Faith, Facts, and a Few Grumbles
Grumbling about theology, history, mysteries, music, and conspiracies because I’m as curmudgeonly as I seem.
In Christian circles today, a troubling pattern has emerged. Economic frustrations – housing costs, national debt, family breakdown, cultural decay – are real and weighty.
Vallejo, California, July 4, 1969. Fireworks fade, but a 9mm Luger’s bark lights up a gravel lot.
Vallejo, California, December 20, 1968. A bitter wind slices through the night, rattling the dry scrub along Lake Herman Road, a gravel-strewn ribbon where Vallejo’s teenagers chase fleeting moments of freedom.
Vallejo, California, 1968. A quiet night shatters with gunfire, and a killer scripts his legend in blood and cryptic ink.
Influential voices – Joel Webbon, Jon Harris, Matt Walsh, Andrew Isker, Brian Sauvé, Eric Conn, Stephen Wolfe – I address you not as an adversary from afar, but as a fellow laborer grieved by the schism your words sow.
Harvest season sweeps across America, a time when fields yield what they've been sown – abundance from faithful tending, or barrenness from neglect.
I love America. The rolling fields of my rural hometown (that seems to be less rural every time I visit, with new coffee shops and gas stations sprouting faster than corn), the small-town churches where I learned to pray, the quiet pride…
I’ve always believed loving your country can be a beautiful thing. It’s why I choke up on Memorial Day, honoring those who gave everything, and feel a swell of pride when the American flag ripples in the wind.
I’m tired. Not the kind of tired from a long day’s work or a sleepless night, but the soul-deep exhaustion of watching something you love – your faith, your country – get tangled in rhetoric that doesn’t sit right.
What a journey! Over 11 articles, we’ve explored Scripture’s blueprint for gender roles: men and women, equal in worth (Genesis 1:27), serving distinctly in marriage (Ephesians 5:22-33), church (1 Timothy 2:12), and society (Proverbs 31).
Over the past ten articles, we’ve explored Scripture’s vision for gender roles, from creation’s design to practical applications, consistently pointing to Christ’s love for His church.
This 12-part series has unpacked God’s design: men and women, equal as image-bearers (Genesis 1:27), serve distinctly in marriage (Ephesians 5:22-33), church (1 Timothy 2:12), and society (Proverbs 31).
In 2022, evangelical reactions to Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ gubernatorial campaign sparked debates over whether her leadership aligned with “biblical femininity.” In public discourse, some hailed her as a modern Deborah, while others, citi…
On Mother’s Day 2024, a friend in a group chat shared that his pastor’s wife delivered a compelling message at their church, urging contentment in life’s seasons while warning against settling for “half victories,” using the two and a ha…
In her 1995 book Battered Love, Renita Weems critiques biblical marriage metaphors, arguing that “the correlation drawn repeatedly in prophetic literature between divine judgement and husbands battering their wives is haunting and tellin…
In 2024, Hannah Pearl Davis, a YouTuber dubbed the “female Andrew Tate,” sparked X outrage by promoting male dominance, drawing feminist and conservative backlash for her anti-feminist extremes.
Rising to prominence in 2022, Andrew Tate’s videos flooded X and TikTok, drawing millions of young men to his “alpha male” vision: real men dominate, flaunt wealth, and reject weakness.
In 2023, a vibrant evangelical church in Texas faced a crossroads. Their gifted women’s ministry leader, Sarah, felt called to preach, citing Galatians 3:28: “There is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” She poi…
At the 2024 PCA General Assembly, Overture 3’s failed bid to restrict preaching to men, citing 1 Timothy 2:12, ignited debate.
Over the past seven weeks, we’ve walked the grim streets of Whitechapel, 1888, chasing the shadow of Jack the Ripper through the murders of the canonical five: Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mar…
At the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention, President Clint Pressley’s sermon citing Adam’s creation first as proof of male authority sparked fierce debate, with egalitarian voices on X arguing Genesis 1’s equal creation of man and woman re…
In Part 6, I named Charles Cross – also known as Charles Allen Lechmere – as my top suspect for Jack the Ripper, the man behind the brutal murders of the canonical five in Whitechapel, 1888.
In early 2021, Religion News Service published an article, reporting that “just over half (56.9%) of conservative, evangelical and fundamentalist congregations” allow women to preach, while conservative pastors like John Piper reaffirm 1…
We’ve walked the blood-soaked streets of Whitechapel, from Mary Ann Nichols’ murder in Buck’s Row to Mary Jane Kelly’s horrific end in Miller’s Court.
After the double event on September 30, 1888, Whitechapel was a cauldron of fear.
Three weeks after Annie Chapman’s mutilated body was discovered in the backyard of 29 Hanbury Street, the East End of London was on edge.
Eight days after Mary Ann Nichols’ lifeless body was found in Buck’s Row, the East End of London was still reeling.
It’s 3:40 a.m. on August 31, 1888, and the streets of Whitechapel are cloaked in a pre-dawn stillness that feels almost alive with menace.
In the late summer of 1888, the East End of London was a labyrinth of shadows. Gaslights flickered on narrow, cobblestone streets, casting long, trembling pools of light over the grime of Whitechapel – a district teeming with poverty, de…
What if someone told you that salvation requires nothing more than a mental nod to a set of ideas, with no change in behavior or heart?