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March 2020

March 17, 2020

Trump Pushing for $1.2 Trillion to Give Cash to Individual Americans to Curb Negative Economic Effects From the Coronavirus

Apparently, Trump is Channeling his inner Andrew Yang as ABC News reports that Trump is pushing...

April 2019

April 09, 2019

A Short Cut to Reconciling One’s Cognitive Dissonance Between the Church and Their Faith

A Short Cut to Reconciling One’s Cognitive Dissonance Between the Church and Their Faith A...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

The Evangelical Concept of Hell Was Actually Invented by Pagans…

31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their...

March 06, 2019

Is White Supremacy Hiding Behind the Guise of “Diversity” [in US Churches]?

Is White Supremacy Hiding Behind the Guise of “Diversity”? I mean probably but also, here's...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Jesus Promises Persecution Not Prosperity

This post isn't about Joel Osteen. This post is about the pastors who preach this...

February 14, 2019

“Almost Half of Practicing Christian Millennials Say Evangelism Is Wrong”

“Almost Half of Practicing Christian Millennials Say Evangelism Is Wrong” This research comes across as...

February 06, 2019

The Emerging “eXvangelical” Church

The Emerging “eXvangelical” Church If you’re a Christian and have been on Twitter within the...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

My Top Ten Posts of 2018

My Top Ten Posts of 2018 Maybe it's just me but, it feels like as...

December 15, 2018

Has the Christian God Become Indistinguishable from Santa Claus?

Has the Christian God Become Indistinguishable from Santa Claus? “Kids are being marketed to from...

December 06, 2018

An Irreprehensible Kind of Grace…

An Irreprehensible Kind of Grace... Something that might disturb ss “law-abiding-conservative-Chik-Fil-A-eating-evangelical-folk”... I never fully understood...

December 03, 2018

Is Salvation Dependent Upon Belief?

Is Salvation Dependent Upon Belief? Richard Rohr: “It’s not correct to say Jesus is God.”...

November 2018

November 24, 2018

Is Cursing a Sin?

Is Cursing a Sin? Here is Why it’s Not Necessarily… In my series of “Why...

November 15, 2018

The Future of the Institutionalized Church (In Six Simple Photos)

Is This the Future of Our Church? And, I mean, is it necessarily a bad...

November 07, 2018

Three Ways Jesus Subversively Outsmarted the Religious Elite…

The Subversive Part of Jesus All of us Have Seemed to Miss You have heard...

November 05, 2018

Hypothetically Speaking: If Jesus Was a Republican…

If Jesus Was a Republican… “It’s a story, a great story, really tremendous. Maybe the...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Does the Reformation Still Matter?

Does the Reformation Still Matter? 501 years ago today Martin Luther nailed a list of...

October 25, 2018

Our Evangelical Misconception of Grace, Mercy, and Forgiveness

The presence of grace does not imply the absence of cost; while, the presence...

October 18, 2018

Is There Forgiveness for Abusive Men [and women]? (Part I of II)

Is There Forgiveness for Abusive Men? The Internet is ruthless, these days… it's accentuated this...

October 10, 2018

The Efficacy of Intercessory Prayer…

The Efficacy of Prayer [I want to say upfront, I have a bias; in that,...

October 08, 2018

A Theology of Codependency…

Are We Supposed to be Codependent on God? You know versions of God are “man-made”...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

The Growth Gap…

The Growth Gap… “A generation ago, the average church in most towns or cities was...

September 18, 2018

Is Getting Drunk a Sin?

Is Getting Drunk a Sin? "Mostly everybody in the Bible seemed to love wine except...

September 13, 2018

If Roe v Wade is overturned, will abortion become illegal in the US?

If Roe v Wade is overturned, will abortion become illegal in the US? “January 22,...

September 09, 2018

Are God’s Race, Gender, and Nationality Contextual…?

Is God a Woman? If you Google, “What language was the NT written in…” what...

September 05, 2018

Cynicism in the Age of Disinformation…

“These are paid protestors folks… protestors are paid a lot of money by the DNC.”...

September 02, 2018

The Forgotten Meaning of Labor Day

The Meaning of Labor Day Guest Post Written By Tylor Standley Let us remember the...

August 2018

August 26, 2018

Is Manipulative Worship Okay?

Is Manipulative Worship Okay? That Feeling You Thought was the Holy Spirit Moving in Your...

August 23, 2018

Is White Supremacy a Core Principle of Western Theology?

Is White Supremacy a Core Principle of Western Theology? “But theologians have always had the...

August 19, 2018

What Does Research Say About Speaking in Tongues?

What Does the Research Say About Speaking in Tongues? “Tongue-speaking has also been reported by...

August 12, 2018

Why Is the Social Gospel Considered Heresy?

Why Is the Social Gospel Considered Heresy? Some attribute the Social Gospel to Walter Rauschenbusch;...