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Chaos and Christianity
When I was teaching graduate school, one of the courses I taught was Program Evaluation. In it I taught mid-level executives how to...

Professor Polyamory
Jul 13, 20245 min read
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Mary and Sue: A Morality Tale
Mary and Sue: A Morality Tale Author's Note: This tale is an exploration of Christian morality that was possible in the 1970's but is...

Professor Polyamory
Aug 13, 202320 min read
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The Biblical Meaning of Adultery & Fornication
Note: I am working on an essay looking at some of the interpretations of Christianity presented by some of the characters is my novel. ...

Professor Polyamory
Apr 30, 20238 min read
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Just a few notes in advance of Chapter 45
Later this week I should be posting the first entirely new chapter of In Search of the Final Freedom that I’ve written in several years....

Professor Polyamory
Jan 8, 20238 min read
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Of Voyeurism and Vicarious Pleasure
This is a photo I took of my dear wife having sex with a man she'd met earlier that day. Is it morally wrong for you to enjoy looking at...

Professor Polyamory
Dec 12, 20226 min read
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Just a Few Thought on this Sunday Morning
A recent poll by a leading organization found that the majority of self-identified Republicans say they go to church at least once per...

Professor Polyamory
Nov 20, 20224 min read
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Of Sexual Morality
Back in the 1990’s I held the position of Principal in the largest Christian High School in our region. As such I was in a position to...

Professor Polyamory
Jun 22, 20226 min read
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American Christianity and Violence: Longtime Bedfellows
After yet another mass shooting, I find it interesting how over and over again I see those who fetishize firearms make the claim that the...

Professor Polyamory
Jun 1, 20226 min read
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Bisexuality and Religion
In considering this topic, I must recognize that in North American and Europe, the religious experience is primarily based in the...

Professor Polyamory
Jan 9, 20224 min read
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Some Thoughts on Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men
Some Thoughts on Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men. I heard the bells By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas Day...

Professor Polyamory
Dec 25, 20216 min read
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Is "Christian Love" So Different From Romantic/Sexual Love?
A decade or so ago I was looking for a ring with a poly-heart on it to buy as a gift for Paula. I found a very nice hand made one on...

Professor Polyamory
Dec 9, 20218 min read
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The Rise of Anti-Jesus Christianity
It is abundantly clear that mainstream American Christianity has departed from the message of Jesus in such a fundamental way that I am...

Professor Polyamory
Oct 10, 20216 min read
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From Fundamentalist Christian to Liberal Christian: My Journey
Christianity has many brands, some so different than others that it seems a stretch to call them all the same religion at all. For...

Professor Polyamory
May 2, 20217 min read
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Economic Justice and the Christian Community
It is now an almost universal belief in white evangelical circles that Black Lives Matter and the larger struggle for racial & economic...

Professor Polyamory
Jan 17, 20216 min read
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Morality v Ethics
Of Morality Morals are quite simply a code of conduct; a series of proscriptions and prescriptions that define goodness. Though, within...

Professor Polyamory
Oct 16, 20203 min read
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Adultery & Fornication: What do those words mean in the New Testament?
One of our funniest open-marriage memories is from twenty years ago. We were laying in bed with another couple in the afterglow of...

Professor Polyamory
Aug 26, 20208 min read
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And they have made themselves gods
Genesis Chapter 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman,...

Professor Polyamory
Aug 23, 20207 min read
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Buffalo Bill Cody, Jack Hyles and Modern Evangelical Christianity
Buffalo Bill Cody is one of the most colorful and iconic figures in US History. He was a buffalo hunter and US Army Scout for which he...

Professor Polyamory
Aug 9, 202012 min read
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An Old Fashioned Morality Sermon (sort of)
I wrote this a few years ago when I was still teaching at Clemson University. That was before anyone could have imagined Donald Trump as...

Professor Polyamory
Jun 27, 20205 min read
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