Posts by pwsadmin
Sin, Part 1 – Against God
I was asked recently what I thought sin is. Interesting question: the definition of sin varies depending on how one is raised and what one believes. One way we sin…
Read MoreMoney for Murderers
Luigi Mangione murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4th of 2024. It was caught on video, and, at some point, he admitted to the act, although later, he pleaded…
Read MoreRich & Poor
Last week, I posted that the rich needed to remember that every revolution began with the poor getting tired of being ripped off by the rich. Some questioned what those…
Read MoreCRT (Again?)
On my way into church yesterday I heard yet another story about a community arguing over the impact of books on children. A group of white parents had worked to…
Read MoreChristians Without Empathy
As I sat down to write my daily blog, I was thinking about how so many Christians – in my little world – seem to have no empathy. Then, in…
Read MoreThe Middle
Rick Warren, the founder of the groundbreaking Saddleback Church and author of “The Purpose Driven Life” series (among others), has gotten himself into a pickle. His views have changed dramatically…
Read MoreMisquoting Jesus
A recent quote from VP JD Vance has sparked controversy – it is attached to this thought – among Christians of all flavors. Vance states that it is a Christian…
Read MoreTaking the Bible – and Faith – Seriously
One of the first Bible studies I ever did at Calvary was a comparison of the biblical creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2. I said that you can tell…
Read MoreGrowing Up Protestant in America
I grew up as part of the dominant culture of American Protestantism in the midst of a fairly large Jewish population. I remember the first time my parents used the…
Read MoreMoney and Morality
Is there a moral dimension to money and how we use it? Many objective capitalists will say that money is only a tool to be used to make more money,…
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