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June 07, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: Valedictorian Prays but Should Christians Rejoice?

"When prayer is reduced to a political protest in order to defend our right to...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: Instead of Cutting Aid, Let’s Increase It

"We need to be known for our passion for caring for the poor and needy...

May 23, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: When WORLD Mag Promotes a Radical Anti-Muslim Advocate

In Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship to the...

May 16, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: The Boston Bombers Tell Us Why They Did it

Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship to the...

May 09, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: Why I Support Internet Sales Tax, as a Christian

"If Christians believe that our governing authorities are appointed by God, and that we ought...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

Citizenship Confusion: Do We Need the Word of God on Our Guns?

Every Thursday in Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship...

November 2012

November 08, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Penetrating the Electronic Buzz of the 21st Century for Evangelism

Every Thursday in Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Billy Graham and Speaking of a Mormon President

"I worry that if he gets elected, some Christians will view him as a representative...

October 11, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Anti-Muslim Rhetoric and Christian Political Institutions

"The increasing adoption of anti-Muslim political rhetoric by flagship Christian political institutions is one significant...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: My Prodigal Grandmother

In loving, gratuitous memory of Arline Noble, March 28th, 1920 to September 18th, 2012.

September 17, 2012

The Citizenship Confusion’s Voter’s Guide to the Internets

"Not a guide on how to vote, but how to be a voter online--wherein you...

September 10, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Americanism–The Great Modern Heresy

"Americanism, the great heresy of our country, must be challenged by a teaching of the...

September 03, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Humble Yourselves and Repent and God may–or may not–Heal Our Land

The misuse of 2 Chronicles 7:14 by influential Christian organizations encourages the worst sort of...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: How the Culture Wars Lost Me, Or, The Family Research Council Appoints Gen. Jerry Boykin Ex. VP

"The appointment of Gen. Boykin by FRC reminds us that deceptive, radical, conspiratorial politics does...

July 16, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Meriting Our Daily Bread

"The money I receive as payment for work is a blessing from God, an act...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Why Christians Should Read Disturbing, Dark, and Secular Fiction

"Sometimes we have to read hard, ugly, offensive, depressing things to understand our world, and...

June 18, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: You have no Idea how Biased You are, but I Do. You’re Welcome.

"We all have biases, and our efforts to rid ourselves of them through education and...

June 11, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: The Power of Complements and Egalitarians

"The marriage dynamic taught by Paul is actually more radical than Evans argues and some...

May 2012

May 28, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Alienation and the Christian Ethic of Shopping at Threadless, Etsy, and Trades of Hope

"Our contemporary market creates a number of problems for Christians. Primarily, it alienates the worker...

May 21, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Breaking the Shopping Habit

"The practice of shopping as entertainment can have serious consequences for believers"

May 14, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Why I Criticize the Church

"It's very hard not to be a Cheerleader for everything evangelicals do or a Parasite...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Dan Savage Bullies Christians

"[A]fter watching the video myself, I came a way less convinced that Savage had bullied...

April 23, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: David Barton's Deception (or Ignorance)

"Barton is either very deceptive or incredibly ignorant, and in either case he is not...

April 09, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: The SBC's Richard Land and Charges of Politicizing Trayvon

"Calling attention to potential racial injustices and acknowledging our differences does not feed the racial...

April 02, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: Online Evangelism?

"How should we use the web to fulfill the Great Commission?"

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: The Trayvon Martin Gangsta Picture that the Media Doesn’t Want You to See?

PLEASE NOTE: most of the following pictures are NOT pictures of the Trayvon Martin who...

March 19, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: iPods (iPhones) and Community

"Three years ago, I wrote an article entitled, 'Compartmentalizing My World: iPods and Community.' In...

March 12, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: When a U.S. Soldier Slaughters Civilians

"I worry that in distancing ourselves from this soldier's actions, we too easily overlook the...

March 05, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: John Piper and an Entertainment Addiction

"It's not that Piper isn't right to challenge our culture of perpetual entertainment, it's that...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

Citizenship Confusion: The Backlash against Obama's Apology for the Koran Burning

"Justice in this situation involves apologizing for our negligence and actively seeking punishment for those...

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