Blog Posts

  • How I Got Comfortable Asking People for Money

    How I Got Comfortable Asking People for Money

    When I first started pastoring – wait, I suppose I should mention that this post isn’t about panhandling. This is specifically about teaching on giving at church, which tends to be perceived as asking people for money. When I first started pastoring, I studiously avoided the topic of giving, even though our church was at…

  • The “God’s Plan” Fallacy

    The “God’s Plan” Fallacy

    I recently had a conversation with some believers who were describing a series of events that had unfolded, concluding with something like, “we could tell that this was God’s plan.” The potential fallacy involved here is not in ascribing “God’s plan” to the series of events that have taken place. The fallacy involved is in…

  • Should Women Serve in Combat? Part 2

    Should Women Serve in Combat? Part 2

    Part 2 of a biblical take on women serving in combat.

  • Women in Combat

    Women in Combat

    Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing provides us an opportunity to think about women in combat roles from a Christian perspective

  • The Hands that Broke the Bread

    The Hands that Broke the Bread

    One of the conflicts that Jesus had with the Pharisees was over the idea of eating with unwashed hands. Most common people ignored this rule, as the labor involved in acquiring water as well as the necessary utensils for washing hands would be hard to come by unless one were wealthy. So Jesus and his…