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October 2015

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...

July 2015

July 16, 2015

Five Reasons We Still Need Intentional Community (Regardless of Your Faith)

To be honest, I don't care if you go to church or not. From my...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

A nun, an astrophysicist and a Post-Christian walk into a radio show…

I always enjoy chatting with radio talk show host Welton Gaddy, based out of Washington...

November 14, 2014

To the “Beer and Hymns” Haters in Tulsa, OK

“Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Los Angeles Has Been postChristian-ized

It's official: the postChristian tour has left it's mark on the City of Angels. We...

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

October 04, 2014

No Left Turns: How We Normalize Dysfunction

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed....

October 01, 2014

Is the Internet Killing Christianity?

No one reasonably disputes that attendance in Christian churches is in sharp decline. The real...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

What Christianity Can Learn from the Dalai Lama

Historically, Christianity hasn't been very open to the idea of being influenced by other religions....

September 10, 2014

Mark Driscoll, Women as Penis Houses, and Crumbling Temples

Oh, Mark Driscoll. Just when I start to muster an inkling of compassion for you,...

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...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

The Greatest Commandment: Further Evidence Jesus was a Radical Subversive

I was asked today how, with all of the crazy stories in the Bible, we...

August 16, 2014

Is Christianity Keeping People Poor?

Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of...

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 12, 2014

Five Reasons post-Christianity is Good for Us

Anyone who has been paying attention knows that Christianity is in decline in the western...

August 11, 2014

postChristian: The Foreword

Following is the foreword pulled from my book, "postChristian: What's left? Can we fix it?...

August 06, 2014

Five Reasons Progressive Christians Secretly Love Mark Driscoll

Anyone who reads my stuff with some regularity probably already knows that Mars Hill pastor...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

How Would Jesus Vote?

I read an article on Huffington Post today about a new survey by a nonpartisan...

July 08, 2014

Early Praise for “postChristian: What’s Left? Can We Fix It? Do We Care?”

With just over a month to go before publication, I'm getting really excited to share...

June 2014

June 12, 2014

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

I'm getting really excited about the release of my next book on August 12th, "postChristian:...

January 2014

January 20, 2014

What Repentance for the Church Looks Like Today

I’m asked pretty often what I see for the future of organized religion, and Christianity...

September 2013

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...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

Pastor Terry Jones is No Match for the Beatles’ LOVE

Many will remember pastor Terry Jones as the champion of the "Burn a Quran Day"...

November 2012

November 10, 2012

It’s Not All Going to Be Okay, and That’s Okay

I get asked sometimes why I spend so much time critiquing the church from the...