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  • Changing My Mind

    Most of us believe a myth about how knowledge is acquired, especially about how we ourselves go from ignorance and error to knowledge and truth. We tell ourselves that when evident facts contradict what we believe, then we will change our minds. That has not been my experience. Deeply held beliefs require a lot of…

  • What a Witness Does

    Growing up as I did in the evangelical church, I heard a lot about witnessing, and it warped my understanding of what a witness does. From a young age I thought that witnessing meant “telling others about Jesus.” I was unaware at first that the broader culture rarely used “witness” as a verb, or that…

  • Why Evangelical Christians Voted for Trump

    A personal perspective. I grew up in the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal church that practiced adult baptism and featured thunderous sermons and speaking in tongues. Unlike many teenagers with a similar background, I never rebelled, never left the faith. Indeed, in college I avoided situations I feared might prove too great a challenge for…

  • Winning

    Love has a million disguisesBut winning is simply not one “Citizens” by John Guerra When I was a kid and even well into adolescence, I played with my siblings a game we called Good Guys and Bad Guys. It involved two teams, usually self-selected. The Bad Guys would do something nefarious—kidnap, steal, or kill—and the…

  • Why I’m Not a Republican

    I used to be a stalwart Republican. I voted Republican in every election until Donald Trump ran for President. (I voted for Barack Obama’s second term, but I still voted Republican down ballot. I had no qualms about doing that because I believed at the time that sharing power across parties acted as a check…

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