James' Thoughts and Musings

In I Chronicles 17, David wants to build God a Temple, but God says no.  God says that David’s son would do this instead.  God then ...

Gerald R. McDermott.  Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods: Christian Theology, Enlightenment Religion, and Non-Christian Faiths .  Oxford Un...

I’m going to talk about the Hobby Lobby case in this post. Let me give you some personal background.  The Hobby Lobby decision was based,...

I was going to do a book write-up today about a book that I just finished.  I’m not in much of a mood to do that right now, even though it...

Recently, I was listening to a sermon.  The pastor referred to Jesus’ statement in Luke 4:18 that God sent him to preach good news to the ...

I’ve been reading the Book of Jeremiah for my daily quiet time.  Allow me to present some puzzling verses, both from Jeremiah 48. Jeremi...

John M. Barry.  Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty .  Viking, 2012. This book ...