The Pacifism of Jesus: Reclaiming Christianity's Challenge
Early Christians were confusing. They were pacifists living in the Roman world, a world which saw violence and death as constant positive reminders of the struggle of life over death.
From Anne Frank to Gaza
AUG 4, 2014 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- Seventy years ago today, on a hot August day, the Dutch hiding place of Anne Frank and her family...
The Rapes and Hangings in India: the Tragedy of Us and Them
JUNE 29, 2014 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- Rape is endemic in India, with a reported rape every 22 minutes. Add to that the unreported rapes...
WWJD is Wrong
APRIL 9, 2014 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- Life is made of small things. WWJD often doesn’t fit neatly into life’s little dramas. But...
Do Gay Christians Go to Heaven?
MAR 16, 2014 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- You probably read that title, and muttered the answer to yourself. Your answer. The one you're...
Slit Throats and Strange Bedfellows
MAR 11, 2014 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- The Jews and Muslims in Britain are up in arms. And it’s not because of one another. They're...
The God Proof: 2 Problems with the Creationism vs. Science Debate
FEB 1, 2014 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- As the years have gone by, Creationism has been getting better. It talks about flaws in carbon dating...
What Violence Should Feel Like
JAN 14, 2014 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- Violence is clearly not a problem which is limited to law enforcement in the US. In 2009, the US had...
Lessons from Nigeria
NOV 1, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- Boko Haram is not a name most of us are familiar with, but we will likely hear it soon. Boko Haram...
Sympathy for the Devil
OCT 15, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- In most Christian theologies of the Devil, there is a transformation of some sort, a fall, a rebellion...