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December 2016

December 20, 2016

Liberty University To Spend $1 Million On The Homeless. I Mean, On A Gun Range.

Liberty University, the nation's largest Christian university, has recently announced that it has at least...

June 2016

June 01, 2016

Was Jesus A Pacifist?

I hear the claim, “Jesus wasn’t a pacifist!” a lot. But is it true? Was...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

The Serious Problems With Using Ecclesiastes 3 To Justify Christian Support of War & Violence

I've heard a lot of reasoning over the years regarding Christian support of things like war,...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

Why Exodus 22:2 Doesn’t Work To Justify Armed Self-Defense

As one who teaches that Christians are under Christ's command to love their enemies and...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

How The Current Pro-Life Ethical System Leaves Room For Violent Terrorism

Late last week the United States became the victim of another domestic terrorist attack, this...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

90% Innocent: How America Is Creating Terrorists Faster Than We Can Kill Them

People aren't born terrorists. No one crawls out of their mother's womb, finishes weaning and...

August 2015

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...

June 2015

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...

February 2015

February 13, 2015

Two Kinds Of Love? What Valentines Teaches On Nonviolence

Tomorrow is of course, Valentines Day. While it's yet another commercial holiday, the meaning and...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Who Jesus Talked About When He Talked About Enemies

The command Jesus issued those who would follow him that they must "love their enemies"...

January 22, 2015

Why Are So Many Christians Worshipping The American Sniper?

The reaction of many American Christians to the movie of the late Chris Kyle, American Sniper:...

November 2014

November 18, 2014

If God Still Smites Places, Texas Is Begging To Be Messed With

They say "Don't mess with Texas," but if God still smites places, they sure are...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

How Violence Is Justified But Homosexuality Is Wrong, When You’re A Biblical Literalist

I spend a lot of my time discussing Christian discipleship and educating people on the...

August 2014

August 11, 2014

Iraqi Genocide: Our Violence Got Us Here

My spirit has been grieved in a way I haven't experienced before as the situation...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

The Potential Beauty That Could Come From Dying For An Enemy

As I sit down to write this post I'm realizing that I'm probably going to...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

What’s So Complicated About “Love Your Enemies”?

If there's one thing I don't understand about modern Christianity in America, it's this: The...

June 05, 2014

What Both Sides Completely Miss In The Abortion Discussion

If we want to make any headway on this, we're going to need to have...

June 04, 2014

When We Give Away Guns In Church: Bad Idea, or Really Horrible Idea?

It seems there's a growing trend in some churches of giving away free guns in...

May 2014

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...

February 2014

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...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Atheists Have Their Kirk Camerons Too.

Even atheists have fundamentalists who desire to antagonize, not dialogue. My question is: why do...

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...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

Why I Am Hopeful for the Future of American Christianity

I was reflecting today on the many different subjects I've written about over these past...

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...

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...

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