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June 2024

June 15, 2024

Why are Christians Scared of inclusion?

In recent months, I’ve noticed that an increasing number of folk in the Evangelical community...

November 2023

November 13, 2023

Authentic Christians and Honest Heretics

Before the age of social media, accusations of heresy were far less common among believers....

October 2023

October 08, 2023

How to Spot a Conspiracy Theory

A conspiracy theory is a dangerous thing, convincing ordinary people that a huge number of...

March 2023

March 18, 2023

The Sin of Exclusion

Inclusion is a high bar, asking each of us to accept a degree of discomfort...

October 2022

October 23, 2022

Should the media cover faith?

The Global Faith and Media Study by Harris X highlights an important but difficult dilemma....

June 2022

June 28, 2022

Progressive or Evangelical?

Over the past year or so I’ve been writing for Patheos, several people have told...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

What does the Bible say about abortion?

I generally avoid this topic, especially since the SCOTUS leak about the overturning of Roe...

May 27, 2022

The Problem of Persecution

Christians have a weird relationship with persecution, often speaking and acting as if it only...

April 2022

April 06, 2022

The Choices That Steer Your Life

Someone I respect once said: ‘If you want to know which direction your life...

January 2022

January 18, 2022

The Mythology of Cancel Culture

I hear a lot of talk about cancel culture these days, especially in church, spoken...

December 2021

December 17, 2021

Understanding Progressive Christianity, Part 5 – Navigating Deconstruction

In the final instalment of this series, I want to share the most important truths...

December 14, 2021

Understanding Progressive Christianity, Part 4 – The Cross

In the church of my youth, there was only one way of viewing what happened...

December 10, 2021

Understanding Progressive Christianity, Part 3 – Holding Fast to Jesus

In the first part of this series, I argued that de/reconstruction is a necessary reaction...

November 2021

November 02, 2021

Here’s to the Atheists!

It’s easy to sneer at those who’ve reached opposite conclusions to the ones we hold...