Author: JD Hall

The Theology of Furries. Or Furology, If You Will

Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. I glanced up from my phone, while sitting in my pickup truck at the local post office, and saw a woman in a furry costume skipping down the street. I looked back down and kept scrolling. Of course, I’ve seen it

Where a Tree Falls, There They Lie

Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. Lying about the dead to give comfort to the living is not our job. There’s a certain Pastoral PTSD that afflicts many ministers that’s hard for laymen to really understand. Mine developed one evening about 11PM when an associate pastor called

Singularity and Babel: Comparing the Oldest, and Newest, False Religions

Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. The phrasing of Genesis 11:7 has always tickled me. The story is, mankind was united in both geography and language, and in their hubris had come to think pretty highly of themselves. Proudly, they thought that by architectural and technological genius

Baby Immigrant Jesus and the God Who Builds Border Walls

“Dear Lord baby Jesus, lyin’ there in your ghost manger, just lookin’ at your Baby Einstein developmental videos, learnin’ ’bout shapes and colors. I would like to thank you for bringin’ me and my mama together, and also that my kids no longer sound like retarded gang-bangers.” – Ricky Bobby I

Have Your Elder Call My Elder

Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. The power-trip of eldership has gone straight to some people’s heads. Here’s the Biblical reason why elder authority is confined to its jurisdiction. I think we all look back at thoughts of ourselves and grimace from the cringe, from time to

Not of Abraham: A Primer on Talmudic Judaism (Part 1)

Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. I’m telling you right now, this will not be an entertaining article. It will be an informative one, and aims to explain the origins of our current controversy. You’ll be blessed for struggling with this complicated issue, no matter which conclusion

Why Christians Should Celebrate the Civil Rights Victory of Daniel Penny

The Holy Bible has an important arc of justice written throughout its pages. Christians naturally have a hope that scores are settled and wrongs are righted, and every time justice prevails on this side of eternity’s veil, we are reminded in the justice that will ultimately be done by God

On the Sin of Noticing Things

Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. The Apostle Paul has an interesting line in his letter to Titus. It’s one that, perhaps, Christians today should give a little more attention. If for no other reason, there is a blessing in struggling with challenging texts, particularly those that

Rise of the Fuhrer Friars and Spiritual Stazi

Below is a sneak peek of this INSIDER content. Telling wives to snitch on their husbands. Cryptic warnings about illegal words. Opinion-based anathemas. Forbidden ideas. Thought Crimes. When did clergy in Reformed evangelicalism start acting like the Secret Police? It might be true that some have warned for years that