Randal Rauser

Screwtaped: On the misguided Christian boycott of Netflix

I learned that a boycott of Netflix was trending on Twitter spurred on by Christians outraged at a new comedy show featuring a gay Jesus. I’m going to enumerate three problems with these misguided boycotts.

Screwtaped: On the misguided Christian boycott of Netflix

Open our eyes to the saints in our midst

The Book of Hebrews refers to “a great cloud of witnesses,” faithful servants who have gone before us and who can offer inspiration and direction.  The fact is, however, that the quiet and faithful service of these saints is often carried out far from the spotlight.

Open our eyes to the saints in our midst

Your media is biased

It doesn’t matter whether you get your information from Rush Limbaugh or NPR, Fox News or the BBC, Al Jazeera or RT: your media intake is, to some degree, biased.

Your media is biased

Netflix's 'Unbelievable': True crime redeemed

I’m not one of those people who is prone to binge-watch the latest big series on Netflix. But lo and behold, this past weekend my wife and I were mesmerized by the critically acclaimed new cop-investigation drama "Unbelievable."

Netflix's 'Unbelievable': True crime redeemed

On throwing the first stone: Thoughts on Trudeau and blackface

I am not inclined to have sympathy for Trudeau. I think he is lacking in depth and character. Having said that, I can’t help but point out that many of Trudeau’s harshest critics today likely would not have batted an eye about blackface/brownface twenty years ago.

On throwing the first stone: Thoughts on Trudeau and blackface

God and the tooth fairy

Every time I hear an atheist compare belief in God to belief in the ‘tooth fairy’ I get more evidence for my observation that atheists don’t even understand what they are rejecting.

God and the tooth fairy