Doubts About Grace
Yesterday I had a very intense conversation with a good friend about hell. Not the location but the state. You see my friend had fallen into hell, grasping to the last shred of evidence that she was worth it, yet just as willing to give in to the reality that she wasn’t. She could understand the idea that God loved …
Three Approaches To Pain And Suffering
“Ignorance is bliss.” English poet Thomas Gray Yesterday I tweeted an old thought that came to mind a couple of years ago. It said, “Which is better, to be happily deceived or disillusioned, yet aware?” So much of my life over the last 10 years has been about wrestling with my own disillusions, yet aware that they exist. And as …
Confronting Fear
So I’m watching LOST with my kids. We’re starting from the beginning and we’re going to watch all the episodes together. In the early episodes, the main characters encounter the monster. It’s always in the shadows and is rarely seen. And it led to a great conversation about fear. My kids didn’t even see it, yet they were afraid. Their …
Why Harold Camping Is Good For Christianity – Take 2
Harold Camping was wrong. And with a big THUD the world responds with a collective, “I told you so.” But I think people like Harold Camping are good for Christianity. And as strange as that may seem, here why. When someone of Camping’s power (he’s very wealthy and influential) steps up and makes a prediction, people take notice. With 5,000 …
Your Biggest Regret
What is your?
Commenting Policy
I wrote the following post almost three years ago in the midst of some heated conversations. Lately it feels like I need to restate this again. Although my writing has broadened a little beyond just theology, it is still a central focus of this blog. —————————————————————————————————- If you read my blog on a regular basis, you are gonna want to …
Loving Our Enemy
Speak it brother Tripp.
The Threat Of Human Violence
So this weekend I came very close to the threat of human violence, and it really hit me. A friend of mine emailed me two weeks ago and said, “I have a free ticket to Game 5 of the Sharks/Red Wings series. Want to go?” Lets see. “Free. The Sharks. My best friend. Road trip.” I’m in. We drove down …
When We Have Become The Enemy
“Osama Bin Laden is dead.” The words ran across the screen and within minutes the social stratosphere burst into exuberant expression of both joy and sadness. Scores of people outside the White House cheered, allowing ten years of pen up frustration, madness, and anger to pour out. Beach balls flew in the air as if justice had been served. The …
Stoking The Religious Fires With Rob Bell
Well it’s official. Rob Bell has released his new book Love Wins and the world didn’t come to an end. It’s already #4 in all of Amazon for sales. Christianity is still churning along like it always has. ;-P But as the world begins to read and process the book, something interesting has occurred. The reaction is to throw out …
