There has been some controversy recently, because the Archbishop of Canterbury, no less, suggested that sharia law could in some ways be incorporated into the British law code.  This suggestion created a certain amount of outrage; and in the last election the state of Oklahoma, not a state with a large number of Muslims, passed [...]

In the ‘60s we had a lot of slang phrases using the word ‘head’ – “head trip” “got a crazy idea in his head” “feed your head” (Jefferson Airplane) “we’d like to change your head” (The Beatles) “out of my head” “big head” “hard headed woman” (Yusuf Islam) In other words, the significance of the [...]

Todd D. Hunter, Christianity Beyond Belief: Following Jesus for the Sake of Others. 2009: IVP Press.  Author’s website: 3isenough.org. At first I think I had Todd Hunter mixed up with Joel Hunter of Florida, but Todd Hunter is a native Californian, to which I am partial, now setting up an Anglican AMIA church that meets on [...]

It has been more than a week since the Easter Sunday Mexicali earthquake, but better late than never. Many of us have thought, or, frankly, even hoped, that natural calamities would mainly fall on sinners.  A famous verse came out of the San Francisco earthquake:

After the Haiti earthquake, Pat Robertson declared that the earthquake was punishment for Haiti’s voodoo culture.  How does he know?  And is it any of his business?  Pronouncements of this sort, I believe, fall into the category of “taking the name of the Lord in vain,” a commandment often misunderstood to be about what you [...]

Darrow Miller of Disciple Nations Alliance (disciplenations.org) writes about Great Commission Utilitarianism.  I frankly claim credit for coining the term, and the issue is certainly one of my passions, but he writes about it more effectively than I could. Document: Great Commission Utilitarianism by Darrow Miller

I have no interest in making my non-believing readers feel uncomfortable, but I did reserve a Theology category in this blog.  And you may not understand everything I write about theology, but I hope you find it entertaining.  My wife, in her career at the Register, was able to make religion stories interesting, entertaining, and [...]