Theology of Superheroes

He is from above, a heavenly father sends his only son to save the Earth. When he comes down to Earth, he’ll be raised by two parents who originally had the names Mary and Joseph – now this is the Superman story we are talking about,” The Gospel According to the World’s Greatest Superhero, by […]

OneStory Conference:

“The mythology/theology of Superheroes”  I will have the privilege of speaking at an upcoming conference in the Chicago land area, on that topic! Solid Reasons’ OneStory:Gospel, Purpose, Reality Conference My talk will be on the “Theology of Daredevil, Batman and the X-Men: Effective Principles to Successfully Connect with a Secular Society with the Mythology of SuperHeroes” It […]

Absolute Evil

Is there such a thing as real evil? ISIS is beheading children of families who do not convert to their version of Islam.  If that is not evil, I don’t know what is. There is objective evil in our world.  Anyone who denies it either is amoral, defective mentally or too academic for their own good. […]

Amusing Ourselves to Death

What if the purpose of our lives is not to be happy?  How much of our lives are lived worshiping at the altar of amusement?  Man has, in Aldous Huxley‘s phrase, “an infinite appetite for distraction.”   Pascal told us “that the sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly […]