All the Right Beliefs for All the Wrong Reasons
Sometimes it is frustrating to introduce yourself to theological issues. Most people who get deeply involved in theology quickly realize how much they don’t know. Confident...
Are Just War And “Cruciformity” Truly Opposed To Each Other? Reviewing Some Overlooked Biblical Texts
This past November in Atlanta, I was attending a panel discussion on just war and pacifism in an age of terror at the Evangelical Philosophical Society meeting this past...
15 Things that Should Not Influence your Vote
If you’re already tired of it, there will only be more coming. The ads, tweets, memes and speeches of the current political season reveal a list of repeated nonsense...
Are We Just Too Shallow to Solve our Problems?
This will sound like I’m a pessimist who is weary about the future of his society. The reason for that is that I’m a pessimist who is weary about the future of his...
Transgender Bathrooms: The Great Civil Rights Issue of our Time?
You keep up with the news, right? Have you heard about this gender bathroom thing? I’m kidding, of course. I know that you have, and maybe you’re tired of having to read and...
Why Christians Are Ordered to Have Guns
There are quite a few people who are having problems with me posting a video of my son Will shooting our AR-15 (a rifle) on Facebook. The question is should Christians, in...
Jonathan Edwards, the Intellectual Magpie:
Jonathan Edwards, the Intellectual Magpie: Introducing Oliver Crisp’s Jonathan Edwards Among the Theologians (Eerdmans) Paul Copan Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is one of my...
Was the Trinity Broken at the Cross? Paul Copan
As we approach Good Friday, it would be good to reflect on what did and didn’t happen while Jesus was on the cross. Some modern theologians (e.g., Jürgen Moltmann in his...
Why I Don’t Believe in Hell Right Now
As of this moment, I do not believe in Hell. There is not a place called Hell where people are burning, screaming or suffering. I remember many years ago hearing about someone...