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Even for someone like me whose theological background is old school Calvinism, 2020 managed to leave me with a bleaker and more cynical take on human nature than I had going in. And that’s quite a feat. There are no two ways about it, Americans are cruel. Like the rest of the world, we were […]
I was having dinner with some friends a couple nights ago, and the issue of guns came up. In such situations I often insist (jokingly, with tongue in cheek) that I just wish Obama would burst through our doors with a battering ram and personally confiscate all our guns so that we’d finally be safe. […]
During a recent episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors I made the point that I would welcome a presidential candidate who made no claims to being religious, since then I might actually have someone I’d consider voting for. Think about it: If a candidate is an outspoken Christian he will almost certainly: (1) desire to defund as many […]
It’s a fact that America has more guns per 100 people (88.8) than any other developed nation. It’s no surprise then that America also has more gun deaths per 100,000 people (10.2) than any other developed nation. Coming in second is Switzerland with 45.7 guns per 100 people and 3.84 deaths per 100,000 people. I […]
Episode #5 of Drunk Ex-Pastors is now available to download and stream. We keep our promise to do a shot in honor of all those who shared our podcast on social media this past week, and go on to extol the many benefits of alcohol, and how the moderate enjoyment of various libations can help (in […]