This is part one of a two-parter on how individualism has negatively affected Christianity. In case you get the wrong idea -- this podcast episode is not about me discouraging you from reading your Bible. I'm simply trying to get folks to read it with the right lens, from the right perspective. 

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This is a short podcast to touch base and let you know that the Equipoise Podcast is preparing to return soon after an unexpected hiatus.

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So -- Halloween is about here. What's a balanced way to view this holiday? Is it pagan? If it was, is it okay to celebrate now? Should Christians categorize this with "works of darkness?" Well, to be fair, I don't go too much into how Christians should respond -- that's on you -- but rather take a look at the history of this holiday to decipher whether or not it always was a "pagan" holiday or if some of the ghoulishness and gore are relatively recent infusions into this holiday.

An admittedly more scholarly and unbiased article correcting the misinformation proffered in the article above: https://historyforatheists.com/2021/10/is-halloween-pagan/?unapproved=43672&moderation-hash=865f37ac85ef34cef7f178a91341dbaa#comment-43672

Hope this helps clear things up a little bit!

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An open letter to Almost Every Baptist College. It's not written to any college in particular, including my own Alma Mater. It's written to an institution known as AEBC; simple as that. :)

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We made it to the end of this miniseries! Hooray!

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After two weeks, I hereby release a really rough episode that doesn't flow very well but hopefully still makes some degree of sense.

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Sorry -- I wasn't able to get my regularly scheduled podcast out on time this week, so I apparently chose to ramble, bloviate and chat for ten minutes. Sorry about this one. :)

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In today's episode, I talk a bit about the Christian and how to consume alcohol in a way that is glorifying to God. I hope it is a blessing to you.

Here's the link I mentioned in today's episode: https://observer.com/2012/04/bottoms-up-the-ballmer-peak-is-real-study-says/

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In today's episode, I try to build a balanced case for abstaining from alcohol. Despite Christianity's rich, intertwined history with alcohol, many Christians often choose to not drink for some legitimate reasons (while some are not-so-legitimate). Here are some of them.

Here's the link I mentioned in today's episode: https://www.healthline.com/health/addictive-personality-traits#alleged-traits

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In this episode, I trace the history of Christians and their relationship to alcohol. We find that the default position of Christians since the time of Christ (and Jews before Christ) has been well-summarized by Luther as follows: 

“If you are tired and downhearted, take a drink; but this does not mean being a pig and doing nothing but gorging and swilling… You should be moderate and sober; this means that we should not be drunken, though we may be exhilarated.” - Luther

There ya go.

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