The creation of headlines and book titles in the modern age has become something of an art form. To be successful in the noisy media world the ability to attract attention to one’s work is crucial. Titles must be provocative and compelling at the same time. The provocative part is never a problem as the […]

The previous post outlined how the strict literalistic view of the Word of God is a barrier to belief. It noted the irony that when a literal meaning is imposing on a text rather than being drawn from it the meaning is distorted and undermines rather than reinforces the Word of God. This post examines […]

One of the pillars of Christian faith is the belief that the Bible is the Word of God and, as one church denomination puts it, “…the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine and conduct.” The notion of the “Word of God” is tossed about as though that to which it refers is clear and obvious. […]

Part three examined the suffering servant passages in Isaiah and posited that suffering is a part of human life. So is death. Overcoming death is the ultimate goal of the kingdom and there are echos of it throughout the Old Testament. In the book of the Psalms, “I love the Lord, because he has heard […]

Part two outlined the parameters for the new kingdom. In part three another aspect of the new kingdom and its king is explored, an aspect that is perhaps the most perplexing to the modern mind: suffering. From the Gospel of Mark, “And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And […]

From part one it seems pretty clear that the new vision of the messiah portrayed by Jesus was quite different than what was expected by the culture. The Jews were anxious to bring back a king along the lines of King David, one who honored the religious roots of the nation — in the simplest […]

The Christian faith rests on a singular event— the resurrection of Jesus. The modern mind has great difficulty accepting this. Materialists and atheists simply reject it out of hand as sheer nonsense. For others, many attempts have been made over the years to bypass the issue by “spiritualizing” it in some form or fashion. But […]

The previous post presented John McWhorter’s case for treating anti-racism and the associated cancel culture not as philosophy but as a religious creed. So, what sort of religion is it? What are its doctrines? And can it be examined as such? To do so it is best to start at the beginning with its foundational […]

Glenn Loury is an American economist, author and the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University.. John McWhorter is a linguist and an associate professor at Columbia University and is a frequent guest on The Glenn Show, Loury’s weekly podcast on blogging heads.tv. Loury is an outspoken conservative […]

There has been an uptick of interest among Christians in the QAnon phenomenon in the aftermath of the attack on Congress that has raised alarm within the church. QAnon has been around for a number of years but it has seeming gained more traction since the November election. Articles in both the mainstream media and […]