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January 2022

January 21, 2022

Should Christians Attend Same-Sex Weddings?

While our motive matters, so does the situation.

January 21, 2022

Gender Dysphoria: Real or Imagined?

I have searched through Scripture for some clarity on the issues of LGBTQ identity and...

November 2020

November 10, 2020

Does the Bible Condone Slavery?

Does the Bible condone modern day slavery as we understand it today from our country’s...

November 10, 2020

What Does the Bible Teach Us About Slavery?

Let’s begin in Leviticus by looking at the most difficult passage on slavery in all...

September 2020

September 15, 2020

5 Ways to Find Common Ground this Election Season

It happens from time to time—often unexpectedly. I call it “The Phil Situation.” You’re at...

April 2017

April 11, 2017

Was the Resurrection a Hoax?

by Jedediah McClure The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, believed by roughly 2.4 billion people across the...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

The Sins of Bill Clinton “Visited” Upon Hillary

Exodus 20:5 contains a difficult statement about the sins of the father being “visited” upon...

February 2016

February 17, 2016

Risen: Breathing Life Back into the Story, and My Faith

A few months ago I was invited to see an advance screening of the movie...

February 05, 2015

“Papa, if God wants to bring us peace and light, why did he help the Israelites destroy a city and kill people?”

I don’t always allow my daughter, who is seven, to read during church service. Technically,...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Rethinking the Bible’s Place (It’s Just the Way It Is, Part 2)

There are some Christians who give the Bible godlike homage. It might as well have...

October 22, 2014

Two Visions, One Book — That’s Just the Way It Is

Biblical scholar John Dominic Crossan argues in his book, God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome,...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

Stump a Bible Scholar: Wrestling with Zoroastrianism Influences

Tuesday is Stump a Scholar Day here at Patheos Progressive Christian — and no question is too...

September 02, 2014

Stump a Bible Scholar: What About Israel?

Think you can stump a scholar? No question is too tough or too radical (this...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Stump a Bible Scholar: Is Jesus God?

Think you can stump a scholar? No question is too tough or too radical (this...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

Kids Make the Road by Walking, Too: On Progressive Christian Families and the Bible

Brian McLaren says we make the road by walking, that we discover and build our...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

If Jesus Gave a TED Talk (#3): Jesus is Like a Crazy Farmer

This is the third in a series of posts where I re-imagine Jesus’ five big sermons as TED Talks,...

March 11, 2014

Jesus Wept, Einstein’s Regret & How a Frenchman Fueled the Hermeneutics Wars

With 20 centuries under its biblical belt, Christian history offers its fair share of landmark...

April 2011

April 13, 2011

Obama’s Biblical Budget

President Obama’s vision of America follows the spirit of the Hebraic prophets, who proclaimed that...

January 2011

January 05, 2011

The Perversion of ‘Them’

Once we ask the ominous question "Who are they?" by inherent contradiction we are then...

December 2010

December 01, 2010

Let Go of Jesus

Jesus had to leave in order for his friends to realize that 'Lo, I am...

November 2010

November 17, 2010

The Erotic Disposition of Homer’s Bowling Ball.

Believing there is a code to be cracked is of course much the same as...

October 2010

October 25, 2010

The Castration Of God

We are in danger of losing everything: the threat is that we will be reduced...

October 17, 2010

Post-Capitalism Christianity: Something Worth Fighting For

"Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and...

October 06, 2010

The Caffeinated Riots: The Reverse Perversion of Teenage Suicides

When young teenagers are driven to kill themselves, the bullies are not the only one's...

October 04, 2010

The Phallic Fetish Of Prayer

To help us better understand what has happened to prayer, I think we have to...

September 2010

September 05, 2010

When Rockstars Deny the Foundation of Religion

To David, there is power in the uknowning. In the unraveling. In the dismantling journey...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Pakistan, Denying Them Answers, Job & God Overwhelmed

Pakistan is still reeling from the destruction of the floods. I have personal friends who...

August 13, 2010

The Homeless: Violent Liberators

At one point on his journey, Jesus comments on the static state of the homeless...

August 09, 2010

Burning our Scarecrows: Re-redefining History

There has been a hip new influx of re-ideology. Or neo-ideologies. For example, there used...

August 03, 2010

The God Who Forsakes Us

We live in a world that almost thrives on the need for closure or an...