Video Games and the Incarnation
“Video games aren’t art because they aren’t incarnational.” This statement was made to a friend of mine at Regent College, and I heard many similar indictments against...
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Beyond Authorial Intention: What Does a Text “Really” Mean?
This post explores how the philosopher Paul Ricoeur influenced the way we think of interpretation. What follows is a purely philosophical journey: I do not draw any...
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Suicide: Act of Redemption or Tragedy?
Particularly in the realm of literature, suicide is sometimes seen as an act of love, sacrifice, or even heavenly longing. For example, in Flannery O’Connor’s “The...
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Technology’s Lie and the Promise of Love
Last week Ryan Ricker responded (Evangelical Environmentalists and Ethical Oil) to my creation care (Salvation is not the Point: The Point is what we do with Salvation)...
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Nothing but a Burning Light
The subtitle of this post should be: In which I raise a bunch of questions for which I have no answers. I was a child the first time I heard Bruce Cockburn’s cover of...
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Salvation: What is it Good for? Absolutely Nothing?
Why do you do what you do? How do you make a decision? If it is an important one perhaps you think it through, weigh the costs against the benefits. Do you try to...
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