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Why I’m Catholic
I have a confession to make: I'm not Catholic. In fact, for much of my life "Catholic" was a four-letter word. My childhood church thought heaven was going to be a small place because: (1) most other Baptists were going to hell. (2) All non-Baptist denominations were going to hell. (3) The Catholic ...
Gandalf vs. Scripture
"Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable," says Leviticus 18:22. For years, perhaps centuries, the world has wrestled with this and other passages concerning the topic of homosexuality. It's a battle that has been waged on many fronts, and it seems there ...
UK Bishops Bash U.S.
I'm not Episcopal. I'm not British. I'm not gay. I'm technically not a Bishop. So why does the unfolding saga in the Anglican church fascinate me? In the slow-moving train crash of international Anglicanism, a decision taken in California has finally brought a large coach off the rails altogether. The ...
500 Candles for Calvin
Ah, Calvinism. The subject of so many late-night dormroom conversations (at least, if you went to a Christian university or Bible college. And yes, we really did talk about these things. What else were we going to discuss? Relationships??) Anyway... I am a postmodern. I can deny it, try to hide it, ...