Category: Culture

  • Dan

    Nuanced trouble, part 2

    Israel. Palestine. Democrats. Republicans. Socialism. Capitalism. We get into camps and build our fortifications and then lob our ideological bombs at one another.

  • Dan

    The nuance of trouble

    What has happened in the American evangelical church visibly over the past 10 years can’t be summed up in the one word we’d all like to use: Trump. As usual, it’s more nuanced than that and this essay by Tim Alberta gives so much of the nuance we need.

  • Dan

    “We are all more or less wrong”

    An excerpt I read from a letter reflecting on the heartache in the Middle East. The quote is from Thomas Merton:

  • Dan

    Loving our neighbor

    There were two items I read that connected in my mind and heart this week. They put together what I have had challenging my heart from NT Wright’s statements on the purpose of Romans 8. The deepest part of who I am exists for the world. This is the purpose of Christ’s salvation. I am not saved so I know…

  • Dan

    Why still be a Christian?

    This question comes up in an era of so many leaving the American church. There are quite a few stories of why many left. There are also stories of why people stayed. The Holy Post Podcast is bringing out a series with folks who have been vilified by the white evangelical church … and yet they still follow Jesus. Why?

  • Dan

    Just label it “socialist” and you “win”

    We get into the habit in this country of having an argument over ideologies and what seems to be the “closing shot” for what used to be conservatives is “that’s just socialism.” Boom. End of discussion.

  • Dan

    The devaluing of life

    Somehow the “red states” think they are “pro-life” and will still find ways to kill people.

  • Dan

    Tim Keller — ministry shifts he engaged

    I am working my way through Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen.

  • Dan

    Antisemitism and the fallacy of “free speech”

    When Elon Musk was finalizing the takeover of Twitter last year, someone asked me what that meant. I said, “It’s the owner of nuclear dump site buying a dumpster fire and saying, ‘I can make this better.’” Powerful people can’t help themselves. They buy up avenues in which they want to “say things” and then feel like it’s protected free…

  • Dan

    Tribalism and Truth

    We have been Balkanizing the U.S. for quite some time. We truly want to hang out only with “our folks” no matter the place on the political spectrum. I miss the days before social media. Truly.