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How Loving Jesus Has Transformed My Life

In this post, I will explain why my embrace of Christianity–accepting Jesus as my savior–has transformed my life. I offer this primarily for those who are open-minded and just really don’t understand what this is all about. However, I also offer it in the spirit of specificity for those who will say, “A ha! Bob’s […]

God, the State, and Sin

One of the frequent objections I get runs like this: “Murphy, how can you be so blind? You are great at seeing how the State rules people through fear and dependence, preying on their insecurities and vanities. Don’t you see that’s exactly what organized religion has done throughout the ages? No gods no rulers!” Of […]

Tomorrowland vs. the Bible

Because there is such a dearth of family-friendly movies, I took my son to see the George Clooney movie, “Tomorrowland.” On the one hand, the film was very uplifting. I’m sure the people behind thought they were doing a great thing. They were telling people (especially young kids) that so long as enough poets, artists, […]

“The Battle Between Good and Evil” Is a Staged Conflict

When I was much younger, I had this idea that there was a mighty struggle between good and evil. God was (of course) leading the forces of light, while the Devil (aka Satan) was leading the forces of darkness. You would see this epic clash play out in literature and film, with secular works such […]

Ricky Gervais Tweets Atheism

I realize it would be more scholarly to discuss Aquinas, but sometimes it’s fun to engage the popular culture. Consider this the theological analog of me critiquing the State of the Union address. A bunch of my Facebook Friends thought this was hilarious and deep: A Christian telling an Atheist they will burn in Hell […]

Spiritual Life Is Real Life

Lately on his blog Gene Callahan has been lamenting the free-market economist’s tendency to reduce all human choices to economic ones. First Gene was horrified at a recent argument in defense of allowing monetary payments for adoption, but then Gene switched his target to this passage from Mises in Human Action: “All human values are […]

Johnny Cash “When the Man Comes Around”

An interesting take on the book of Revelation (last book in the Bible). What’s funny is most people think “apocalypse = awful” but in the Biblical sense, it eventually ushers in eternal paradise. But it’s definitely hardcore, don’t get me wrong.