I was always the different boy who wasn't going to grow up to be a policeman or a fireman, a soldier or a plumber, a mechanic or a businessman -- no, those were great and all, but I wanted to be a scientist. Growing up for a time in a very fundamentalist/Pentecostal/Evangelical environment, my natural predisposition toward critical thinking and voracious hunger for learning … [Read more...] about What Are We, Really?
Cruelty’s Up; Let’s Talk
When I was a child, I was raised in a very fundamentalist religious environment. Among the many ideas that was repeatedly taught was the danger of religious cults -- they would suck you in if you even talked with their members. To put that into context, Jim Jones had just served up the poisoned Kool-Aid, airports and street corners were frequented by the missionaries of … [Read more...] about Cruelty’s Up; Let’s Talk
The Spiritual Cancer of Dispensationalism
A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of vacationing with my family in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We stayed in a cabin a short hike from where Billy Graham lived. Having grown up in Evangelical and Charismatic churches, I was keenly aware of Mr. Graham and his evangelistic crusades. So many of his contemporaries and subsequent generations duplicated his techniques and … [Read more...] about The Spiritual Cancer of Dispensationalism
Fear Knot
A couple of months ago my car was incapacitated for a few days, so I found myself riding to work via Uber. One morning, the driver, making conversation, saw the scrubs I was wearing and asked what I knew about COVID-19. I explained that I work for a clinic where we are testing several related vaccines and have a good understanding of the situation. He had heard conflicting … [Read more...] about Fear Knot
