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June 2015

June 03, 2015

Nine Investments We Need More Than Military Defense

Our national defense budget is $610 BILLION per year. In 2010-2011, at the height of our...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

25 Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (2014 Readers’ Choice)

Welcome to the annual "Blogs you should be reading" blog! If your New Year's resolution...

October 2014

October 09, 2014

Hungry as Dogs: We Don’t Really Understand Charity

Following is excerpted from "postChristian: What's left? Can we fix it? Do we care?" (Hachette

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Be Afraid! The New Threat to Christianity is Communism

I get a lot of weird stuff in my email inbox. I'm sure all of...

September 06, 2014

Reconcile: An Interview with John Paul Lederach

I’ve had the chance to speak with author and international peace activist John Paul Lederach...

August 2014

August 14, 2014

Michael Brown, Iraq, Putin, Gaza: How to Reconcile the Brokenness?

A soon-to-be college-bound Michael Brown is shot by Missouri police, reportedly while holding his hands...

August 08, 2014

A postChristian dialogue with Romal Tune

I sat down with my friend Romal Tune, an author, speaker and reformer for education...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Engaging a Generation for Justice

Often the Church does many things well: outreach in their neighborhoods, dynamic worship services, and...

June 18, 2014

Five Reasons Churches Need to “Come Out” on LGBTQ Rights

Our entire family, including my wife, Rev. Amy Piatt, and my two kids, took part...

February 2014

February 05, 2014

“Ham on Nye” Debate Doesn’t Reflect Reality

Whenever I hear about someone else making a case for New Earth Creationism in the...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

You Are Included! (Heretic’s Guide)

Following is taken from the weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible lectionary study. Special thanks...

December 10, 2013

Roger Olson’s Not a Process Theologian (But He Should Be)

(Offered by guest Blogger Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor of Theology at Claremont School of Theology. Clayton...

December 06, 2013

How Financial Guru Dave Ramsey Missed the Mark

I love Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace coursework. It put our family on stable financial footing...

December 06, 2013

Looking Where Prophets Point

I will be concluding my Heretic's Guide to the Bible weekly online study at the...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Banned Questions About Christians: The Contributors

I am excited about, and very proud of, the coming release of the third book...

November 19, 2013

Banned Questions About Christians: The Questions

I'm excited to announce that my next book in the Banned Questions book series, "Banned Questions About...

November 11, 2013

It’s Not As Bad (or Good) As You Think

The following is excerpted from my weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible study. To read...

November 06, 2013

Having the Faith to Fail

The following is excerpted from my weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible study. To...

November 01, 2013

Banned Questions VIDEO Series

I've been working with videographer Gregg Brekke on a series of videos related to the...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Show Your Cheeks for Jesus!

This is excerpted from the larger weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible Study. To read...

October 15, 2013

25 Books Every Christian Should Read (Readers’ Results)

I invited my readers to contribute to a list of books they felt every Christian...

October 07, 2013

The Gospel of “Breaking Bad”

This is part of the weekly Bible study, called A Heretic's Guide to the Bible....

October 04, 2013

What is the CANA Initiative? An Interview with McLaren, Spellers and Pagitt

I can’t count how many times I’ve heard people within mainline Christian churches note that,...

October 04, 2013

Survey: 25 Books Every Christian Should Read

Which books (aside from the Bible) should every Christian read? Don't have to be explicitly...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Is Immortality Talk Just “Fear of the Dark?”

Renowned scientist and author of such books as "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking...

September 23, 2013

Rich People Suck (Heretic’s Guide Reflection for 9/29/13)

This is part of the weekly Heretic's Guide to the Bible study series. To read...

September 17, 2013

postChristian: What’s Left? Can We Fix It? Do We Care?

Excited to share the cover of my upcoming book with Jericho Books, called postChristian: What's...

September 16, 2013

10 Myths About the Food Stamp Program (Which Congress is Trying to Gut)

About a year ago, I wrote about my family participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Challenge,...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

25 More Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (Editor’s Picks, 2013)

I've agonized quite a bit while assembling this list. As is the case with anything...

August 27, 2013

25 Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (Readers’ Choice, 2013)

(Check out my Editor's Picks for 25 Christian Blogs You Should Read HERE) After more...