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November 2017

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...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Biblical Salvation: How It’s Possible To Be A Christian And Still Not Be “Saved”

Growing up evangelical, one of the primary questions we were taught to ask strangers was:...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

The Most Comforting Words In The English Language (When God Feels So Far Away)

The other day I was driving in the car with my 14 year old, when...

August 2015

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...

June 2015

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,"...

October 2014

October 09, 2014

Why I Just Couldn’t Be An Atheist, Even If I Wanted To

I love my atheist friends, but I just couldn't be one-- even if I wanted...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

Remembering to Pray for Terrorists on 9-11

On this day every year, we remember a tragic day in our nation's history. It...

September 03, 2014

10 Things Your Childhood Pastor Didn’t Tell You (But Should Have)

What things do you know now that you wish your childhood pastor would have told...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

I’m Thinking That Calvinism Needs An Extreme Makeover (#CalvinismDebate)

Last night I tuned into the Calvinism debate that was lighting up twitter, and really...

August 20, 2014

Is Your Theology A “Little Bit Off”? Here’s A Quick Test To See

How can we distinguish between good & bad, right & wrong theology? The answer to...

August 14, 2014

Frank Schaeffer Interviews Benjamin L. Corey: Undiluted

On Tuesday I once again had a chance to spend some time with my friend,...

August 07, 2014

Generational Theology: It’s What Jesus Invites Us To Let Go Of

Why, when talking about theology, is there the tendency to fire off criticism and denounce...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

What Jesus Talked About When He Talked About Hell

The word Jesus uses in Greek is γέεννα (Gehenna), which actually means "The Valley of...

June 25, 2014

Meriam Yehya Ibrahim and The First World Problem of “Religious Persecution”

It seems that what has happened here is that persecution in America has become just...

June 18, 2014

Permission to Ask The Hard Questions (Scripture for the 21st Century)

Many individuals walking from conservative expressions of Christianity perhaps would walk away from Christianity entirely...

June 09, 2014

If Gay Christians Go To Hell, So Are The Ones Who Don’t Recycle

The fact that God would be so angry at people who live in a way...

May 2014

May 23, 2014

Peace In The Middle East: Could Christians Be The Barrier?

I appreciate the heart and intent of the pro-Israel movement; they're simply trying to be...

May 19, 2014

Abducted & Robbed In The Congo (How Jesus, Bear Gyrlls & CBS Saved My Life)

"With every mile that went by, my sense of panic only increased. It was so...

May 11, 2014

On Mother’s Day, I Played “Mom” To The Motherless

We often talk about the "fatherless" in reference to orphans, but why not the "motherless"?...

May 02, 2014

And Some Days, I Just Need To Become A Calvinist. (appreciating the ‘other’)

Here is the important lesson I am learning in all this: no single Christian tradition...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

How To Completely Misuse The Bible In 5 Easy Steps

Yes, the Bible can be a complex set of documents to understand, and is easily...

April 17, 2014

It’s Never Too Late To Participate In A Resurrection

I knew a man of miserable existence. Self-centered and materialistic to the core, though it...

April 15, 2014

Towards The Cross: The Importance of Last Words

As I flip through a few chapters in the book of John, I feel the...

March 2014

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 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...

February 2014

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?...

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