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, and New Identity Magazine. 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
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.