Was it okay to teach the youth to read the Bible critically? That’s what I was taught in college, but why don’t we help lay people do it?

As I read more of Rachel’s books, I became more and more convinced of how important it is to make the Bible more accessible to people who reject the literal interpretation. It’s too easy to reject the Bible altogether, but we don’t have to.

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther declared independence by standing up to the Pope. He stood up to corruption, to exploitation, and to bad theology. Although his goal was reform, the outcome was independence.

We do ourselves a disservice when we relegate this incident to the realm of Church History…

The Constitution of Knowledge explores what knowledge is and how we come to accept what is true, especially in a time of misinformation and propaganda. 

What I loved most was that it gave me the language of the fallibility principle. This is the idea that “everyone can always be wrong.” It was in reading about that concept that gave me assurance that the United States will not fall into terminal authoritarianism, because we do not believe that any one person has the final say on what is true. That’s the fallibility principle.

The righteous one was the one who stood up and said, “No;” even though he stood alone.

When I say that I am opposed to Christian nationalism, this is what I oppose. It is both un-American and directly contradicts the teachings of Jesus.

“Stop making God angry.”

This is not, nor should it be, the mission of the U.S. government. It’s also not what Christianity is about.

“…if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.”

This verse has been rattling around in my head over the last several days. I think I get Paul now. 

I’ve been thinking a lot about reconciliation lately. 

Back in the olden days, I wrote a lot of checks, I had a check register, and every month, I would reconcile my records with the statement I got from the  bank. This ensured that the bank and I lived in the same reality…