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March 2013

March 20, 2013

My Frustration with Bell, Clinton and Obama on Marriage Equality

I know this may not be a popular position to take among my readers. After...

March 03, 2013

Church Sign Epic Fails, “Holy Sex” Edition

In church growing up I got two messages about sex: It's dirty, and; Save it...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Bryan Fischer: Blame Darwin, Liberals, Gays for Aurora Shooting

It's common for pundits and media talking heads to use things like the tragic killing...

March 2012

March 17, 2012

Sex, Babies, Music, Gas and Politics: My Chat with Carol Howard Merritt

Author, speaker, pastor and God Complex Radio show host Carol Howard Merritt invited me on...

March 15, 2012

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Mules, Sex and Rick Santorum

As a blogger, I could not ask for a more interesting presidential candidate than Rick...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Mark Driscoll: Sadist Pastor on the (Mars) Hill

I grew up in the Baptist Church as many of you already know. While there...

January 18, 2012

November 2011

November 17, 2011

PETA Porn: Humans are Animals Too

Most people I encounter on a daily basis recognize People for the Ethical Treatment of...

November 15, 2011

When Legislating Morality Falls Short

I was doing my daily browsing of blogs, catching up on the news and opinions...

November 10, 2011

PODCAST: All Things Christian and Taboo

A while back I did an interview with Cliff Zier and Roger Noriega from NDB...

October 2011

October 08, 2011

Sex is Dirty; Save It for Marriage

Three generations of women in my family left the house this morning for a women's...

August 2011

August 06, 2011

An anti-emergent manifesto & my response

In my previous blog post, I laid out Kevin DeYoung's (co-author of Why We’re Not...

August 06, 2011

You might be emergent if…

If there's one thing emergent Christians can't stand, it's being categorized, or worse, stereotyped. It...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Interview with Christian Piatt – Crazy Liberals…and Conservatives

Here's an interview I did recently with Zachary Bailes of the website, "Crazy...

June 21, 2011

Two Friars, a Fool, a Book and a Beer

Many thanks to Two Friars and a Fool for sharing their own thoughts on BANNED...

March 2011

March 09, 2011

What does the Bible really say about homosexuality?

From the upcoming book, BANNED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE. Order sets of five copies at...

March 04, 2011

Video: BANNED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE

Dig the video I made about my upcoming book, BANNED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE:

February 2011

February 16, 2011

The flaws of biblically-based sex education

The flaws of biblically-based sex education (Originally published in PULP) It’s no shock that teen...

February 14, 2011

BANNED QUESTION #2: Aren’t women treated badly in the Bible?

I've added a new podcast related to the BANNED QUESTIONS book series. This podcast deals...

June 2010

June 26, 2010

Chieftain article about my books with Chalice Press

WHERE'S THE FAITH ? New series of books tackles questions, issues that challenge young Christians...

May 2010

May 09, 2010

Priests and Abuse: Misplaced Anger?

It seems almost cliché to write about religious sexual abuse scandals in a faith-oriented column,...

April 2010

April 09, 2010

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell…in Church?

Lots of adjectives have been attached to my name in the past, but “provocative” is...

December 2009

December 06, 2009

Two podcasts: Interview with Ryan (formerly Tiffany)

I'm working on a new book lately called BE A MAN, which seeks to answer...

October 2009

October 18, 2009

Four new podcasts to bend your brain

Check out a podcast of my sermon about the most dangerous four-letter word in the...

October 09, 2009

Two New Podcasts: WTF Chat, parts 1 & 2

Parts one and two of my three-episode chat with Brandon Gilvin, my co-creator and co-editor...

September 2009

September 24, 2009

You can’t say that in church!

My partner in crime and co-editor, Brandon Gilvin, took even me off guard when he...

July 2009

July 26, 2009

Porn Nation podcast is now posted

My newest podcast, called "Porn Nation," is taken from a chapter I wrote for a...