Stepping Back: Escaping the Echo Chamber

By Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D., M.A., M.Div. I grew up in the Church of the Nazarene that valued “testimonies.”  Testimonies were rituals where a person would give a report of how a problem occurred and God, through prayer, fixed the problem.  After hearing enough testimonies, I began to realize that if a person wanted toContinue reading “Stepping Back: Escaping the Echo Chamber”

Faith Without Religion

By Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D., M.A., M.Div. I have to admit, I enjoy TikTok, and I am a little concerned that on my feed at least, there are so many expressing their dismay about religion in general and Christianity in particular.  Now, before the chorus of loud “Amens!” begin to ring out, let me alsoContinue reading “Faith Without Religion”

Beware the Mask of Fascism

By Harold W. Anderson, Ph.D., M.A., M.Div. I wondered.  Why had she said that?  How could someone make such a blatantly false assessment of a message of love and peace?  Sure, the topic of my talk that evening was a premillennial romp through the apocalyptic literature of the Bible, making almost no distinction between theContinue reading “Beware the Mask of Fascism”