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April 2015

April 23, 2015

Desacralizing Christianity

One of the things that I stressed in The Jesus Driven Life was that Jesus...

April 21, 2015

Musing on Something Dr. James McGrath Said.

"If there is a core principle about marriage in the Bible, it is arguably that...

April 20, 2015

On the “Historical Jesus”

When one begins to study the question of the historical Jesus (as I did some...

April 17, 2015

Christianity Demystified

Christianity as a religion, the religion that never should have existed, is undergoing a profound...

April 16, 2015

The Great Commandment Revisited

A text from 2nd Kings got me thinking. Here is the text: "He [Josiah] executed...

March 2015

March 29, 2015

Palm Sunday Reflections

Palm Sunday 2015 There will be and has been all kinds of stuff written about...

March 16, 2015

Collapsing Revelation

The Bible contains a theory of revelation but it does not contain a theory of...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

Life in America

I just posted this on my Facebook Page, it may be of some interest, maybe......

February 07, 2015

Worth Pondering

This essay "Crimes of the Christian Right" at least ought to make us ponder. I...

February 04, 2015

Weighing in On The Tony Jones/Julie McMahon Story

I begin with a confession. Back in 1993-94 as a pastor of a small church...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

Apologia Pro Vita Sua

Sometimes I feel there is great misunderstanding as to what my Facebook Page (and now...

January 25, 2015

Become Your Own Teacher

One of two things prohibits the average Christian from engaging in intelligent rational discourse: laziness...

January 24, 2015

Just Musing…

We do not live in a perfect world. Life is a crapshoot. Circumstances have nothing...

January 20, 2015

The Dumbing Down of Christianity

A few days ago I posted my "God Can Go To Hell" blog. What has...

January 18, 2015

God Can Go To Hell

I have been attempting to do theology in the public domain, on my Facebook page...

January 16, 2015

Linger Not on the Mountaintop

Experiences in the Spirit are beautiful, valuable and can be extraordinarily transformative. However, they are...

January 10, 2015

The One Essential Thing

The gospel has been an intellectual movement for 2,000 years. When the second century Greek...

January 09, 2015

Where is God to Be Found?: A Query to the Empire of Consumer Christianity

"God is not to be found ‘on high’ in some super-exalted vision or experience that...

January 06, 2015

Penal Substitution is Dying, Thank God!

I am sometimes asked why the penal substitution theory of the atonement is so popular....

January 05, 2015

Practicing Our Spirituality

I am currently mentoring a group of 30 people who are reading together in three...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Things I Want To Say About Blogging in 2014

Things I have thought this year about blogging on Facebook and Patheos: 1. I suspect...

December 26, 2014

Are Miracles Necessary?: A Critique of Modern day Gnosticism

Today I am commenting on a quote of Bill Johnson, founder of the Bethel Church...

December 16, 2014

The Death of Innocents/Innocence

In light of today's horrible atrocity of the killing of 145 children and adults in...

December 15, 2014

Christmas and Change

Change is inimical (not favorable or hostile) to many in our world. It is difficult...

December 06, 2014

Is God in the Information Sharing Business?

I am currently teaching a five week series at our home church on Paul, the...

December 01, 2014

Is Religion Breathing Its Last Breath?

I have been reading the work of Rene Girard now for a quarter century and...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Christmas is Not About Gifts

I can always tell that Christmas is coming, not by the homes that are decorated...

November 25, 2014

A Word from The LORD

Mark 13 for America Today You want to stop violence? Stop poverty and racism America...

November 21, 2014

Trolls

I had no idea there were so many trolls in the world. Well, maybe not...

November 20, 2014

Are Personal Relationships with God Overrated?

Is a personal relationship with God really the be all and end all of the...

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