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October 2016

October 08, 2016

Ralph Reed and Tony Perkins: Trump Still Great-Post-Sexual Assault Bragging: Reed–It’s no big deal… (Reed/Perkins Just Killed the last shreds of Evangelical Self-Respect)

(Photo Twitter) Ralph-pussy-grabber-endorser-Reed, the chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and a member of...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

It turns out that the Roman Catholic American Voters are Downright Sane Compared to Today’s Fascist-Supporting Evangelicals!

(Photo Raw Story) According to the Washington Post, Trump is losing with Catholic voters —...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

“My” New Year’s Message is a Guest Message from My Dear Friend: Archbishop Lazar Puhalo of Canada

"Can we not hope that religions of every form might be delivered out of...

December 02, 2015

I never understood what communion was until I had the greatest honor of my life

I never understood what communion was until I had the greatest honor of my life:...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

Frank Schaeffer, “Treasonous Apostate,” Interviews Gay-Son-Marrying “Sinner” Pastor– the (Other) Frank Schaefer– WATCH

I just got back from the "Open" meeting in Minneapolis at Solomon's Porch with Brian...

July 2015

July 06, 2015

The Truth About Christian ‘Sexual Purity’ — A Former Evangelical Speaks Out

The sexual purity "movement" is one of several to have deformed American politics as a...

July 05, 2015

If there were no “holy books” how much easier it would be to believe in God!

(The "Last Judgement" by Michelangelo, Courtesy the Vatican archive) If there were no “holy books”...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

There is only one defense against the rising, worldwide, fear-filled fundamentalist tide engulfing all religions

My way of trying to encounter God within a church community may well be poison...

June 14, 2015

Put it this way: church may be a son-of-a-bitch, but it’s my son-of-a-bitch!

Some of my secular (or lapsed ex-religious) friends don’t get why I “still” go to...

December 2014

December 28, 2014

Does church help you to become the sort of person you’d pick to be stuck on a desert island with?

When I first joined the Greek Orthodox Church in 1990 I argued the finer points...

December 26, 2014

The Evangelical FAIL on Mental Health: 100+ of my FB Friends Tell Their Shockingly Poignant Stories

Pastors, teachers, mothers, fathers, grandparents, psychologists, counselors-- everyone: ignore these unedited shockingly poignant stories of...

December 23, 2014

Is Mental Illness Caused By “Unrepentant Sin”? How Did Christians Help or Worsen Your Mental Health Problems?

Is mental illness caused by "Unrepentant Sin"? How did Christians help or worsen your mental...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

“I am waiting to die. I am not hopeless, just completely ignorant about what to do spiritually” 4 Ex-Fundamentalists Tell Me Their Stories

"I am waiting to die. I am not hopeless, just completely ignorant about what to...

October 2014

October 03, 2014

Embracing paradox helped me discover that religion is a neurological disorder for which faith is the only cure

My kaleidoscopic beliefs are fickle and motivated by desire, wishful thinking, and wanting to fit...

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...

August 2014

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....

July 2014

July 08, 2014

Gordon College Believes That Religious Liberty is the Right to Persecute Gays or as Westboro Puts it “FAG MARRIAGE DOOMS NATIONS”

“FAG MARRIAGE DOOMS NATIONS,” says one picket sign from the infamous Westboro Baptist Church....

April 2014

April 29, 2014

It Never is About Church– It’s Always About Character

Detail from my painting, "Seeing Love Clearly." Where we go to church, or whether...

April 16, 2014

Love Through the Eyes of Christ — Easter

I was shuffling forward in the communion line, with my five year old granddaughter...

April 11, 2014

Brian D. McLaren, Phyllis Tickle & Ron Dart on Frank Schaeffer’s WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD How to Create...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Please email me now for your FREE file of my new book “WHY I’M AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD” email me at [email protected]

I'm looking for people who will read "WHY I’M AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD" and...

February 2014

February 04, 2014

I Ended Up in the Greek Orthodox Church and Found I Was Just as Dumb as Before

(Tulips, Wind & Sun Oil on canvas 24 x 24 by Frank Schaeffer) In 1990...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Here Are My Paintings That Sold So Far in the Last 10 Days of My Online Art Show

My art website Frankschaefferart.com opened my first online art show a few days ago. Here's...

January 27, 2014

My Heart Broke When I Stopped Painting So I Could Sell My Right Wing Jesus (It’s Fixed Now!)

When I was 17 the first painting I sold was to Mrs. David Rockefeller at...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Why I Just Asked Nadia Bolz-Weber to Marry Me or at Least Let Me Tattoo Her Face on My Chest

This is the Nadia picture I'm tattooing on my chest. From: Nadia Bolz-Webber To:...

September 20, 2013

Jim Wallis, Sojourners & My New Book (The Mark Sandlin SOJO “BILLY!” Review)

Sojourners likes And God Said, "Billy!" I love and respect Jim Wallis. Seeing a rave...

September 05, 2013

Read My NEW Novel “And God Said, ‘Billy!'” FREE

Read my NEW novel And God Said, "Billy!" free. Email me at [email protected] and I'll...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

Here’s What I’m Speaking on at the Wild Goose Festival

Here's what I'll be speaking on at the Wild Goose Festival. Please join me....

April 2013

April 27, 2013

Frank Schaeffer and Eric Elnes on Convergence Christianity

Eric is an old enemy of mine. Now we agree that we can fix what...

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