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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 29, 2016

What is Liberation Theology?

What is Liberation Theology? Well, there are various differing versions of liberation theology; the most...

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 11, 2016

Porn is a Social Justice Issue (Just Not For Many Christians): Three Solutions to the Porn Problem Christians Won’t Acknowledge

The other day Relevant Magazine posted an article titled “Porn is a Social Justice Issue.” 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...

March 2016

March 21, 2016

Penal Substitutionary Atonement: Did God Really Kill Jesus?

I can’t help but adamantly disagree with penal substitutionary atonement, being preached to the poor...

February 2016

February 10, 2016

Why I’ll Be Angry if Wheaton College Does Not Fire Larycia Hawkins

“It's worth remembeing that the wedge that splits the wood is what ultimately takes the...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

Four Things You Should Know Before Reading The Bible

The other day my doctor found out that I attended seminary, she was ecstatic telling...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

Should You Go to Seminary?

[Photo provided and taken by @lauralawsonvisconti] Should you go to seminary? As a young man I...

October 05, 2014

Pentecostalism and Spiritual Abuse

[This is a guest post written by Carly Gelsinger] We were the "chosen ones," the ones...

October 02, 2014

Pseudo-Pacifism: Why Privileged People Love Quoting MLK

[The uncensured version of this photo was doctored, original photo is of MLK showing a...

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...

September 08, 2014

DeChristianizing: Chatting with Conservatives

Lem, as you'll hear in the video, professes to be an evangelical, while Brent is slightly...

September 01, 2014

Theological Abuse: The Problem is Not Mark Driscoll

Hypothetically speaking, if Mark Driscoll did in fact decide to resign from Mars Hill Church,...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

A New Sexual Ethic

As I’m on the journey of “de-Christianizing” myself I’ve openly challenged the idea of sexual...

August 04, 2014

Mark Driscoll vs. The Internet

Spoiler Alert: Mark Driscoll is losing. I don't have a TV - but after a...

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,...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Is Being Gay a Sin? | 4 Things to Consider Before You Answer

Is Being Gay a Sin? | 4 Things to Consider Before You Answer: Guest Post...

May 2014

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?...

December 2013

December 06, 2013

Which Jesus?

Which Jesus have you chosen to follow? The predominantly taught American Jesus or the Jesus...

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 11, 2013

Paradoxicality: Proving Our Faith

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

August 2013

August 12, 2013

John Wesley

To his Brother Charles WHITEHAVEN, June 27, 1766. DEAR BROTHER, - I think you and...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

C.S. Lewis

"Are not all lifelong friendships born at the moment when at last you meet another...

July 22, 2013

Assuring Salvation

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

May 2013

May 31, 2013

The Trinity

So wait, God is one god… but three in one... Father. Son. Holy Spirit....

December 2012

December 03, 2012

Jesus is a Badass

My freshman year in college I remember reading the bible on my own for the...

July 2012

July 05, 2012

My Thoughts on God.

Was listening to "This American Life" and one of the guys being interviewed said: "I...