IS JESUS LIKE SANTA CLAUS?

It’s kind of ironic that Santa Claus represents Christmas. Sure, I realize that there is some historical context behind Saint Nicholas that embodies and validates the ‘Christmas spirit’ of generosity…

ANOTHER BLACK FRIDAY

Given Black Friday and all its charades and travesties today, some immediate thoughts came to mind about another Black Friday that makes some interesting parallels to this popular day after…

WHY CULTURE REJECTS GOD’S VIEW OF RIGHT & WRONG

The following post is actually a short essay I wrote for my ethics class recently about why and how secular culture rejects any notion of God's view of right and…

THE CHURCH IS IN TROUBLE

UNC has proved time and time again to be an excellent representation of what the next generation of Christianity will look like across the state of North Carolina, and possibly…

AN IRONIC EXAMPLE OF HUMOR IN THE BIBLE

I was reading the book, On Humour, by Simon Critchley for my one of my classes this semester and  came across a section that discussed the humorous and ironic elements…

POLICY, ECONOMY, & THEOLOGY | WHAT POLITICS CAN’T DO

Now, I am not one to blog about politics, because I don’t want to virtually get attacked. In fact, this is my first sort-of-political blog—as most of you frequent readers…

BEING *IN LOVE*

Lets be honest. The picture of 'being in love' that media so artfully paints is often misunderstood by the audience as 'love' itself. This is dangerous. No no, 'being in…