A picture is like a thousand words and the images below should be sufficient for demonstrating the grotesque problems with Christian Nationalism. However, I am going to say a few things anyway. Let us begin. MISSING CONNECTIONS Before we get into the details of what’s wrong with each image above, it is worth noting thatContinue reading “The Gross Conceptual Error of Christian Nationalism”
Category Archives: Just Thinking
Faith Over Fear? Wut?!
This despicable and entirely unbiblical meme keeps popping up in the social media feeds of what I’ll assume (out of generosity) is a sincere desire to help others. 🤦🏻♂️ Overview Anti-mask/vaxx Christians keep using these verses to support their anti-science aggression. [2Timothy 1:7 CSB] 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear,Continue reading “Faith Over Fear? Wut?!”
The Politicization of Science?
How does one politicize Science when Science has NO political inputs? Indirectly. You politicize its participants and its outputs. How does this work out in reality? Short answers is disastrously. Now for the long answer. THE BIG IDEAS First, what is Science? It is an enterprise where human beings do their best to explain howContinue reading “The Politicization of Science?”
COVID Aerosol Physics
In spite of evidence to the contrary, many people persist in the false belief that masks do not work, or that respiratory viruses are somehow not airborne. The Physics of aerosols is conceptually simple though mathematically complex. It’s also within the realm of what an undergraduate student in Physics, Chemistry, or Engineering would encounter alongContinue reading “COVID Aerosol Physics”
Stupid Human Tricks
The pandemic is going to extend well into 2022 for at least one reason … for every one of the 331 million citizens of the United States, there are 2.6 citizens of India who HAVE NOT been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 or been vaccinated. That’s roughly 880 million susceptible hosts in just one country on theContinue reading “Stupid Human Tricks”
True Christian Callings
Like no other time in American history, “the church” is out of line with the culture at large. What do I mean by “the church?” Like it or not, the face of American Christianity is the white evangelical Protestant (WEP). It matters little whether or not that face is truly representative of American Christianity becauseContinue reading “True Christian Callings”
On Understanding Science and Loving Your Neighbor
Science is an enterprise armed with methodological tools that describe and explain how Nature unfolds. In the Natural Sciences, we have the luxury of physical laws that lend us predictive power because of the empirically familiar regularities present in Nature. Sometimes the math is simple and sometimes it is not. Now please forgive me asContinue reading “On Understanding Science and Loving Your Neighbor”
Scientific Theology | Wut?!
Well … that blog title should make most anyone squirm a bit, especially those who represent Science or Theology. Yes … the sensational headline was crafted for that very purpose. Not sorry. Before attempting to marry these two disciplines into one (assuming it’s even possible), we must first take a swing at defining each term.Continue reading “Scientific Theology | Wut?!”
The Talent Training Technology Triad
A work-in-progress model for connecting the dots that make for mission success in a worship ministry. There is a conspicuous absence of the “heart of worship” because I assume one is present. It’s not an either/or proposition in selecting and developing worship community talent. It’s a both/and. Anyway, I welcome feedback because I’m not certainContinue reading “The Talent Training Technology Triad”
The Race Relations Solution
One simple solution to race relations in America (all of our problems actually) is for everyone to act justly, love mercy, and live humbly. Doing the right thing (act justly) and loving mercy (compassion over wrath) are easy enough to understand. However, the term humility is not. Humility IS NOT how small you perceive yourselfContinue reading “The Race Relations Solution”
Clark Vangilder's Cognitions 