by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 16, 2012 | Pet Peeves
Image: 3D visualization suggesting DNA, a free to use Unsplash image by user Braňo. Though I’m generally a fan of LifeWay and its publications, I’m disappointed to find its new Gospel Project curriculum* indulging in the weary and misguided “religion...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Mar 1, 2012 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Graduate Papers
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by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Feb 6, 2012 | Annotated Quotations
Image: 3D visualization suggesting DNA, a free to use Unsplash image by user Braňo. Though his text should carry a warning for much of its content (page 68’s error of calling unborn children “potential life” is especially grievous, and...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 25, 2012 | Annotated Quotations
Richard Ganz condemns the growing popularity in Christian circles of such self-exploratory therapies as “healing of memories,” which Pious Eye would note (from his own observation and experience) seem very popular in seminary “spiritual...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 13, 2012 | Annotated Quotations
Martin and Deidre Bobgan assert that the prudent course for the pious is to choose biblical counseling over either secular psychotherapy or the many biblical-secular/pious-impious hybridizations offered as “Christian”” psychotherapy. Do you (like Pious...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 28, 2011 | Annotated Quotations
Image: 3D visualization suggesting DNA, a free to use Unsplash image by user Braňo. Arthur T. Pierson describes how the duties of Christian piety, though at first burdensome, in the end bring delight, as wings empower flight. We are reminded once more of...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 18, 2005 | Annotated Quotations, Pet Peeves
The world is full of popular, clever-sounding sayings that are simply not true. This brief post concerns one such pseudo-aphorism, namely this: Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship. (Anonymous, traditional.) This popular saying, which I have heard...