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October 2014

October 01, 2014

To Some Atheists and Christians Alike the Phrase “I’m an atheist who believes in God” is ‘Illogical’ and ‘Impossible’ because they are Narrow-Minded Literalists

Why do you think so many atheists seem so evangelistic? They even sometimes speak of...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

Ironically this authentic vibrant refuge was across the street from the hate factory “church” Mars Hill Church

Last night I sang children’s songs with a group of children and adults with Intellectual...

September 22, 2014

Barnes&Noble have placed a big order to be in the book stores from NOV 1 and will be promoted

Hi All, Great things have been happening for my new book "Why I Am an...

September 18, 2014

Banksy and Comic : Let’s Destroy the Advertisers– AMEN!

By By Gavin Aung Than / zenpencils.com Reprinted HERE from Films For Action Banksy is an...

September 17, 2014

The future of the meta-universe Church is not going to be about more or less entertainment, rock bands or cool hip young leaders but about openly embracing doubt

What’s needed to save the dwindling Church is a new paradigm: the embrace of atheism...

September 14, 2014

For Once ROSS DOUTHAT Writes the Truth and Nothing But the Truth

WHEN the long, grim history of Christianity’s disappearance from theMiddle East is written, Ted Cruz’s...

September 10, 2014

U2 Surprise Release New Album “Songs of Innocence”

U2 Surprise Release New Album Songs of Innocence for Free on iTunes By Jeremy Gordon (First...

September 09, 2014

Hooray for the Serendipitous Messy Exchange of Body Fluids!

"We’re living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with...

September 08, 2014

American Liberals and Conservatives Created ISIS Together Deal With It

Liberals can't get their minds around the fact that radical Islam is evil Conservatives can't...

September 04, 2014

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU (personally) ABOUT HOW to CHANGE the NATIONAL DEBATE on RELIGION whatever you BELIEVE… or DON’T BELIEVE

Here's the deal: I'm talking "virtual book tour" to you! Just buy 8 copies or...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Who is actually following Jesus: fundamentalist Christians rejecting gay men and lesbians’ right to marry, or atheist humanists treating men and women with love and dignity?

Who is actually following Jesus: fundamentalist Christians rejecting gay men and lesbians’ right to marry,...

August 28, 2014

I Will Do a FREE Book Group SKYPE Session Talk and Q&A For You: Here’s HOW

I Will Do a FREE Book Group SKYPE Session Talk and Q&A For You. Here's...

August 27, 2014

The impact of Jesus’ feminism has yet to be fully realized

The impact of Jesus’ feminism has yet to be fully realized. Even famous women receive...

August 26, 2014

NOTICE!!! I Posted the WRONG Info on the Decatur (Atlanta) Book Festival! Here’s the CORRECT Information. Please Join ME!

NOTICE!!! I Posted the WRONG Info on the Decatur (Atlanta) Book Festival! Here's the CORRECT...

August 26, 2014

Please Join Me at the Decatur Book Festival (Atlanta) August 30!

Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His latest book --WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN...

August 23, 2014

Dear Mark Driscoll Please Stay! Otherwise We Won’t Have a Way to Get People to Read Our Blogs!

Dear Mark Driscoll, Please don't go! Don't you know that there is an entire blog-sphere...

August 20, 2014

Please watch this extended interview with me on Who, What, Where, Why– of my views, books, sex, marriage, parents, faith, doubt and everything else…

Please watch this extended interview with me on Who, What, Where, Why-- of my views,...

August 19, 2014

It is in the moments of inner stillness that come from humility and unknowing that we can sense the presence of God

Only after we start to admit our addiction to certainty can we begin to actually...

August 19, 2014

Please Join me at the Kansas City Public Library Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:30pm

Please Join me at the Kansas City Public Library Thursday, August 21, 2014. I'll talk,...

August 16, 2014

“This is what being raised in the southern Bible belt will do to you…If it is ok, I will share my head for the first time to anyone”

NOTE: If you come from an evangelical background and feel anguish you are not alone....

August 15, 2014

How I Trashed Frank Schaeffer in my Novel as an American Hitler and Why He’s Promoting It: Guest BLOG by the Former Schaeffer Family Crossway Books Publicist

Katie sent me this essay about trashing me. It's good so I'm publishing it as...

August 14, 2014

Frank Schaeffer Interviews Benjamin L. Corey: Undiluted

I once again had a chance to spend some time with my friend, Ben Corey, at...

August 14, 2014

Church and State: The Role of Spirituality in Politics, Watch Frank Schaeffer’s UCLA/Hammer Museum Talk

How did the religious right ensnare my family? I explored this at UCLA...

August 13, 2014

Forgiving That’s Too Good to Be True

Here's a sample chapter from my new book "WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES...

August 13, 2014

God’s Covenant in the Promised Land was not Made With Those Who Drop Fragmentation Bombs Over the Hovels of Gaza– A Passionate Call to Conscience

"God’s iron requirement to stand with the oppressed occurs as well in the Hebrew and...

August 11, 2014

Switchfoot’s Album & Movie “Fading West” — It’s Grace in Action, Hope Crystallized, Damnation Canceled in Favor of Love…

I was just speaking at SoulFest (August 7-9). It's a music festival with evangelical roots. The band...

August 08, 2014

We Spend Lifetimes Striving to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace. Why?

It was a bright September day, clear, cool and perfect. My wife Genie, my grandchildren...

August 07, 2014

Join me I’ll be speaking 4 times at SoulFest. Aug 7-9. This is the first evangelical type event I’ve been to for years… But Dan Russell (former U2 manager) who organizes SF is a pal…

Join me where I'll be speaking 4 times (!) at SoulFest. Aug 7-9. This is...

August 06, 2014

Evangelical and/or Post-Evangelical Christianity, “Progressive” or “Conservative,” Has Snapped My Brain and Yours— We’re Addicts

Sorry, folks, but the truth is that the little private world of evangelical and post-evangelical...

August 05, 2014

I would not have burned in hell for sleeping with the many women I’ve looked at longingly, but adultery would have ruined my marriage

Ironically, although Mom and Dad may have been deluded by their fundamentalist certainties, I am...

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