*As a major disclaimer: This post will be negatively critiquing the act of suicide. However, it in no way is meant to diminish or attack the individual character of those who struggle with it, have attempted it, have lost a loved one to it, or have actually committed it. I will be painting with a... Continue Reading →
Should the Universe’s “Fine Tuning” Really Surprise Us?
I’ll never forget my second week of college philosophy class. It was during this week that I became aware that as a committed religious person I was in for a long semester with my religiously hostile professor. To be clear, my professor was amazing. Still to date, he was the most engaged teacher I’ve ever... Continue Reading →
No One Leaves Home Unless…
Rarely do I find myself watching as much news media as I have over the past week due to the crisis in Ukraine. It is truly a horrifying situation with immense potential to exponentially increase at a global level. With the countless videos that I've watched, one recurrent theme pulls on my heart more than... Continue Reading →
The Core of the Bible and the Challenge of the Quran
When it comes to American Christians and Islam, there tends to be three predominant camps that people find themselves in. One of these groups expresses itself with a kind of xenophobic nationalism which seeks to keep Muslims as far away from the American identity as possible. Another camp flows along with the progressive spirit of... Continue Reading →
Were Adam and Eve Biologically Immortal?
There are few areas within the field of faith and science studies that are more controversial, and more important, than the study of Adam and Eve. Some of the debates, and the positions argued for or against, are truly framework shifting. Major theological implications and positions flow from one's views on Adam and Eve. Most... Continue Reading →
An Arcane Christian Connection: Jinx, Silco, Love, & God
This article contains major spoilers for season 1 of Arcane: League of Legends. In our current media-saturated, entertainment-driven culture, it is not always easy to find something that not only goes against the trope-saturated grain of mediocrity, but that does so with dynamic visual storytelling, diverse and unique character types, rich moral complexity, and an... Continue Reading →