John Mark Reynolds

If I make contact with a skeleton or any other bones, as a Christian it is more likely to heal me than kill me. If I meet a demoniac, it is more likely to be a chance to see God’s glory than the end of my life.If I meet a vampire, it will more likely be a Dracula than an Edward, and I will be . . . . Continue Reading »

Culture is wrestling with the nature of humanity. We are experimenting with definitions and with decisions to change fundamental human rights.If it is hard to say what it is to be human, I can say something about what being human is not. For much of my life, I made a basic error about the purpose of . . . . Continue Reading »

On Halloween I am sometimes asked if I believe in ghosts. While accepting that there are “more things in heaven and earth” than Richard Dawkins finds tolerable, I have no strong commitment either way. There is some evidence for something, but it is not obvious what that something is.Are . . . . Continue Reading »

The media grownups exploiting Levi Johnston are doing a bad thing. When I was growing up and making some pretty big mistakes, there were grownups who took me aside and told me not to be a fool. They had mercy on me and showed me a better way to live. They certainly did not play on my sinful desires . . . . Continue Reading »

Since the Kool Kristian Kids now think we should apologize for everything (the Crusades! the Inquisition!) we did not do or things we are thought to be doing even if we are not (sexism! racism! homophobia!), I would like to add a new category. I think we should begin to apologize for people who . . . . Continue Reading »

The generation that can remember the Great War is almost gone. Victoria reigned for decades, but those born under her rule have nearly vanished. There was a time when much of what we take for granted, some good things and some bad, did not exist. Those that remember the days before easy air travel . . . . Continue Reading »

Sometimes when I tell people that I think the Bible has no errors when read with literary sensitivity, they reply:“That is so nineteenth century of you.” This is quite offensive to me since it is my politics and taste in fiction and architecture that are Victorian, not my theology. . . . . Continue Reading »

Evidently President Obama’s wanting to play basketball with the guys is disturbing to some people.I am unclear why this is so.Sometimes guys like to hang out with guys in their free time. The President lives in a house with three females. He works in an office with gals and guys. Why . . . . Continue Reading »

Recently, Newt Gingrich teased voters by announcing he might run for President of the United States. This is exciting news only if the voters in the GOP get the Nobel Peace Prize Disease (NPPD).NPPD is a rare condition where decision makers pick not the best candidate, but the one who wants it the . . . . Continue Reading »

In one comment thread on this blog, someone asked why I believe. Here is a short answer.It is an odd thing to be called on to defend something you think you know. It is disturbing at first, because it makes you simultaneously wonder about your own mental clarity and that of your questioner. Why . . . . Continue Reading »