“The joy of the Lord.” I’ve never felt it. In 2016 my grandma died. The year before that, my other grandma died. In 2018 our house burned to the ground in the Camp fire (along with the whole rest of the town). I am well-acquainted with grief. And when I stopped believing I also experienced […]
Faith and depression Read More »
I think I first noticed something was wrong with our religion when I saw an episode of 60 Minutes about the remnants of the Branch Davidians in Waco. Yes, they’re still there. In the video, the new leader’s daughter was playing a Taylor and singing a Tim Hughes song. After that I could never sing that song again.
All truth is God’s truth. —Augustine A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. —David Hume Bertrand Russell said, “Perhaps you may say that it would be rather a pity if Christian education were to cease, because you would then get no more Rationalists.” I concur (though I admit I can’t tell if he
How Reformed Theology taught me to be a Freethinker Read More »
Some of these events have been addressed in previous blogs, such as my drift towards a mainline liberal church. I thought that was a destination, but “The road goes ever on and on, whither then I cannot say…” I am the son of a worship leader, and I spent 15 years of my own life
A Chronology of Deconstruction Read More »
A few years ago, while evaluating what position I was going to take during a congregational vote regarding the adoption of a certain confession, I started researching various theological interpretations of Genesis 1-3. I came across the framework theory, best formulated by Lee Irons and Meredith Kline. The framework view presents Genesis 1 in two
I have become a theistic evolutionist Read More »