Previous posts examined the modern world versions of Paul’s powers and principalities. (See here, here and here.) The 2023 meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland covers more ground than its name implies. But here we dive into the specific ideologies that drive the powers and principalities of economic world. Commerce and trade […]

Previous posts (here and here) examined Paul’s notion of the powers and principalities and their modern equivalent, ideologies. It should be noted that while the term “ideology” is often used as a pejorative the dictionary sense of the term is neutral, simply referring to a system or set of ideas or beliefs. What is often […]

A previous post examined the nature of the Apostle Paul’s “Powers and Principalities” in the ancient world and suggested a modern equivalent — ideologies. Power and principalities are rendered in flesh and blood. They have agents — hands, feet and faces. Unlike those of Paul’s time, the Caesars of today are front and center in […]

In the book of Ephesians, Paul penned one of the most enigmatic passages found in the New Testament. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 Over […]

If you are in the habit of wasting time on the Internet you have probably heard of the Twitter account “Libs of TikTok.” The tweets consist of captioned video clips from the social media site TikTok, the topics mostly having to do with LBGT+ issues. Libs of TikTok has been fodder for Internet outrage in […]

In 2013, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat wrote a book, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics. The book’s main thesis is that several streams in what is considered mainstream American Christianity are actually Christian heresies. He points to three “gospels” in particular: the prosperity gospel of the likes of Joel Osteen, […]

Damar Hamlin is the starting safety for the Buffalo Bills NFL football team. On January 2nd’s Monday Night Football game Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest while the sporting world watched. For over an hour stunned sports personalities and commentators struggled to find something to say on the air as Hamlin’s life hung in the balance. There […]

A previous post examined Ancient Apocalypse, the Netflix docuseries by Graham Hancock. There are things about the ancient world that still baffle the modern mind. How ancient people could move massive stones without the aid of heavy machinery to build the Great Pyramids, for example. Or, carve stone blocks with such precision that a sheet […]

In November, Netflix released Ancient Apocalypse, a docuseries from Graham Hancock on his theory of an ancient global civilization that was wiped out by a deluge at the end of the last ice age. The show has generated a torrent of outrage and indignation on the internet from archeologists, scientists and the media. In one […]

Perhaps the best known and most iconic of all biblical stories is that of Jonah — so much so that the story is often referred to as “Jonah and the Whale” in much the same fashion as the fable “Jack and the Beanstalk.” There is much discussion within Christian circles as to the genre to […]