. He tells us not to have anger towards others because we will be subject to judgment if we do. He tells us to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us. These are not always easy things [...]