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June 2018

June 29, 2018

Refuting the Most Common Arguments Against Immigration

Refuting the Most Common Arguments Against Immigration… Since 1996 the federal government has reportedly deported...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

Rich Pastors in the Age of Hunger: Ever Wonder What Franklin Graham’s Salary Is…?

Rich Pastors in the Age of Hunger: Ever Wonder What Franklin Graham’s Salary Is…? Franklin...

May 08, 2018

What Would Happen If We Cut Our Military Budget In Half?

“The U.S. outpaces all other nations in military expenditures. World military spending totaled more than...

February 2018

February 05, 2018

Millennials and Religion: Will a Lost Generation Ever Be Found?

Millennials and Religion: Will a Lost Generation Ever Be Found? In John Chapter 6 Jesus...

December 2017

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...

November 2017

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...

July 2017

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...

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...

May 2016

May 10, 2016

The Implications Of Minimum Wage Laws On Youth Pastors And Youth Workers

Written by Mark Oestreicher I AM NOT AN EMPLOYMENT LAW EXPERT OR AUTHORITY. And this post...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

A Lack of “Minority” Church Leaders is Killing the Church

A Lack of "minority"[1] church leadership is killing our economy which includes the health and future...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

The War On Guns: How It’s the Same Thing as the War On Drugs

I live in the hood right now; they call it the badlands, "known for an...

January 13, 2016

How We Fight Each Other Instead of Combatting Injustice

I think fighting injustice is, unfortunately, the willingness to step into the darkness, all while...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

Reframing the Narrative By Asserting your Humanity

In the past few days I've been repeatedly asked the same two questions: Where is...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Creflo Dollar and Every Other Mega-Church

Here's my question: "How is Creflo Dollar's request for a $65 million jet any different than...

November 2014

November 18, 2014

My Interview on the John and Kathy Show

It's always a pleasure to be on the John and Kathy Show as we might...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Ignorance Kills

I think that one of the most fundamental reasons in regards to misunderstandings on the...

August 14, 2014

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...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Dear Pastor Who Keeps Emailing Me…

I think there is the widespread assumption that I left the Church because I, personally,...

July 28, 2014

How The Internet Killed [Westernized] Christianity

The question is valid, "How much more do we have to take from the church...

June 2014

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,...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

Minimalist Christianity

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

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Abolishing Silence

I met with a pastor the other day, who's church is a wealthy, upper middle...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

The Poor & The Powerless

I became a Christian at 19 or so. I mean I guess I was a Christian...