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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...

January 2019

January 14, 2019

Things More Likely to Kill You Than an Immigrant

Things More Likely to Kill You Than an Immigrant A friend of mine said...

November 2018

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...

October 2018

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 10, 2018

The Efficacy of Intercessory Prayer…

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

May 2018

May 21, 2018

5 Legitimate Reasons People No Longer Trust the Church

5 Legitimate Reasons People No Longer Trust the Church I’ve said before that “the internet...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

What Happens to Your Brain When You Stop Believing in God?

We all have heard the statistics before (which I won't bore you with), but, millennials...

April 04, 2018

Did the Resurrection Really Happen? (Or, A Reason to Examine Your Faith)

Did the Resurrection Really happen? Like, the literal, physical, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ... I mean, probably...

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...

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...

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...

June 2016

June 06, 2016

Jesus Was Not a Pacifist (A kind response to Benjamin Corey)

“So persistent is the cry of peace among the ruling classes and so strong the...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

I Emailed NT Wright About the Parousia (here’s what he said)

The parousia is one of those theologically convoluted terms that is rarely discussed and when it...

April 07, 2016

Dealing With Doubt

20+ years... and I've never seen it. The supernatural. Healings, walking on water, people rising...

April 04, 2016

Post-Easter Hangover: The Resurrection of Jesus Probably Didn’t Happen (Here’s Why)

Easter has far past, churches this past weekend were empty and silent (comparatively); the pastors were exhausted (when...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

How You Can Help Fight Racism, And 7 Books to Read

But in my opinion, and experience so far, if someone is unwilling to read something...

October 2014

October 09, 2014

1500 Year Old Bible [and why you shouldn’t trust everything you read on the internet]

So apparently in 2012 a 1500 year old bible re-surfaced in Turkey after supposedly having...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Why I Still Believe in God

I still believe in God. Hesitantly. With many theistic believers proposing that God exists because...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

I Have Cancer…

Let me get this out of the way: I am no theologian. I don’t have...

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...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Assuring Salvation

I recently finished my first year here in Princeton, after such a long year, I...