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December 2017

December 19, 2017

More Than Jezebel (Third Week Advent Devotional)

Throughout Advent I will be posting sections from my weekly devotions in SURVIVING THE BIBLE:...

December 12, 2017

Are We There Yet? (Second Week in Advent Devotional)

Throughout Advent I will be posting sections from my weekly devotions in SURVIVING THE BIBLE:...

December 04, 2017

Eating the Biblical Elephant

The following is excerpted from SURVIVING THE BIBLE by Christian Piatt. With the beginning of...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

How I Went From Texas Baptist to LGBTQ Advocate

"I believe Jesus would. I don't have any verse in scripture. ... I believe Jesus...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

LGBTQ Pride Month: What We Do When the Bible is Ignorant?

Let's face it; the Bible is ignorant about some things that we know more about now,...

March 2015

March 03, 2015

Five Reasons Saying “The Bible Clearly States” is Dangerous (and Un-Christian)

Most of my life, I've heard people preface some sort of argument they want to...

February 2015

February 07, 2015

WWCAD: What Would Christian Anarchists Do?

It's a rainy, graciously lazy Saturday in Portland. A perfect time to dive into the...

February 06, 2015

Jesus Wouldn’t Do Lists (But I do)

Anyone who knows me very well can tell you I'm pretty intense about things. When...

February 03, 2015

Day Two of My Jesus Project: Are We Done Yet?

First, the good news: After four months of preparation, I have officially started my year-long...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Five Ways I Suck at Following Jesus #MyJesusProject

As you may know by now, I'm starting a new project (ramping up now, starting...

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...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

Jesus in Space (Video Run-Down for Sunday, May 12th)

April 2013

April 24, 2013

THOSE People (Video)

If we're being honest, we all have "those people" in our lives. And chances are,...

April 17, 2013

Are You a (hu)Man or a Sheep? (Heretic’s Guide for April 21, 2013)

Should I be insulted when the Bible calls me a sheep? What is Peter doing...

April 08, 2013

Feed Me, Seymour: A Search for Real Meaning (Heretic’s Guide)

Feed Me, Seymour: A Search for Real Meaning (Heretic’s Guide: April 14, 2013) Bible...

April 02, 2013

Truth or Fact? (Heretic’s Guide to the Bible)

Fact or Truth? Bible Cliff’s Notes (My dog ate my Bible!) Gospel John 20:19-31 Jesus...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

Heretic’s Guide to the Bible: A Video Introduction

Somewhere around the end of March or early April, 2013, I'm launching a new blog...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Satan and Hell: A Brief History (Part 1 of 2)

(I was invited to take part in a debate about hell at a university recently,...

February 12, 2013

The Only Way Out is Through (A Lenten Reflection)

(I decided to share some meditations I wrote for Chalice Press a few years ago...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Rev. Richard Land: Greatest Commandment Justifies Deadly Force

I know this sounds strange, but my feelings about guns is pretty similar to how...

August 2012

August 13, 2012

My Visit with Eric Elnes on Darkwood Brew

I really enjoyed getting to take part in the worldwide Darkwood Brew worship service yesterday...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

Five Reasons Why Failure is Awesome

When I was in preschool, I was insanely jealous of the kids who were given...

July 10, 2012

Nine (Final) Christian Cliches to Avoid

To learn about Christian Piatt's new project, "A**hole Christian Survival Guide," and to pre-order your...

June 2012

June 09, 2012

David Barton: You’re Poor Because You Don’t Read the Bible

Those who wish the see the wall of separation between church and state burned down...

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Which Matters More: Faith IN Jesus or the Faith OF Jesus?

Following is taken from Banned Questions About Jesus. Galatians 3:22: Is it the faith of...

March 16, 2012

Slavery, Tokenism and the Atheist PR Debacle

Atheist activism is hardly news these days. Folks are feeling increasingly convicted about taking their...

March 15, 2012