Faith Without Fog

Honest questions. Unforced faith.

  • Have You Ever Forgiven God?

    What EverQuest Taught Me About Grievance, Judgment, and God Have you ever forgiven God? The question may sound arrogant, irreverent, or even blasphemous. In Christianity, forgiveness is normally understood to move in the opposite direction. God forgives us. We confess, repent, and receive mercy. God is the injured party. We are the ones standing in… Continue reading

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  • Are We Gambling on the Same God?

    Can Love Be Demanded Under Threat? There is a version of Christianity that places eternal punishment in the background of every spiritual conversation. Sometimes it is stated gently. Sometimes it is stated with tears. Sometimes it is wrapped in language about grace, rescue, salvation, and love. But the structure remains: submit, believe, confess, repent, accept,… Continue reading

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  • The Spectrum of Mercy

    Before we talk about Hell, we need to ask what mercy means in ordinary language. Mercy is not just a beautiful religious word. It is not a vague glow we place around God, forgiveness, or salvation. Mercy has a relationship to judgment. And judgment has a relationship to offense, culpability, consequence, and punishment. If those… Continue reading

  • God Is In Control, But You Are Responsible

    Christianity often asks ordinary people to hold two ideas at the same time. God is in control. You are responsible. Both statements can sound reasonable when they are spoken separately. When someone is grieving, “God is in control” can feel like comfort. It suggests that pain is not meaningless, that history is not random, that… Continue reading

  • When Words Become Fog

    Christianity is often introduced in very simple words. Love.Mercy.Hope.Forgiveness.Father.Rescue.Relationship.Good news. These are not academic words. They are human words. They are the kind of words you can say beside a hospital bed, at a funeral, in a church pew, during an altar call, or to someone whose life has cracked open and who does not… Continue reading

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  • When Questions Become Crimes

    History has not always been kind to people who asked the wrong questions in the wrong rooms. Socrates was sentenced to death after unsettling the moral and intellectual confidence of Athens. Galileo was not killed, but he was punished for defending a view of the cosmos that religious authority found threatening. William Tyndale was executed… Continue reading

  • Belief Is Not A Light Switch

    Belief is not a light switch. At first, that sounds reasonable. People convert. People deconvert. Skeptics become believers. Believers lose faith. The Bible itself says, “Choose this day whom you will serve.” So from inside the Christian framework, belief often gets treated as an act of the will: something a person can accept, reject, surrender… Continue reading

  • Why Faith Without Fog Exists

    I created this site as an attempt to make sense of the spiritual questions that have followed me since childhood. This is not a project of mockery. It is not an attempt to make Christians look foolish. It is not written because I hate God, despise Christianity, or enjoy doubt, rebellion, cynicism, or controversy. On… Continue reading