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March 2014

March 21, 2014

The Funniest End-Times Presentation You’ll See All Day

So here you go mates, you'll thank me for this one. You've got to give...

March 21, 2014

Missing Airliner A Snapshot Of The Rapture? (What Rapture People Ignore)

Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of Evangelist Billy Graham, says that the missing Malaysian airliner is...

March 19, 2014

Pastor Gives Out Free Tattoos, Your Tattoo Questions Answered, And Why Rob Bell Thinks I’m “Hard Core”.

Church pastor gives out free tattoos? That makes him the coolest pastor ever in my...

March 17, 2014

St. Patrick’s Bad Analogies of the Trinity

For all my theology friends-- hilarious.

March 16, 2014

Mark Driscoll Apologizes And Says He’s Changing His Life (and I support him)

Mark Driscoll, it appears, is repenting. I didn't think I would ever write this post,...

March 14, 2014

Love Doesn’t Kidnap: Why I Believe In Free Will Over Predestination

The other day I wrote a provocative piece on some surface reasons why I'm not...

March 12, 2014

5 Reasons Why Calvinism Makes Me Want To Gouge My Eyes Out

Calvinism, in contrast to Jesus, teaches that God picks a few and not the rest--...

March 11, 2014

What If God Actually Loves Me? (A Truth I’m Rediscovering Outside American Christianity)

As I've shared before, I've spent most of my life suffering from this idea that...

March 08, 2014

Discovering God’s Plan For My Life When I Visited Hell

Three years ago today, my wife and I took a long drive from Lima, Peru...

March 06, 2014

Russia Triggered The End Times? (3 Ways You Can Disarm An End-Time Preacher)

As Jesus followers in post-modern America, we have a big task on our hands. The...

March 04, 2014

Fighting The Aerosmith Factor (using jaded to reform, not simply criticize)

The other day my niece, Imani, looked at me and said: "Uncle Ben, your hair...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

The Difficult Aspect Of Christian Friends (Must we agree in order to be in relationship?)

I don't know about you, but I want to live out a Christianity that's worth...

February 25, 2014

The Un-Christian Nature Of New “Religious Freedom” Laws

Kristen Powers and Jonathan Merritt had a great article the other day pointing out the...

February 24, 2014

What Is Sucking The Life Out Of You? (thinking about fasting differently)

What are the things in your life that are sucking the life out of you?...

February 21, 2014

Jesus Carries An AR-15? God Wrote The Constitution? (What Happens When You Mix Politics & Jesus)

Two of the craziest, and sickest stories I've seen in a while wrap out our...

February 20, 2014

But Jesus Isn’t “That” (putting hurts in the proper perspective)

Sometimes life seems like a never ending cycle of hurts. Trust me, I actually get...

February 18, 2014

Why Being A Christian Is A Lot Like Olympic Curling

1. No one can agree on what the rules are. I swear, we've probably watched...

February 18, 2014

5 Practices Toward A More Radical Christian Life (a challenge to my readers)

The message of Jesus is radical: the key to "life" isn't through saving your life,...

February 17, 2014

When Pastors Live In Multimillion Dollar Mansions, It’s Not A Sign Of God’s Blessing– But Our Sinfulness

Is the phenomenon of rich American pastors a sign of God's blessing? In this post...

February 14, 2014

Glenn Beck: “God told me to sit down, shut up, and zip your mouth”

Glenn Beck says God told him to shut up... which, sounds about right to me.

February 14, 2014

5 Keys To Surviving A Christian Paradigm Shift

We all go through shifts in our faith, and sometimes they're radical shifts. It can...

February 13, 2014

If People Excluded “Illegal Immigrants”, We Wouldn’t Have Jesus

We only have Jesus because someone decided to show love and mercy towards an illegal...

February 12, 2014

Hey Bob Jones– Here’s A Crazy Idea: How About We Stop Covering Up Sexual Abuse In Our Institutions?

As Jesus followers, we’re called to stand up to oppression and violence wherever we see...

February 12, 2014

Finding Jesus When You’re Adrift: The Benefit Of Being A Christian Outsider

Today I take great comfort that Jesus came not for the people with their feet...

February 11, 2014

Reclaiming The Immigration Discussion: Why Jesus Followers Need To Side With The Stranger

When the people of Jesus reclaim the immigration discussion, we discover that immigrants should be...

February 08, 2014

We Don’t Have To Be Enemies: Partnering With Atheists To Build The Kingdom

As a Jesus follower, I want to be a part of the culture Jesus came...

February 06, 2014

Why A Literal Interpretation Of Genesis Requires The Belief In Evolution On Steroids

Interesting fact: if you believe that Genesis is to be interpreted as literal, historical fact,...

February 05, 2014

Pat Robertson to Ken Ham: “Let’s Not Make A Joke Of Ourselves”

Pat did it again-- he said something that was both reasonable and true all at...

February 05, 2014

How Ken Ham Just Carried The Entire Jesus Movement Backwards

Ken Ham wasn't the only person who lost something in the debate-- you and I...

February 04, 2014

The Future of Progressive/Emergent Christianity: Three Steps Toward Shaping The Future

As people who often find themselves on the margins of faith, it would be easy...

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