https://open.spotify.com/episode/1x9pPb1efEeDKFtC04TfMX?si=NnFmZSD_QdKQE5PtsNfXaQ Dr. Glenn Sunshine lectured on how God's Kingdom is advancing in the Global South for the 2023 Men Act Now retreat.
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The Story of the Celtic Cross
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I'm reposting an article on the Celtic Cross that I wrote years ago that is no longer available. Along with this, I just posted a short video on St. Patrick and Celtic Christianity that talks about...
The Sacramental World
We live in a sacramental world. St. Augustine defined a sacrament as “a visible sign of an invisible grace.” In other words, it is an outward sign using physical objects and actions that points to something God is doing inside of us. Sacraments use the physical to...
Worldview Changes
Over my 27 years of teaching at Central Connecticut State University, the worldviews of the students changed significantly. Two changes stand out in my mind. Change Number One I offered courses on topics on magic, witchcraft, vampires, and related topics. These were...
More thoughts on AI
In last week’s post, I reviewed John Lennox’s book 2084 about AI. This week saw a controversy erupt over bias in AI. When Gemini, Google's AI engine, asked to generate pictures in response to specific prompts, it produced wildly inaccurate results. American founding...
Book Review: John C. Lennox, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
For those wondering what to make of AI, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity by the brilliant John C. Lennox offers a great overview of the field and a well-though-out biblical response to the claims of AI proponents about its ability to transform...
Barbaric Norms: Hamas, Israel, and Just War
The despicable and horrendous attacks by Hamas against civilians last week, including beheading children and kidnapping the elderly, seems a throwback to some distant, barbaric past of human history. We may have thought the world had long ago outgrown such barbarity,...
The Gospel and the Law
In discussions of so-called “same sex marriage,” Christians are frequently accused of hypocrisy for taking the passages in the Law of Moses dealing with homosexual behavior literally but ignoring for example those concerning eating shellfish or wearing clothing made...
Equipping the Saints for Trouble
Pastors need to prepare their people for opposition to practicing their faith in the public square and to support people who are persecuted or oppressed.
Best Books on Critical Theory
I've spent a lot of time over the last year or more studying Critical Theory and Critical Race Theory. These are the most helpful resources I've found for understanding and evaluating these ideologies. The books fill in some of the gaps I did not cover in my webinar....