For ages, Christians, philosophers, and theologians have discussed and studied the idea of holiness. It is frequently believed to be a quality or way of being exclusive to saints and supernatural beings. However, what is holiness? Is it something that even common people can accomplish? If so, how can we get there? We shall examine the definition of holiness and…
Author: Stan Moody As an evangelical pastor and theologian, I find myself increasingly at odds with American Evangelicals on a wide range of topics. In my 2006 book, McChurched: 300 Million Served and Still Hungry, I predicted this about the Christian Right and its agent of political dominion, the Republican Party: You will not be welcome in the Promised Land envisioned by…
Author: Stan Moody Why are Americans so easily caught off guard by evil? Is it because we have embraced the doctrine of the inherent goodness of mankind to the exclusion of the reality of our own individual and national evil? You would think that the experience of repeated failings as the moral conscience of the world would awaken us to our…