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September 2016

September 07, 2016

From the Blood of Abel Publishing Campaign

To Donate CLICK HERE Short Summary "From the Blood of Abel" attempts to diagnose...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

The Sermon of the Trump: Evangelical Catechesis

Donald Trump is a hit among evangelicals. In his own words: “I love them. They...

July 26, 2016

Jesus is the Reason the Bible is Not Innerant

Growing up, I was always told that the Bible was the inerrant Word of God....

July 08, 2016

Of God and Self

Our wisdom, insofar as it ought to be deemed true and solid wisdom, consists of...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Archaic Sacrifice in Modern Forms

The practice of sacrifice has been around as long as human civilization. In fact, according...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

The Lost Sheep: More Questions Than Answers

I need serious help! You see, I’ve done it again folks. I’ve forced myself to...

May 13, 2016

Praise for “From the Blood of Abel” (Release TBD 2016)

In this marvelous follow-up to All Set Free, Matthew Distefano synthesizes Girard's 'mimetic theory' and Becker's...

May 04, 2016

Patricia Mikkelson’s Review of “All Set Free”

I am sitting in the guest room where I am staying with Matt Distefano and...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

The Holy Spirit is not a Male, Conservative Evangelical

I must begin this post with an admission that, if I’m being honest, I am...

April 22, 2016

Jesus is Lord, Period!

*Note: This is Letter #9 from A Journey with Two Mystics: Conversations between a Girardian...

April 14, 2016

A Review of Reading the Bible with René Girard, Edited by Michael Hardin

I have taken it upon myself to be a sort of bridge between the academic...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Holy Saturday

*Note: This is a guest post by Jeff Turner "God himself lies dead." -Hegel (quoting from...

March 25, 2016

Good Friday: A Brief Reflection

The death of Jesus is not unlike the sacrificial deaths of the prophets before him,...

March 22, 2016

A Mock Conversation about Hell

Author’s note: Because I hold to the doctrine of universal reconciliation—and brazenly so—I take a...

March 18, 2016

3 Practical ways to Lead More Peaceful Lives

With so many horrific things going on in the world right now, it is hard...

March 14, 2016

Mimetic Theory and the Old Testament

There are so many stories throughout the Hebrew Scriptures that are, well, simply perplexing. Tales...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

The Wrath (of God?)

In The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul, Pauline scholar Douglas Campbell...

February 23, 2016

The Election to Save America

It is becoming more and more obvious as to the kind of fruit this 2016...

February 17, 2016

An Open Letter To Ted Cruz

You and I claim to worship the same God. We probably read our Bibles a...

February 01, 2016

How to Cherry-Pick the Bible

So, how did Jesus read the “Bible?” Well, he cherry-picked it. Gasp! It’s okay though, so did Paul. Double...

January 2016

January 20, 2016

My Foray into the World of Death

As I have pondered my own death over the past few months, I have become...

January 07, 2016

My Take on the Situation in Oregon

When a culture uses dissimilar language to define similar behaviors between different ethnic and religious...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

Introduction for my next book: “From the Blood of Abel.”

Well, I do not believe any of these options or any similar are satisfactory and over the...

December 19, 2015

Review of “All Set Free” by Lindsey Paris-Lopez

Only Love can bring peace. That is the message of Jesus. Peace built on the...

December 14, 2015

Universalism is a Fairy Tale

So, to those who don’t believe in a “fairy tale” ending, as some mockingly put...

December 04, 2015

40 Answers to Kevin DeYoung’s “40 Questions for Christians Now Waving Rainbow Flags”

A few months ago, author Kevin DeYoung posed forty questions to those, like me, who...

December 01, 2015

Love Is . . .

Love is patient. Love is kind.Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.Love...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

An Open Letter to Mr. Trump

Editor’s Note: This letter is primarily written to presidential candidate Donald Trump, but it also...

November 19, 2015

Farewell, René Girard

I am not exaggerating this when I say that, in retrospect, I predict that René...

November 11, 2015

Lamentation for the Victims of “Death by Religious Christianity”

Every 500 years, Christianity goes through a major change. It has been 500 years since...