by Marc Barnes | Nov 24, 2018 | Why I am Christian
When I was ten-ish, my family was stationed in Germany. Being “stationed” makes it sound like the United States Army hired me and my five siblings to sit tight in a bunker and scan the horizon for the return of the Nazi Threat. In fact, only my father was...
by Marc Barnes | Jun 5, 2018 | Why I am Christian
omewhere in the weary midwest, I drove past a billboard housing an advertisement from McDonald’s. Gluten and ground beef glared at me above an annotation reading: “100% Beef. 100% Bliss.” “Marge,” I screamed to my truck. “That’s ground for a class-action...
by Marc Barnes | Sep 21, 2017 | Why I am Christian
hen politics are heroic, bracing, and brimming with great sorrows and triumphs, the humanist argument against Christianity seems strong: “Your religion sets man panting after ‘spiritual goods’ — he should pant to attain concrete goods for his neighbors. He breaks his...