No, Satan Did Not Kill Whitney Houston

Leave it to a Christian to somehow bring God and Satan into the discussion of the tragic, yet avoidable, death of Whitney Houston. What do the tragic deaths of great talents like Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and now Whitney Houston all have in common? The evil hand of Satan, according to author and church leader Trevin Wax. “The Evil One not only hates it when people find joy in God...

On Piper’s Masculine Christianity And Marriage

Being out last week, I was only able to tune into some of the uproar over John Piper‘s commentary that God gave Christianity a masculine feel by “pervasively revealing Himself as King, not Queen, and as Father, not Mother”. At first glance, Piper’s comments, while somewhat myopic, do contain a nugget of truth in them.  I would argue that the pervasively masculine ideal of God had more to...

Process Theology, Cornhole, And Homebrew

I’m also pretty stoked to hear Julie Clawson.  In “God, Creation, and Theology – A Few Questions“, she expresses some of the same concerns about Process thought that I do, particularly concerning the presuppositions that Process moves forward from. It goes without saying that it’ll be nice to catch up with Tripp Fuller and Bo Sanders, a couple of the theology nerds behind the...

Farewell @PastorMark

The time has come for you to give up the reins.  Despite your promise to be more cognizant of the words you use after your “effeminate worship leader” Facebook status, you continue to be as obnoxious and classless as ever.  You continue to belittle anyone who doesn’t agree with your hyper-masculine brand of …well, can’t really call it Christianity anymore. After mocking the entire...

John Piper On The Idolatrous Prosperity Gospel

I don’t normally agree with a lot of what Piper preaches, but in this case, he is dead...