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June 2017

June 20, 2017

Skinheads in America (pt 2 of 2) w/ Christian Picciolini

Do progressives and skinheads have overlapping agendas in the Pacific Northwest? Is “Alt Right” a...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

GENIUS’ Young Einstein, Johnny Flynn

He’s been a halfwit brother co-parenting his mute younger sibling (Comedy Central’s BROTHERHOOD) to a...

October 2016

October 21, 2016

Crisis: Saving Only What Matters

My recent trip to the middle east - specifically the Kingdom of Jordan - was themed...

October 17, 2016

Jake Morrill on the Future of Church

Slim Moon sits down with Jake Morrill, head of the Christian Universalist Church, for the...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

We’re Talking About the Wrong Kaepernick Issue

My biggest issue with San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick perviously has been that he kisses...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Orlando, God and the Gay Christian (Matthew Vines)

In this special hour-long interview, I talk with Matthew Vines, author of "God and the...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

Send Jesus to Guantanamo

A foreign-born radical of questionable parentage and part of the religious tribe living under occupied...

March 22, 2016

Why So Many Christians Skip Holy Week

I drove by a church last week, a few days before Palm Sunday, and read...

December 2015

December 02, 2015

Why ISIS Doesn’t Have to Win (and We Can’t Defeat Them)

Yesterday I wrote an article about a discussion I had with my son about the...

December 01, 2015

Dad, Why Can’t We Just Kill Them?

Read my follow-up piece written the next day about ISIS HERE. My twelve-year-old son posed...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Blaming Walking Dead for Beating Our Friends to Death with Microwaves

Just when you think you've heard it all... Damon Perry and Christopher Paquin decided to...

October 08, 2015

300 Million Guns Haven’t Made Us Safe (and They Never Will)

Our national defense budget is between five and six times more than any other country...

August 2015

August 06, 2015

Does a Doctrine of Hell Justify Killing Children?

I've written a great deal about hell. I even debated a theology professor from Western...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

The Solution for “Black Lives Matter” Movement? More Lion Costumes.

An unarmed black person is shot in the United states by an armed officer on...

July 05, 2015

Hacker’s Survival Guide, Charleston’s Hopeful Side, Obama’s Speech Divides (CultureCast)

CultureCast cohost Christian Piatt is a geek when it comes to tech stuff. From gadgets...

June 2015

June 12, 2015

Why Do 3-Year-Olds Die? Pat Robertson: “He Could Grow Up To Be Hitler”

700 Club leader and purveyor of no shortage of off-balance comments on his TV offered...

February 2015

February 19, 2015

Broken Covenants, Killing Rock Stars and Cask-Strength Fears

Well kids, we’ve got good news and bad news… On a sad note, we bid...

February 17, 2015

The Death of Jordan Baker and Why “All Lives Matter” Isn’t Enough

I was asked by Huffington Post Black Voices to write as part of their #28BlackLives...

February 11, 2015

Is “Fifty Shades of Grey” a Step Backward for Feminism?

Anyone who has been paying attention to the popular culture buzz knows that the book,...

December 2014

December 10, 2014

Disarming Scripture: Derek Flood tackles the problem of violence in the Bible

Derek Flood's new book Disarming Scripture has just been released this month, and has already...

December 09, 2014

Jesus Can’t Breathe: a Spiritual Problem That Begs a Spiritual Response

My friend, Peter Heltzel, and a cohort of some 75 faith leaders in New York...