Josh Gelatt – Jesus Ethics

Part 4: Debt Forgiveness in Scripture

12 Sep 202212 Sep 2022

In my first article, I outlined several presuppositions that should guide an Evangelical who is interested in applying Scripture to a contemporary situation. In part 2, I explored some of…

If Misquoting the Bible was a Political Contest…

6 Sep 20226 Sep 2022

If misusing the Bible was an Olympic event, many politicians and political candidates seem determined to win the Gold Medal. In the article below, I offer several examples of some…

Part 3: Loan Generosity & Predatory Interest

3 Sep 202212 Sep 2022

Recap This series of articles attempts to analyze Biden's student debt forgiveness program, and especially some Christian reactions to that program, in light of Scripture's ethical teachings. In PART 1,…

Part 2: The Value of Hard Work & Compassion

1 Sep 202212 Sep 2022

Debt Forgiveness: A Moral Issue? The concept of student debt forgiveness remains widely popular. One study reports 73% of those polled supported Biden's recently announced program to forgive $10,000 of…

Part 1: Debt Forgiveness: Introducing the Issue

27 Aug 202212 Sep 2022

President Biden's recent announcement regarding student loan relief has caused quite a stir on social media. While this is just the latest wildfire to burn across the social media landscape,…

Victimhood, Empathy, and the Invention of New Villains

1 Jan 20221 Jan 2022

Mark Pellegrino is an actor best know for playing the bad guy. Among many other villainous roles, he's played the abusive ex-husband (Dexter), the vaguely supernatural entity responsible for a…

Review: Jesus and John Wayne

1 Jan 20213 Jan 2021

JESUS AND John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a faith and fractured a nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez "Kristin Du Mez is a radical feminist." This was a fellow…

Sep 2020 Annotated Reading List

8 Oct 20208 Oct 2020

Reading is a joy. Below is a list of the books I was able to complete in the month of September, which I'm finally getting around to annotate. Hopefully one…

Aug 2020 Annotated Reading List

2 Sep 20208 Oct 2020

Institia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification (Alister McGrath) This book is the definitive (if scholars may use that word) resource on how justification has been understood…

Masks: A Case Study in Moral Hierarchy

21 Jul 20202 Sep 2022

One of the great advantages of moral discussions, as opposed to wisdom discussions, is that morality is unambiguous and definitive. At least on the fundamental level. Wisdom, on the other…