A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor’s Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace― Brian Zahnd “In short the problem is this: far too few who believe in the risen Christ actually believe in his revolutionary ideas. There is a sense in which we create religion as a category to keep Jesus from meddling with […]
Peace on Earth? A Handful Of Readings On God And Country
A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor’s Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace― Brian Zahnd “In short the problem is this: far too few who believe in the risen Christ actually believe in his revolutionary ideas. There is a sense in which we create religion as a category to keep Jesus from meddling with […]
Peace on Earth? A Handful Of Readings On God And Country
A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor’s Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace― Brian Zahnd “In short the problem is this: far too few who believe in the risen Christ actually believe in his revolutionary ideas. There is a sense in which we create religion as a category to keep Jesus from meddling with […]
Hayek On Truth
“If truth is no longer discovered by observation, reasoning, and argument, but by uncovering hidden causes which, unknown to the thinker, have determined his conclusions, if whether a statement is true or false is no longer decided by logical argument and empirical tests, but by examining the social position of the person who made it, […]
Improve Your Bible Reading With This One Simple Trick
Reading the Bible is harder than you think, even with e-readers and the Holy Bible app. It’s just a whole lot easier to scroll mindlessly (and soullessly) through Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit which offer compact snippets of the world in the form of cat pictures, inspiring quotes, and political rants filled with grammatical atrocities. The […]
Improve Your Bible Reading With This One Simple Trick
Reading the Bible is harder than you think, even with e-readers and the Holy Bible app. It’s just a whole lot easier to scroll mindlessly (and soullessly) through Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit which offer compact snippets of the world in the form of cat pictures, inspiring quotes, and political rants filled with grammatical atrocities. The […]
Improve Your Bible Reading With This One Simple Trick
Reading the Bible is harder than you think, even with e-readers and the Holy Bible app. It’s just a whole lot easier to scroll mindlessly (and soullessly) through Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit which offer compact snippets of the world in the form of cat pictures, inspiring quotes, and political rants filled with grammatical atrocities. The […]
A Few Thoughts On “Fake News”
1. People are very tribal, and the more I’ve read scholars like Robin Hanson and Jonathan Haidt, the more I’ve become convinced that a lot of what we do is about showing which team we’re on rather than pursuing truth or effecting change. Given that this is the most likely motivation for action, people are […]
A Few Thoughts On “Fake News”
1. People are very tribal, and the more I’ve read scholars like Robin Hanson and Jonathan Haidt (link to Haidt’s The Righteous Mind), the more I’ve become convinced that a lot of what we do is about showing which team we’re on rather than pursuing truth or effecting change. Given that this is the most […]
A Few Thoughts On “Fake News”
1. People are very tribal, and the more I’ve read scholars like Robin Hanson and Jonathan Haidt (link to Haidt’s The Righteous Mind), the more I’ve become convinced that a lot of what we do is about showing which team we’re on rather than pursuing truth or effecting change. Given that this is the most […]