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October 2018

October 16, 2018

What 30 Pieces of Silver Can Buy In Today’s Money

What's 30 pieces of silver worth in today's money? We can look to conservative evangelical...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

No, Franklin Graham, God Didn’t Destroy Sodom & Gomorrah Because of Homosexuality

It's a common claim accepted as truth: God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because gays had...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Who Would YOU Have Been in Nazi Germany? The Same Person You Are Now.

It's easy to look back on the injustices in history, while shaking your fist and...

June 25, 2018

10 Signs You’re Following TRUMPianity And Not CHRISTianity

In the Era of Trump's America, I must admit that I hardly recognize the very...

June 19, 2018

No, The Gospel Isn’t “Good News” For Everyone

Over the years I've been fond of saying, "if the Gospel isn't good news for...

May 2018

May 17, 2018

Trump’s Dehumanizing Language Is An Assault Against Our Christian Foundation

Christians can be found of all political and theological colors, but regardless of where...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

How To Let Life’s Pain Make Your Heart Soft, Instead of Hard

The other day I was sitting in my dad's kitchen back on the family farm,...

April 20, 2018

That New Anti-Human Trafficking Law Is Destroying Lives & Will Increase Human Trafficking

The cause of fighting human trafficking has been a hot topic for a few years...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

National School Walkout: My Child Won’t Be Intimidated Into Silence

The most sweeping social changes often are sparked by those who are silenced by society....

March 01, 2018

Jesus Didn’t Tell Caesar What To Do? The Religious Right’s Most Confusing Claim

“Jesus never told Caesar what to do” is the confusing new battle cry of some...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Boycotting Lent: I’m Not Fasting For It, I’m Fasting *From* It

Life and death are what we all hold in common, and there certainly seems to...

February 08, 2018

If You Think Trump Was Picked By God, You Might Want to Read the Rest of That Bible Story

Let's look at the Bible and see if Trump reminds us of when God "picked"...

February 07, 2018

10 Reasons Christians Should Affirm Women as Pastors & Preachers

(or anything else in the church that boys can do.)

January 2018

January 30, 2018

The *Actual* Persecution of Christians In Trump’s America

Those on the Religious Right claim that Trump is a Christian president who cares about...

January 25, 2018

What About A Vagina Makes It So Hard To Teach The Bible?

We all know what people like John Piper think about women preaching and teaching...

January 23, 2018

The Difficult Task of Including the Excluders at God’s Big Table

During an interview the other day I was asked if progressive-minded Christians such as myself...

January 18, 2018

Conservative Christian: Tell Me Again About How You’re “Pro-Family”?

A hallmark of being a conservative Christian is supposedly being "pro-life". In the age of Trump...

January 11, 2018

Dear Calvinists: Try Having Mercy On Those of Us Who Doubt

Some Calvinists say doubting dishonors God, but does it?

January 04, 2018

Dear Evangelicals: Is Trump Still “Pro-Life” If He Gets Us All Killed?

When a variety of evangelical arguments failed to morally justify support for Donald Trump in the...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

Core Values the Religious Right Taught Me, But Abandoned in the Age of Trump

I was a child of the Religious Right. From my 777 "To Hell With The Devil"...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

10 Reasons Why People Leave Church

Whether you've always known what e-mail was, rode your big-wheel in the street without a...

November 28, 2017

When Someone Far Away Loves You, Too (#Giving Tuesday)

When we first think about poverty in other countries around the world, some of the...

November 13, 2017

How Ken Ham’s Religion Pushes Our Children Towards Atheism

Ken Ham and his followers may think they're defending Christianity and ensuring that our faith...

November 07, 2017

Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith is Here Now!

From following my blog here on Patheos you know that I don’t shy away from...

November 01, 2017

Sometimes, We’ve Got to Put the Theological Gas Cans Down.

I make no apologies for being a theological bridge-burner and for the years I've spent...

October 2017

October 27, 2017

Ever Had a Vulnerability Hangover? I Feel a Big One Looming In 11 Days.

This morning I woke up from a massive migraine before the sun had even cracked...

October 25, 2017

No, God Isn’t Like Some Stephen King Character We’re Supposed to Fear

No, we shouldn't fear God-- God is not some violent clown.

October 17, 2017

Complicity: Yes, it Actually is “All Men” & Our First Step Should Be Admitting That

Often when I've stumbled into a discussion about rape-culture, whether it be a general discussion or...

October 16, 2017

World Food Day: Preventing Famine is Better Than Its Cure

A guest post by World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns ... I don’t know about you, but...

October 12, 2017

To Those Christians Who Say, “God Doesn’t Give Us More Than We Can Handle”

Please stop. Seriously, just stop saying that.

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