Joshua
Parcha
Author | Researcher | Teacher | Associate Professor
About
Joshua Parcha is an author, researcher, and teacher. This is his personal website where he shares his personal writings. These personal writings are centered on issues of church, social, political, and cultural significance. His personal writings have been published in Modern Age, American Reformer, New Identity Magazine, TruthScript, and The American Spectator. His goal in writing is to increase one’s understanding.
He is an associate professor (with tenure) at The Pennsylvania State University (Hazleton), where he teaches classes with emphases in communication, business, and media. He also conducts research for the university with numerous publications in peer-reviewed academic journals. He double majored in mathematics and communication as an undergraduate, eventually going on to earn a PhD in Communication from North Dakota State University. He is an award-winning scholar who has presented his work in both national and international settings.
He grew up attending a megachurch in Colorado, and has since then attended and volunteered in small and large churches across multiple states. For hobbies, he enjoys playing the guitar, running, and cigars. He lives in Northeast Pennsylvania with his wife, Seana, and their two young children.
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Published Articles by JOSHUA PARCHA
FALLACIOUSNESS AMID THE CULTURE WAR
American Reformer
J. D. Greear wrote an article in The Gospel Coalition titled, "Faithfulness amid the Culture War." Upon reading the article, Joshua Parcha noticed there were multiple issues with Greear's article that needed to be addressed. Thus, he wrote a response article and published it in American Reformer.
BOLTS FROM THE BLUE: THOMAS SOWELL AND THE COURT
The American Spectator
Joshua Parcha writes about the Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. CASA, Inc. He discusses some of the back and forth between Justice Jackson and Justice Barrett, and then he ties in the Justices’ exchange to an essay from Thomas Sowell that discusses judges and their roles. Parcha believes Justice Jackson's and Justice Barrett’s exchange exemplifies some of the key arguments from Sowell, and Parcha explains those key arguments in this essay. Sowell contends that the “quest for cosmic justice via the judiciary . . . is one of the most dangerous . . . threat[s] to the freedom of Americans.” If Sowell is correct, then understanding judges and their roles is quite important in pursuing the promise of America.
TruthScript
Although the saying “guilt is a gift” is a nice alliterative phrase, and has been used by pastors, the saying is probably incorrect. Joshua Parcha investigate why in this article.
HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF IS HOW THE ENEMY SEES YOU
New Identity Magazine
Joshua Parcha once heard a pastor say, “How you see yourself is how the enemy sees you.” Parcha thought this quote was not only true and powerful, but also important to understand for two main reasons. He explains those reasons in this article.
THE GAINES DILEMMA: THE DILEMMA OF FALSE DILEMMAS IN THE CHURCH
American Reformer
Christians should be the leaders in making sound arguments because they serve a sound God. In this essay, Parcha explains how Christian leaders too often make unsound arguments through their use of the faulty logic of a false dilemma. Parcha discusses multiple examples of how false dilemmas are used as a tactic to insidiously achieve agreement with Christian leaders’ arguments, regardless of the topic. Ultimately, Parcha argues that false dilemmas must be rejected in Christian circles if we wish to make compelling arguments and if we want to protect ourselves from succumbing to faulty arguments.
Modern Age
This article is a panegyric to Thomas Sowell, one of the greatest contemporary economists and social theorists. Parcha writes about some of the important lessons he has learned from Sowell—lessons he thinks we all would be wise to understand. The article was his first popular press article accepted for publication.