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August 2015

August 12, 2015

How To Be A Progressive Christian Without Being A Grump About It

So you're a Progressive Christian? Great, we welcome you. Whether you're a Mainline Progressive™, a...

August 11, 2015

Why Sex Still Dominates Christian Focus On Human Trafficking

In 2008 I first entered seminary and quickly found myself passionate about justice issues with...

August 10, 2015

10 Parenting Strategies For Raising Nonviolent Children

10. Teach them every human being has unsurpassable worth. A nonviolent ethic of love begins...

August 07, 2015

For The People Who Say, “But Jesus Didn’t Abolish The Law”

The Old Testament is tricky ground. It always has been. In it, you will find...

August 05, 2015

10 Ways To Begin Dealing With Your Church Trauma

I've been spending a lot of my summer this year sitting by the ocean...

August 03, 2015

“I Am A Human Trafficking Survivor, And This Is My Story”

This post is part 2 of a series on human trafficking I am doing with...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

“I Am A Human Trafficking Survivor & Here’s What I Want To Ask Christian Activists”

Passionate about the cause of ending trafficking? Great- I am a trafficking survivor and here's...

July 29, 2015

Charisma Mag: Donald Trump Is The New Word of God

I'm not going to lie, what I just read is the dumbest thing I've read...

July 29, 2015

Killing Cecil The Lion: Does God Care How We Treat Animals?

Over the last 24 hours, the internet has been in uproar over the death of...

July 27, 2015

What People Really Mean When They Say “But I Believe The WHOLE Bible”

"But I believe the WHOLE Bible." It's a very common phrase I hear in Christian...

July 24, 2015

Does The Discovery of Earth 2.0 Mark The End of Religion?

Yesterday NASA made the announcement that they finally discovered something many have pondered: the existence...

July 23, 2015

The One Thing Even Jesus Didn’t Want To Do

Culture has a tendency to quietly whisper in our ear that independence is a beautiful thing--...

July 21, 2015

10 Ways To Determine If Your Christianity Has Been “Americanized”

While the word "Christianity" ought refer to a single religion, the reality is that many...

July 20, 2015

Important Lessons We Can All Learn From Franklin Graham

In recent months Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, has been in a downward...

July 17, 2015

You Don’t Have To Be Afraid To Be A Pro-Life Progressive

If I were a betting man, I'd bet that this week your social newsfeeds has...

July 13, 2015

Agitating And Peacemaking: The Most Important Thing We Can Learn From Bree Newsome

This weekend activist Bree Newsome (along with co-conspirator in doing good, Jimmy James Tyson) made...

July 03, 2015

The Dilemma of the Fourth of July (By Mark Charles)

The other day I was eating dinner with my wife in a restaurant located in...

July 01, 2015

Independence Day: Should Christians Celebrate, or Not?

A reader recently asked how we- the people of Jesus- ought to approach the celebration...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Gay Marriage is the Law of the Land- And God Isn’t Going to Freak Out About It

Moments ago the US Supreme Court announced that marriage equality is now the law of...

June 19, 2015

More Guns In Churches & Why We Reject The Ultimate Invitation of Jesus

In the wake of the racist massacre in South Carolina, many in Americanized Christianity are...

June 18, 2015

Yo, America — How Many Mass Shootings Will It Take for You?

How many will it take? Is this seriously the kind of country you want to...

June 16, 2015

5 Things Wounded Christians Should Probably Avoid

While Christian community ought be the safest place for one to run and hide, it's...

June 15, 2015

The Execution of Michael Servetus & My Primary Deal-Breaker with Calvinism

When I've written about Calvinism I've not infrequently heard "that's just a caricature of Calvinism,"...

June 09, 2015

Pink Can Be A Boy’s Color Too: Why I’m A Male Who Just Had His First Mammogram

This isn't a post about theology, Christian culture, or any of the other things I...

June 08, 2015

5 Steps Toward Making Friends Out Of Enemies

2000 years ago a group of folks in the first century had the opportunity to sit...

June 02, 2015

Why You’re Completely Unable To Judge Caitlyn Jenner (Or Anyone Else)

Yesterday the internet exploded as Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world. While so much...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

What Hell Tells Us About God’s Character

(This post is my continuing dialogue with the ideas of Jeff Cook, from his new book, Everything New: Reimagining...

May 27, 2015

If Christ Is The Victor, Hell Could Only Be Temporary

Over the course of the past year I've had an ongoing series introducing readers to...

May 26, 2015

Hit The Reset Button: The Key To Saving a Weary Faith

On a daily basis I interact with readers who come from nearly every location on the...

May 22, 2015

BREAKING: TLC Pulls 19 Kids And Counting Off The Air

19 Kids and Counting won't be in your evening lineup tonight. The Raw Story is...

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