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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…
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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…
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A Watched Pot
A watched pot never boils. A proverb attributed to Benjamin Franklin Most proverbs have some ambiguity about them that allows for a way of interpreting them so that they are true, but this one is clearly and demonstrably false. Anyone who has ever put a pot of water on to boil knows that it will…
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Putting Things Right
The central assumption of Christianity is that something is wrong with the world, and it needs to be put right. For Christians, the “something wrong” is human sin, a violation of the right order God created at the beginning. Putting things right we call “reconciliation,” and according to Paul it is a ministry belonging to…
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While It Was Dark
She got up two hours before sunrise. She couldn’t sleep, and lying wide-eyed in the dark was not doing any good. She had to be up and getting ready. She dressed quickly and took up the basket she had prepared the night before. She checked it again to make sure everything was there. She didn’t…
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