Cantus Firmus

I had the privilege of speaking with Tom Gilson–Christian apologist, senior editor at the news and commentary website The Stream, and author of numerous books […]

I was recently a guest on The Mad Ones where we talked about angels, demons, and the unseen realm. I had lots of fun discussing […]

The Anti-War War Vet John Dangelo was my guest to talk about his experience in Afghanistan and his thoughts now as a Christian anarchist on […]

Andy Merrill, the voice of Brak and co-creator of The Brak Show (also known for his work on Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Adventure Time, […]

What are protestants, who believe in salvation by faith alone, supposed to do with passages in the New Testament that suggest that Christians are saved […]

In this conversation with artist Jackson Ferrell (http://www.bigjstudios.com), we investigate what Jesus meant when He told His followers to be perfect just as God is […]

A few quick reflections on why love is more than “truth telling.” Audio:http://cantus-firmus.com/Audio/20210227-ShunningLovedOnes.mp3

In a recording from January 8th, I chat with the Anti-War War Vet John Dangelo III about how the classical liberal/libertarian concept of negative rights […]

A reading of my article at The Stream about how tyrants from Herod the Great to Stalin and Hitler tried to cancel or co-opt Christmas. […]

Aree Spivey (of Failed Kingdoms) was my guest to discuss his move toward Eastern Orthodoxy and away from the Protestant idea of sola scriptura–that scripture […]

Two years after the release of Fight the Powers, my reflections on what it meant for Christians to Fight the Powers under Trump and what […]

I was recently a guest on the Failed Kingdoms podcast to discuss Matthew J. Korpman’s book Saying No to God: A Radical Approach to Reading the […]

I was recently a guest on the Failed Kingdoms podcast to talk with Matthew Distefano about whether or not the Bible treats homosexual behavior as […]

Christians are often told to follow Jesus’ command to not judge, often by non-Christians who perceive us, rightly or wrongly, of being nasty and judgmental. […]

I chat with the Anti-War War Vet John Dangelo III about whether or not Christians ought to be voting, and if so, what should animate […]

A perennial challenge to belief in God is human suffering. If God is all good and all powerful, it is asked, why do the good […]

I’ve been seeing a lot of folks, especially on the right, saying that we should stop talking about race, that if we did stop talking […]

I had the opportunity to talk to Germinal G. Van about his book The Economic Condition of Black America in the Twentieth Century: A Historical […]

I was a guest on The Anti-War War Vet’s Instagram to dissect the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, highlighting the policy […]

In an election year, especially in a time of intense political polarization like we’re having now, the stakes seem high. We’re always told that “this […]

John Dangelo from The Anti-War War Vet and Aree Spivey from Failed Kingdoms were my guests to discuss how political narratives distort how we perceive […]

A poll conducted by Gallup in 1958 found that about 30% of political partisans wanted to see their daughters marry a man of the same […]

I assembled a politically diverse group to talk about conservative, progressive, and libertarian political models and which one lined up best with core Christian values. […]

President Trump recently spoke in support of a physician who held a minority view on COVID. She has also stated that gynecological ailments might be […]

In a 1787 letter, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more […]