Category: Religion
Plan for a Public Notebook
Some background My strange career began with academia and a little college teaching, and then a series of knowledge and education startups and consulting stints. I have rarely been short of interesting opportunities,
Is the Filioque legitimate, or a corruption?
Note: This essay was originally posted as part of a much longer series. I think that because it was buried in that series, like a chapter of a book, it did not get
The Meaning and Main Texts of Christmas
As many people now seem to claim Christmas as a kind of “spiritual but not religious” holiday—most not believing that Jesus is God—the actual significance of the Advent and Incarnation has become opaque.
On Wikipedia, the God of the Bible Is the Head of a Pantheon
My God is called, in the Bible, Yahweh. That is, Yahweh is a speculative transliteration of the Hebrew name we know only by the vowel-less “tetragrammaton,” YHWH, or יְהוָה, which in generations past
How to Choose a Church: Quick Notes
In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, many people have declared that they will attend Church for the first time in a long time, or ever. This is excellent and I
Which projects would best serve the Kingdom?
I am not going to give an in-depth discussion of this question myself. I will, however, give you a bunch of notes. Mostly, the reason I am posting is to get your feedback
“Why we are the pure, primitive Church”
Many partisans defend their particular Christian denominations by constructing arguments that have the conclusion, “This is the purest form of Christianity.” Look and see if I am not correct. Here, then, is a
Why the ACNA
Here is why I am joining the traditional Anglicans. I announced last week that I am seeking to be confirmed in early September in the Anglican Church in North America. I have begun
The Denominational Distinctives III: Further High Church Distinctives
In Part I, I discussed those questions that distinguished Catholicism and Orthodoxy, on the one hand, from all of Protestantism, on the other. In Part II, I began to discuss questions that distinguish
On W. L. Craig on whether God can learn
A friend of mine has pressed me to respond to William Lane Craig’s defense of Molinism, so here is a small contribution. Recently, I found an occasion to do so. Craig’s X.com team
