Author Archives: R.P. Nettelhorst

About R.P. Nettelhorst

I'm married with three daughters. I live in southern California and I'm the interim pastor at Quartz Hill Community Church. I have written several books. I spent a couple of summers while I was in college working on a kibbutz in Israel. In 2004, I was a volunteer with the Ansari X-Prize at the winning launches of SpaceShipOne. Member of Society of Biblical Literature, American Academy of Religion, and The Authors Guild

Justice

Posted on October 1, 2021 by

Proverbs 16:2 tells us that “All a person’s ways seem pure to them…” People usually do what they think is right.  They do not think of themselves as being the bad guys.  Like the Nazis in series 1, episode 1 … Continue reading →

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Misgendered

Posted on June 15, 2021 by

Misgendered I’ve been misgendered my entire life.  For the record, I am a biological male and identify as such.  But my first name is Robin.  I was named after the baseball pitcher for the Phillies (1948–1961), Robin Roberts.  He spent … Continue reading →

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What Would Satan Do?

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Afraid of the Dark: What Suffering Tells Us About God

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The Bible in One Verse

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Skyshore

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Blackerby’s Wonderful Traveling Machine

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Love Your Neighbor: No Exceptions

Posted on November 12, 2020 by

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” This quote is widely attributed to James Baldwin, but was, in fact, coined by Robert Jones, … Continue reading →

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In the Garden

Posted on November 5, 2020 by

There is an old hymn from 1912—more than a hundred years old—entitled “In the Garden.”  It was written by C. Austin Miles, an American songwriter.  It became popular thanks to its use by the evangelist Billy Sunday.  Later, it was … Continue reading →

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The Kingdom and Suffering

Posted on November 4, 2020 by

The seventeenth century philosopher and theologian Gottfried Leibniz argued that if God is good, loving, and powerful, then this must be the best possible world, because what other kind of world would such a deity create?  The problem, of course, … Continue reading →

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