David M Schell

Tag: Junk Theology

  • Newsboys Tell Nietzsche that God’s Not Dead, Add Nothing To The Conversation

    Newsboys Tell Nietzsche that God’s Not Dead, Add Nothing To The Conversation

    In a statement released today, scientists have concluded that, based on their research, God is a myth. These words open the music video to the Newsboys’ music video “God’s not dead” (embedded below). A newspaper headline in the video says “God is a myth.” A billboard reads “No evidence that God exists.” An article online…

  • Me vs Them

    I hate “Us vs Them” Christians. You know the type: Every other denomination is going to hell in a handbasket, and they have a handle on the truth, and if only somebody would listen to them, the world would be a much better place. They go to small churches and have small minds and occupy…

  • Really Weird Bible Stories That They Didn’t Tell You About In Sunday School.

    When I was growing up, I heard a ton of Bible stories. The Creation of the World, Adam and Eve and The Fall, Cain and Abel, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and Joseph and his coat of many colors… But I’ve recently discovered a few that I never really heard in church, Sunday School, or anywhere.…

  • Instructions for Living in the Empire

    There are a few “fringe theologians” who disavow friendship with the United States of America. Some, like Shane Claiborne, refer to the USA as “Empire” and disavow it, trying to live “off the grid,” away from the realm of America. The idea that the church is this Kingdom of God that will never be destroyed…