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February 2014

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 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...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

10 Reasons I’m Glad I Came Out As A Progressive Christian

If you in a conservative expression of Christianity but secretly a "progressive", life can be...

January 29, 2014

Justice Delayed: About That Time We Executed A Child With A Bible

Too often we're sent the message that we're most doing the work of God when...

January 28, 2014

5 Reasons Why Jesus People Ought Oppose The Death Penalty

Now is the time to begin teaching people that following Jesus means we must oppose...

January 27, 2014

Justice Broken: How A Poor Theology Of The Cross Created America’s Broken Justice System

America's justice system is broken, but why? The ultimate reason can be traced back to...

January 15, 2014

Genesis 1: It Doesn’t Have To Be True In Order To Still Be True

It's easy to get lost in the debate over the interpretation of Genesis 1, so...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

Forgotten Lessons from Jesus: Sometimes, You Just Gotta Love Yourself & Get Away.

This past Sunday, as soon as we were finished with church, my wife and I...

November 15, 2013

What Is The Gospel? (A Dialogue with Marcus Borg)

Recently my Patheos colleague, Dr. Marcus Borg, wrote a piece entitled "What is the Gospel?",...

November 04, 2013

Why I’m Hesitant to Let My Kid Watch Christian Movies

1. Because there is a really, really, really good chance that Kirk Cameron is one...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

The Cross of Christ: The Symbol of a Tolerant God (my response to The Gospel Coalition)

Are Christians called to be intolerant of other viewpoints and lifestyles? Is God himself an...

September 2013

September 03, 2013

Wrestling with God: (Why am I still convinced God hates me?)

While I broke with fundamentalist religion somewhere around 2007, I still struggle. As any therapist...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Common Objections & Misunderstandings on Christian Nonviolence

One of the most difficult Christian doctrines to accept is the doctrine of Christian Nonviolence....

August 20, 2013

10 Ways We Water Down the Gospel (let’s admit, we all do it)

The accusation that some other group or person is "watering down the gospel" is an...

August 16, 2013

Standing With Israel: how bad theology duped us into supporting terrorism and oppression

Not many days go by without seeing some sort of "Stand with Israel" image pop...

August 12, 2013

Literal or Metaphoric? (or are we asking the wrong question entirely?)

While I love the debates on whether or not a particular passage in scripture is...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

True Biblical Hospitality: Loving Immigrants, Strangers, and Enemies

I don't know about you, but one of my favorite moments in life is when...

July 09, 2013

Flipping the Pages Away from Jesus: why some parts of the Bible are more important than others

People of any book are well adept at wielding their book in ways that are...

June 2013

June 21, 2013

10 Things You Can’t Do and Still Call Yourself “Pro-Life”

Being "pro-life" had always been something that was central to my identity. I learned early...

June 19, 2013

Sodom & Gomorrah – A Story About Us (and not for the reasons you think)

On election day in 2012, I received an e-mail from someone who had been my...

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