A Serious Question for my Calvinist Friends

By Byron Harvey / August 3, 2014 /

Been a long while since I’ve posted here–five months, to be exact–and this post isn’t a post full of statements, but rather an honest question to which I’d like feedback from my Calvinist friends (the more TULIP points, the better!).  I have asked this on several occasions, most recently this week of a new friend,…

Making an Idol of our “Witness”

By Byron Harvey / March 2, 2014 /

Is “my witness for Christ” the paramount consideration a Christian should be concerned with when deciding how to live? Though this may sound heretical, I’m going to not only suggest that the answer is “no”, but that it’s even possible for us to make an idol out of our “witness.” Hear me out on this…

The Freedom to Refuse

By Byron Harvey / February 26, 2014 /

A lot is being made about the proposed Arizona law which ostensibly provides a religious freedom possibility for the declining of service to individuals. That sentence, upon further review, isn’t worded terribly well, but there’s a reason for that; it’s hard for me to know exactly what this law is intended to accomplish, in large…

Jesus Wasn’t a Libertarian (But I Sort of Am)

By Byron Harvey / January 31, 2014 /

I am not a Libertarian. But I am significantly a libertarian. Allow me to explain…and then, allow me to pontificate on Jesus’ political affiliation. I am not a Libertarian, because “capital ‘L’ Libertarian” refers to a political party, which is characterized, in large part but not completely, by libertarian political beliefs. I am not a…