In Evangelical Abuse Situations Forgiveness Should Not be Practiced, Here’s Why

Forgiveness is often taught as necessary to release someone from psychological pain. Forgiveness is an important Christian principle. But what do you do when a victim is dealing with a narcissist, sociopath or psychopath? Does forgiveness only result in a person engaging in more spiritual abuse? This blog would state that its time to re-think …

An Explanation From Kansas on Why We Have Separation of Church and State

A former Kansas legislator writes an article in the Kansas Reflector that explains why church and state separation is so important. This article was emailed out by the Center for Inquiry. In talking about the evangelical culture wars I think this article should also enter into the conversation about why there has to be constraints …

Can You be Friends With an Evangelical Christian? That is a Complicated Question

Can a person outside of evangelical Christianity have a friendship with an evangelical Christian? That is a challenging question as I explore in this post. Many evangelicals operate on a false pretense when it comes to friendships and acquaintances. The goal is often to evangelize and many do so in questionable and dishonest ways. "There …

My Father Would Have Cried. Realizing How Deeply Lost Some Christians Are

A disturbing story comes out of South Dakota, and for me its deeply shocking. Its about the execution of a dog because the MAGA Governor grew tired of it. And yet this person is held in high esteem by many Christians. But the reaction by one of them that I encountered last night after hearing …

Is the EFCA Denomination Really as Intellectual as Described?

Evangelicalism is often described as not being an intellectual movement. Where does the EFCA fit into that claim? Over the past 9 years I have had several discussions with a number of people who explained to me why the EFCA is an intellectual denomination. And why they choose to be a part of it. However, …

With Disinformation Growing, Blogging Can Not be Done Anonymously

The problem of disinformation on the internet continues to grow. This blog is concerned with the health of the web and a platform like blogging losing authenticity in the course of time. As such this blogger believes that people who write blogs or who are major sources of information on social media platforms need to …