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November 2018

November 14, 2018

Is Belief in the Afterlife Good for Us?

Not too long ago a question like this would have made the hairs on the...

October 2018

October 23, 2018

Uncovering the Political Heart of the Gospel

Is the message of Jesus political? For a long time my answer would have been...

July 2018

July 16, 2018

How to Stay in Church After a Faith Deconstruction

This is a 10-minuter. Grab a cuppa and a large donut, sit back and enjoy. It's easy to...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

I Am Other

This poem was written by my friend Katie van Santen. I Am Other This is...

March 05, 2018

How to Keep Millennials Engaged in Church

What does the future hold for the church? While it seems to be thriving in some...

December 2017

December 01, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Rebuilding Trust When Belief Systems Have Crumbled

This is Part 7 of my ‘Faith In The Fog’ series on my experiences with doubt,...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Good Religion, Bad Religion

This is Part 6 of my ‘Faith In The Fog’ series on my experiences with doubt,...

September 2017

September 21, 2017

Faith in the Fog: On Losing Beliefs and Finding God

This is Part 5 of my ‘Faith In The Fog’ series on my experiences with doubt,...

July 2017

July 30, 2017

Can a Christian affirm same-sex marriage without rejecting the Bible?

This guest post was written by Katie van Santen This article is aimed to be...

July 28, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Love as our Compass

This is Part 4 of my ‘Faith In The Fog’ series on my experiences with doubt,...

June 2017

June 23, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Making Peace with the Messiness of the Bible

This is Part 3 of my ‘Faith In The Fog’ series on my experiences with doubt,...

May 2017

May 28, 2017

Faith in the Fog: Surviving As a Skeptical Christian

This is the first post in my 'Faith In The Fog' series on my experiences with...

March 2017

March 07, 2017

Dear God, help me to believe in you.

Dear God, Today I am not sure you exist, but I'm praying anyway. It seems...

January 2017

January 17, 2017

Confessions of a Doubting Christian

Some days I find it really hard to believe in God. I sit in church...

December 2016

December 20, 2016

Lover of Darkness: A Winter Solstice Reflection

This guest post was written by Adam Couchman December 21st, in the northern hemisphere, is...

September 2016

September 18, 2016

‘Finding God In The Waves: How I Lost My Faith And Found It Again Through Science’, by Mike McHargue

In a time of extreme rationalism and extreme religion, with anti-religious sentiments at an all-time...

July 2016

July 24, 2016

Love, Love, Love: the painfully misunderstood, profoundly simple, earth-shattering message of Jesus

If someone was to ask me to sum up the message of Jesus in a...

July 10, 2016

Homosexuality and the Bible: An Epic Conversation with my Anti-theist Brother

My brother, Simon, is a year-and-a-half younger than me and, like me, had a happy Christian...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

Dear Non-LGBT-affirming Christians, please search your hearts

I've just seen a news article showing the faces of those killed in the Pulse Night...

June 12, 2016

On Today Of All Days: A letter to LGBT+ people in the wake of the Orlando shootings

On today of all days, there are some things I need you to know. You are...

June 05, 2016

A Deeper Magic: Love Demands No Punishment

Atonement theories like Penal Substitution and Christus Victor are not exactly the most straightforward concepts...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

A Thoroughly Biblical Argument Against Penal Substitutionary Atonement

A common criticism of people like me who openly oppose Penal Substitutionary Atonement theory is that we...

April 21, 2016

Is being a Christian just about being a good person?

So I've had a good go at butchering Penal Substitutionary Atonement theory - the idea...

April 19, 2016

Why Penal Substitutionary Atonement Theory makes me want to throw up a little bit in my mouth

Sorry about the title - I had to get your attention somehow. Seriously - if...

April 06, 2016

I Think God Makes People Gay (Part 3): The Way Forward

The Bible is part of an ongoing story of God moving towards his people, and...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

I Think God Makes People Gay (Part 2)

A few months ago I organised my thoughts on Christianity and homosexuality in a post called I...

October 2015

October 13, 2015

Rethinking Christianity: Sin and Salvation (What James Cameron, The European Migrant Crisis And Harry Potter Have Taught Me About God And The Human Condition)

'Sin' is one of those odd, stuffy-sounding Christian words that nowadays means very little outside...

October 07, 2015

Rethinking Christianity: The Message of Jesus

What if the message of Jesus that is widely understood by Christians is a distorted version...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Rethinking Christianity: Hell (How My Faith Evolved From A Story Of Fear To A Story Of Hope)

Growing up in church I knew the Christian message back to front. It was my reality,...

September 26, 2015

Rethinking Christianity: Deconstruction

Over the last ten years my Christian faith has undergone a dramatic transformation. The beliefs...