What is Death?
What is Death? What do you think of when you hear the word “death?” According to the Merriam-Webster’s eleventh edition, death includes: death \ˈdeth\ noun a: a permanent cessation of all vital functions: the end of life—compare BRAIN DEATH . . . . a: the passing or destruction of something…
America’s Theologian Beyond America
There is some idea among Christians that groups of theologians from the past, such as the Church Fathers or Reformers, all shared a common theological framework and view. Anyone reading beyond just a few Church Fathers knows this is not true. Theologians and pastors through the third and fourth centuries…
Possible Worlds
Imagine you have a child around 6 or 7 years old (you might already have one or have older children, making this exercise much easier). Your child receives twenty dollars from a relative as a gift, and you promise to take them to the store to spend the money on…
Free Will
What should we do with narratives like these? In Genesis 4:6–7, God confronts Cain with his desire to sin. God tells Cain he has a choice between being ruled by sin or ruling sin. In Isaiah 38, Isaiah tells Hezekiah to put his house in order because he is about…
