Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
What role should the church play when it comes to helping the poor? In my early 20s, after time growing up in a liberal church and then away from church as an atheist, I joined a very conservative church. The view there was that helping the poor could be tolerable if it was directly related … Read More “Christians, Poverty, and What We Should Do” »
As I write this, there are many race protests and even riots going on around North America. Everyone has an opinion. Including me. One person on Facebook made this comment: There is very little genetic differences between the races. Therefore there are no races. Therefore there is no such thing as racism. I have seen … Read More “Is There Such Thing as Race?” »
I have not been blogging much lately because I am at Acadia Divinity College, taking my last two courses for my Doctor of Ministry degree. The course I just finished was “A Theology for Holistic Mission and Ministry” taught by Ronald Sider. This was a great course that reinforced the idea of the church being … Read More “Wholistic Apologetics” »
I recently read an article by Michael Giere called Can the Gospel Survive the “Social Justice” Fad? It is basically a critique of Tim Keller’s Generous Justice. I have to make two confessions. One is that I have not read Keller’s book, and so I cannot defend or critique his specific points. Secondly, I have … Read More “Is Social Justice a Fad?” »
