Charles E. Gutenson

On Letting the Bible Get Too Close

The man had a way with words. About that, there can be no doubt. In my view, he was a master of putting such...

Are All Biases Created Equal?

I recall a conversation with a friend recently (hardly the first of its kind and one I am betting many of you have also...

Are We Just Too Quarrelsome?

“The trouble is that they’re so quarrelsome. As soon as anyone arrives he settles in some street. Before he’s been there twenty-four hours he...

A Sexually Obsessed Culture

I imagine that most readers, after reading the title for this blog, are inclined to let out a hearty “Amen!” However, that title might...

More, the Solution to Everything…. Or, is it?

With 2016 an election year, a range of political issues are front and center in public debate, issues such as national defense, immigration policy,...

Politics and Alternative Soteriologies

The 2016 election cycle promises to be one of the most acrimonious of my lifetime. Even though civil political discourse has been broken for...