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December 2017

December 17, 2017

Mary Magdalene Wasn’t a Prostitute; She was an Apostle

“The problem lies in the alternate image of Mary Magdalene as the fallen and redeemed...

December 13, 2017

Revolution of Niceness: Differentiating Between Good and Nice

I'm not sure anyone else within white Americanized Christianity, is saying it so I will: The...

December 08, 2017

Equitable Unity in the American Church: How Can We Better Empower People of Color?

Welcoming a stranger into your home and allowing them to shift things around in order...

December 01, 2017

Hillsong and The End of Evangelicalism

Mid-October of 1949 William Hearst, then publisher of the LA Times, infamously gave a two-word...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

The Problem of Loving the Sinner but Hating the Sin

The Problem of Loving the Sinner but Hating the Sin “JESUS NEVER SAID, ‘LOVE THE...

November 13, 2017

Is Premarital Sex Sinful?

I highly doubt that having safe and consensual sex, before marriage, is something God would...

November 08, 2017

The Pastor’s Salary: Should Pastors Make 500K?

If this were a paper for a class, my thesis would say something along the...

November 06, 2017

White Christian Exceptionalism: The Painful Irony of a Prideful Death

White Christian Exceptionalism: The Painful Irony of a Prideful Death It's a bizarre thing, in...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Was Jesus Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?

Was Jesus Pro-Life or Pro-Choice? Outside of race, two of the most divisive terms out...

October 16, 2017

When Is It Okay to Deport Immigrants?

Let’s Talk About Deportation... Recently, there were 500 undocumented citizens arrested around the U.S. within...

October 10, 2017

Imposing Order Into An Otherwise Chaotic World

Imposing Order Into Chaos Things aren’t good. Well, if you’ve turned on the TV recently...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

Weapons of Mass Distraction: When People Throw Hate You’re Being Effective at Something

It’s too easy to get sucked into the negativity that is so prevalent in this...

September 18, 2017

Progressive is the New Evangelical

I’ve been calling myself a “progressive” but lately I’ve come to dislike being referred to...

September 15, 2017

Gay and Progressive at Liberty University

"This is what it’s like to be in a minority attending a school built by...

September 13, 2017

The End of White Christianity in America

Christianity isn’t dying, the color of it is just changing. Is This The End of...

September 01, 2017

Heretic or, Just Progressive?

The Progressive Evangelical Pastor: What I Mean When I Say I’m a Pastor of Sorts…...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

What Happens When You Lose Your Religion?

What Happens When You Lose Your Religion? Here’s the thing, when “Worship services begin to...

July 2017

July 26, 2017

A Dissipating Rage Against the Machine (Correctly Dealing With Anger Towards the Church)

Dealing with an anger towards the "church"... Joy is not something handed to you; joy...

July 22, 2017

Returning To Sunday (Part 1 of 100)

Returning To Sunday (Part 1 of 100)... I've been church shopping. There's so much in...

July 18, 2017

If We Know How to End Poverty, Why Has Poverty Not Ended?

It’s said that 45 million US citizens suffer from abject poverty; ”13.1 million children in...

July 09, 2017

A Brief Note on People Who Deliberately Try to Bring You Down

The other day I was meeting with a friend and we were just chatting about...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

The American Church and Our Ties to White Nationalism

To Separate the Institutionalized American Church From White Nationalism is… …like removing the beating heart...

June 14, 2017

What Jesus Meant When He Told the Disciples They Can Move Mountains With Faith As Small As a Mustard Seed

He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Heroin Addictions And Why I’m Still Not Married…

“As we all know-or should know-we can’t aim straight for happiness; rather, happiness is an...

May 23, 2017

Why a White Jesus is a Problematic Version of Jesus: Why and How He is a Dangerous Tyrant (Part 2)

Part 2: Why a White Jesus is So Incredibly Damaging Have you ever heard of...

May 15, 2017

Why a White Jesus is a Problematic Version of Jesus: What is Eurocentric Theology? (Part 1)

I follow this guy on Twitter who goes by the name of "Irish Atheist" and...

April 2017

April 29, 2017

The Cost of Joy: “But We Rejoice in Our Sufferings…”

Joy is not the absence of pain; it’s the presence of meaning and intimacy [regardless...

April 24, 2017

“But We Rejoice in Our Sufferings…”

Just keepin' it real, but, the past two years, life has just completely and utterly...

April 08, 2017

Church Marketing Sucks: What the U.S. Church Can Learn from Kendall Jenner and Pepsico’s Blunder

Quick Question (answer without stopping to think): Who’s thought to be the most influential Christian...

April 06, 2017

Biblical Prophecy Unequivocally Proven to be False

But, as time as gone by, I’ve randomly thought of various questions I’ve had in...

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