Syria is complicated. But American Christians shouldn’t use that complexity as an excuse for silence
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Articles, interviews and opinion pieces that reflect critically on the world.
Welcome to the Century of Neuroscience, the Century of the Brain – Part III: The Working Assumption of Modern Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the inter/multi-disciplinary process of working out the details of how the brain produces the mind, personhood, and even what we call “human nature."
Welcome to the Century of Neuroscience, the Century of the Brain – Part II: Trending – Christian Monistic Views
We will briefly survey Christian monism, the view that humans are made up of physical matter and do not consist of an additional substance/essence or non-material life force/principle, traditionally referred to as the “soul.”
Welcome to the Century of Neuroscience, the Century of the Brain – Part I: Traditional Dualistic Views of Human Nature
For Christians down through history and until the 20th century, some form of dualism has been the traditional and predominant view.
Brain and Soul: Implications for Life
A great debate over the body-soul connection has captivated Christian and secular scholars alike for several centuries. The specific issue revolves around whether body and soul exist independently of one another (dualism), or whether the soul is a “product” of body (specifically brain) function (monism).
Living Towards Baptism
When I was in seminary, I was told that every passage of Scripture could point to baptism or communion. Any text could and should move the congregation towards one of these two sacraments.