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Andy Pope

Andy Pope is a freelance writer currently residing in Moscow, Idaho. His unique perspective has been published on FāVS News throughout the past five years, as well as on Classism Exposed, Berkeleyside, Street Spirit News, U.U. Class Conversations and Religion Unplugged. An accomplished pianist and lifelong musical theatre person, Andy is also the author of "Eden in Babylon," a musical about youth homelessness in urban America. He recently started a new YouTube Channel, which you can find here.

Freewill: God predestines us and gives us freewill

Scripture plainly states that God is the one responsible for our eternal destiny, and that we cannot save ourselves.

The State of Christendom in American Contemporary Culture, Part 5

I am not “pro-choice.”  Nor am I “pro-life.” The choice vs. life dichotomy is illogical and dysfunctional.  Choice is not the opposite of life, and to pit the two stances against each other with such paralyzing rhetoric is only yet another sign of the polarization of this Age.

The State of Christendom in American Contemporary Culture, Part 4

But if the teaching refers to a theme that is topical to the present day (e.g., abortion), we notice that the Scriptures evoked do not clearly reference that theme. Why would this be?

The State of Christendom in American Contemporary Culture, Part 3

Even many Christians these days don’t seem to know what the Bible says.

Will I Get ‘Found Out’?

At the time of this writing, I will soon have lived inside for six years. 

The Afterlife: The Problem With The Term “Afterlife”

I was a little older when I first heard the term “afterlife.” I did not equate it with the same heaven my mother had described. 

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