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July 2014

July 24, 2014

Millennials and Religion [Part 2]: Gone and Not Coming Back

[It took me a while to write this, as I thought I'd have a post up...

July 07, 2014

How to Be Single and Happy

Single and happy are two words we don't often hear used in the same sentence, on...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Pete Enns On Millennials and Religion

0:03 - Pete tells me about Tony Campolo's return - coming out of retirement to...

June 18, 2014

Don’t Be This Guy: “Student Defies School Order Speaks Openly of His Christian Faith”

Christian to Christian... Please, don't be this guy. This only works when you're like... Ghandi,...

June 04, 2014

[Re] Defining Evangelicalism

[Re] Defining Evangelicalism: I, am an evangelical. There, I said it. Though, when I call...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Interview on The John and Kathy Show Word FM

[If you'd like to fast forward a bit, my time with Kathy starts at about...

May 07, 2014

6 “HERETICS” WHO SHOULD BE BANNED FROM EVANGELICALISM (OR, A LESSON IN CONSISTENCY)

What does it mean to be “evangelical”? What must you believe? What must you reject?...

February 2014

February 05, 2014

Bill Nye vs Ken Ham: Witnessing a Train Wreck

I’ve come to find that winning a debate isn’t so much about who’s more “right”...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

First Clip of Left Behind

When I heard that they were remaking Left Behind, replacing Kirk Cameron with Nic Cage,...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

How to Save the Church

My entire life Christianity felt wrong to me. I was too young to pin point...

December 13, 2013

“Jesus was white…”

Just to be clear, Jesus was not a white man. I thought up until tonight, no one...

November 2013

November 18, 2013

The Bible: Can We Trust It?

Have you ever taken a step back and asked the question, “Why do I believe...

November 13, 2013

Post-Christian Era

It's said that we've entered into a "post-Christian era"... I'd suggest that rather we're entering...

November 11, 2013

Paradoxicality: Proving Our Faith

I’ve noticed a weird tension over time within my faith. Its this paradoxicality (i made...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

The Worship of Worship: Emotional Porn

I heard a quote the other day, it was from Viktor Frankl, he said: "I...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

Minimalist Christianity

"I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things." I don't...

September 11, 2013

Wonder Lost

What you believe is really important. You can have correct theology and correct doctrines, can...

September 06, 2013

Fear Not

It's kind of weird how I am able to step on stage in front of...

September 04, 2013

Following Jesus

“So like, how much longer do we have?” I asked Andrew, in my best stoner-esque...

September 02, 2013

Not Enough

It's taken me a while in life to come to realize that I can choose...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

With Everything

It's crazy to think that it's been over two years, since I left the pastorate....

August 16, 2013

12 Gif’s For Youth Pastor’s

As many of you may know, I used to work in youth ministry, way back...

August 09, 2013

Giving Up On God

I threw the towel in this summer… I quit. I had had enough of God....

June 2013

June 28, 2013

America, Martyrdom, BMW’s, & Jesus.

When I became a Christian, I remember going online and googling where, as a Christian,...

June 24, 2013

Erwin McManus Quotes – On Being Irreligious, FOCUS ON LOVE NOT LAW!

So many times our generation [millennials], or even those who no longer adhere to the...

June 21, 2013

Hope

It's kind of crazy how life can change in a blink of an eye. An...

June 19, 2013

Christianity & Sin

Christians love sin. I’m convinced that Christians like sin way more than anyone who doesn't...

June 17, 2013

Christianity & Sex

As Christians, I think at times, we do a great job of missing the point....

June 12, 2013

The Local Church: Is What We’re Doing Working?

I've always wondered and questioned how effective the local American church actually is. Like, is...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Quitting Christianity.

I recently stumbled upon a quote from Anne Rice, who in 2010 decided to “quit...