You've been in the news a lot lately because you have some sort of monomania regarding the antichrist. As a theologian, I may be able to help you understand some things in order to assuage your seeming fears. I can't tell you precisely who the antichrist "is" because there is no 21st century person who …
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Sorry Rick, Jesus did not preach “capitalism”
Last week a caller named Rick called in to Tell Me Everything to take me, Desimber Rose, and host John Fugelsang to task. He started by intimating that my status as a Marine Corps veteran was false with a somewhat incoherent non sequitur about the tumble rate of rounds fired from weapons. I don't happen …
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Bible 101: What the Bible isn’t. Part One
In an earlier post, I wrote about what the Bible actually is because many people are truly confused about the Bible. They think that it is a single coherent narrative with a consistent theological view point despite the fact that it is really a disparate collection of writings that show a great variety of views. …
Bible 101: What is the Bible?
For many people the question posed by the title of this post will be easy to answer and may even cause them to feel perplexed as to why it's a question at all. Their answer would simply be, "It's the Word of God," or they might perhaps quip that it's humanity's Basic Instructions Before Leaving …
The Tattooed Theologian 