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December 2017

December 29, 2017

7 Reasons Why I Choose to Continue Identifying as an Evangelical

Labels matter. Just think of your favorite brand names… what do they mean to you?...

December 25, 2017

The Evangelical Spin on the Biblical Nativity Story: Here’s Why the Evangelical Jesus is ALL Wrong

It’s bizarre, as I’ve disconnected from predominant privileged evangelicalism, how things I didn’t understand before...

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...

September 2017

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 01, 2017

Heretic or, Just Progressive?

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

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 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...

June 2017

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...

March 2017

March 22, 2017

Megalomaniactic Pastors: What if Your Pastor’s a Functional Psychopath?

I meet up with a ton of pastors for lunch or coffee. It’s not a...

March 20, 2017

The Evangelical Delusion: “We Are the Persecuted Minority”

Growing up in the white evangelical church I always found there to be a disconnect....

March 14, 2017

For Lent I Gave Up Going to Church

We’re more than half way through Lent and I’m just starting it today. But, here's...

February 2017

February 08, 2017

Who Would Jesus Bomb: Is Violence Ever a Means to Effective Justice?

Who Would Jesus Bomb? I’m rarely on Facebook these days, but, recently, I hopped on...

February 01, 2017

Unpacking Trump’s Muslim Ban: Fact or Fiction?

With all the fake news, supposed conspiracy theories, and "alternative facts," it’s tough to determine...

December 2016

December 03, 2016

“A White Supremacist vs. An Anti-American Terrorist”

Okay, so, lets talk a little bit about Wednesday’s discussion between Trevor Noah and Tomi...

October 2016

October 03, 2016

Reform it’s Here: What this Means Exactly

It's weird, but, as much resentment towards the Church as I've held onto I still...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

When You’re Failing at Life #Adulting

I've been pissed at myself as of late. You see, I'm a grown ass man, and...