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November 2024

November 15, 2024

What the Bible Really Says About Sodom and Its Sin

For centuries, the word "sodomite" has been flung around like a theological dodgeball, aimed squarely...

November 12, 2024

Clobbering the America-First Agenda

Let's talk about sin—real sin. Not the kind where people have the audacity to fall...

October 2024

October 23, 2024

Is “Practicing Homosexuality” a Sin?

Short answer: No. A somewhat longer answer: No, because it can’t. The question itself—"Does the...

June 2024

June 14, 2024

How Christians Can Make America Great

In the '80s, Ronald Reagan said he wanted to make America great again. No, really...

April 2024

April 19, 2024

Every Instance Jesus Condemns Cannabis

Tomorrow is 4/20, so to all my fellow humans who enjoy participating in some of...

May 2022

May 09, 2022

10 Times God Was Hardly Pro-Life

The so-called pro-life crowd seems to have just won a huge victory in the fight...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

10 Things That Aren’t In Your Bible

There are many things Christians think are in the Bible, but aren't. Here's a list...

November 2021

November 11, 2021

Addressing the Elephant in the Room: The Bible

I don't read the Bible nearly as much as I used to. In fact, I...

November 03, 2021

How To Perform An Abortion According To The Bible

I don't turn to the Bible in order to determine what is right, moral, good,...

October 2021

October 27, 2021

Why Do Bad Things Happen? Spoiler Alert: I Don’t Know

In my last post, I responded to a John Piper article in which he justifies...

October 25, 2021

What Made It Okay for God to Kill Women and Children In the Old Testament?: A Response

Today's frontpage article at desiringgod.org is a doozy. In it, John Piper, Calvinist darling and...

October 15, 2021

Evangelicals, I’ve Got Some Questions For You

American Evangelical Christianity is where I come from, but it's no longer the place I...

July 2021

July 07, 2021

Those Times Jesus “Changed” Scripture

"Jesus quotes the Old Testament, therefore he affirms everything in it." How many of you...

June 2021

June 04, 2021

What The Bible Says Doesn’t Matter

I recently read an article by my friend Keith Giles that got me thinking (I know,...

March 2021

March 16, 2021

What Would Jesus Quote?

Recently, I was invited to contribute a chapter for a book project that will address...

January 2021

January 08, 2021

7 Reasons the Bible is NOT the Inerrant Word of God

"The Bible is the inerrant Word of God," or so says many Christians. But it's...

November 2020

November 19, 2020

The Arrogant State of America

"This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess...

April 2019

April 18, 2019

The Suffering Servant of Second Isaiah: A Non-Penal Consideration

Tomorrow is Good Friday, which means that you’ll likely hear all about how the death...

March 2019

March 25, 2019

There Is No Such Thing as a Plain Reading of the Bible

Last week, I published an article for the new NRSV website entitled “Reading the Bible...

June 2018

June 15, 2018

A Few Thoughts on Jeff Sessions, the Bible, and Immigration

I’m sure you’ve all heard the latest news about what is going on at our...

June 07, 2018

Some Things to Consider When Discussing the So-Called Sin of Homosexuality

The other day, my friend and colleague Keith Giles engaged in a lively debate with...

April 2018

April 20, 2018

Am I Really One With Satan?

I’ve often been accused of being one with Satan. Given that the satan—or, ha satan...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

Quoting the Old Testament: An Unmistakable Pattern in Jesus and Paul

“Both Jesus and Paul quote the Old Testament, therefore they affirm all of it,” or...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Leaving Behind “Left Behind”

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump made the announcement that the United States was going...

November 2017

November 14, 2017

3 Lenses With Which to View the So-Called ‘Clear Biblical Truths’

If you’ve spent any time discussing theology with other Christians, you’ll likely hear about so-called...

October 2017

October 03, 2017

5 Things We’ll Miss if We Take the Bible Too Literally

We all want certainty, especially when it comes to the Bible. I get that. It...

July 2017

July 26, 2017

Problematizing Biblical Inerrancy

It seems safe to say that most Christians — whether Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Anabaptist, or...

November 2016

November 02, 2016

No, We Are NOT Marcionites

The charge of Marcionism is often leveled toward anyone who says that “God is just...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Modern Evangelicalism, or in other words, Second Temple Judaism v. 2.0

I grew up in the Evangelical church, so I’m fairly familiar with all of the...

March 2016

March 14, 2016

Mimetic Theory and the Old Testament

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