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October 2016

October 13, 2016

Dispensationalism: A Doctrine More Dangerous Than Hell Itself

Theopedia defines dispensationalism as a “theological system that teaches biblical history is best understood in...

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...

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...

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...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

Jesus is Lord, Period!

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

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Good Friday: A Brief Reflection

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

March 14, 2016

Mimetic Theory and the Old Testament

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

November 2015

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...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

The Theology that Set me Free

If you have either walked away from Christianity, have never considered it, or are struggling...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

American Christianity’s Great Scapegoat

My second point is this: if you want to use the bible as an authority...

July 02, 2015

Anti Sacrifice

Abandon your sacrificial hermeneutic. It only leads to more blood, more death, more war. Don't...