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July 2014

July 28, 2014

To Understand the Public Relations Disaster that’s Engulfed Christianity Today Magazine, Gordon College & Wheaton College, You Need to Understand the Reconstructionist Movement

If the history of Christianity proves one thing, it’s that you can make the Bible...

July 26, 2014

“In this context and with a heavy heart, I hereby return my diploma to the Gordon College Board of Trustees”

Frank, Thanks again for offering to post this on Patheos.com. In addition to registering...

July 22, 2014

The-God-Of-The-Bible’s Women-Management Plan is focused on Bodily fluids. To put it mildly HE has an Uneasy Relationship with Women! So Does Wheaton College

A Wheaton professor asking for the pill? To put it mildly the so-called God-Of-The-Bible has an...

July 12, 2014

The New Brian McLaren Interview With Frank Schaeffer & Schaeffer Interviews McLaren — The 58 Min Video: WATCH!

"It's nice for a minute to not look like a cripple!" "I'm getting all sort...

July 06, 2014

The Can and Can’t LIST of the Religious Right

Can carry a loaded gun in public Can’t get contraceptives Can go to the Creation...

July 04, 2014

Wheaton College Becomes a Tool of the Far Right Obama-Haters and Seals the Fate of the Evangelical Community’s Reputation for a Generation

I had my first deep wet kiss with a woman at the evangelical establishment bastion...

July 01, 2014

Hobby Lobby Verdict is a Victory For Ultra-Right Roman Catholic Co-Conspirators With Chuck Colson’s Ghost

National Organization For Marriage co-founder Robert George with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Pope Francis...

June 2014

June 22, 2014

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is like Some Mafia Thug, Actually Worse

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee's actions of late remind me of Season 6 of The Sopranos....

June 19, 2014

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to my Execution for Heresy…

I’d been writing novels and literary nonfiction for twenty years before I dared to write...

June 14, 2014

“Iraq in Flames” What the F#@! Happened? Answer: Idiot Evangelicals and The Fool They Elected Broke Iraq and the Middle East and the World. Period.

My Marine son volunteered to serve when President Clinton was still in office. Clinton’s greatest...

June 12, 2014

Religion News Service Gives Me A (NICE) BOOST!

Atheist or believer? Frank Schaeffer is a bit of both By Kimberly Winston Show caption Frank...

June 08, 2014

Why Do So Many Evangelicals Seem to Fear an Honest Discussion? Why the Trend to Dismiss Rather Than Engage?

Here's the level of discourse related to a conservative answer to my new book WHY I...

June 07, 2014

Jesus hung out with whores

Here is an excerpt from WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD: How to give...

June 03, 2014

Religion Dispatches Gives “Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God” A Rave Review!

JUNE 3, 2014 REVIEW June 3, 2014 My Kind of Atheist By PETER LAARMAN By now...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

10,000-plus people downloaded my book FREE on Kindle in the last 48 hours! If that’s you…

10,000-plus people downloaded my book FREE on Kindle in the last 48 hours! If that's...

May 30, 2014

THANK YOU Benjamin L. Corey FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE to EXPLAIN MY FAITH!

When Two Formerly Fundies Chat: My Video Interview With Frank Schaeffer (and get his new...

May 30, 2014

FREE Amazon Kindle Promotion NOW! “Click” on Your Free Copy of my new book Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God

FREE, FREE, FREE Amazon Kindle Promotion NOW! "Click" on Your Free Copy of my new...

May 17, 2014

10 Dumbest Religious Billboards Ever?

Here are some of the stupidest religious/fundamentalist billboards ever. How would you rate them? Frank...

May 05, 2014

Happy 5th! Patheos Just Ask Alicia Keys How You Changed My Life

The other day I checked my Twitter followers. I did that because Alicia Keys -- ...

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 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 29, 2014

My NPR/Terri Gross “Fresh Air” Interview on Abortion/Pro-Life/Politics

"My dad was shocked by the hatred in the religious right..." Here's my "Pro-Life —...

March 29, 2014

I’m on Tour With “American Jesus” Opens Tonight at the Brattle Harvard Square

New England Premiere! I'm on tour with American Jesus-- first stop tonight in Boston. Join me...

March 28, 2014

World Vision: It’s Never Too Late To Hate

World Vision’s annual budget is $1 billion. When $1 billion is at stake you backtrack. The...

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...

March 20, 2014

Does the Jacket Copy of my New Book Work For You? WHY I’M AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD

I have a book about to come out this spring--May 15. Here's the back cover...

March 07, 2014

Religion is a neurological disorder only faith is the cure! Please Give Me 2:30 Min to Share My Video Story…

Please take 2 minutes to watch this video interview about what I'm trying to do...

February 2014

February 16, 2014

In The Next 3 Days I’ll be Announcing My New Book Title — Pub Date May 15

It's nonfiction, short, to the point and I'll be telling you all about it and...

February 09, 2014

Do Evangelical Leaders Really Believe Their Own BS?

Let’s be honest. Sure some smart young people who “come to Christ” are deeply sincere....

February 06, 2014

There Are No “Absolutes” So Honor the Ethical Evolution of Our Species by Changing Your Religion

When I began to go to an Orthodox church in 1989 I wanted to find...

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