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September 2021

September 12, 2021

Making Space for Non-Binary Children In a Red State

"This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; They...

August 2021

August 22, 2021

Christians Need Their Faith to Be True

When you leave the Christian faith, people come out of the woodwork to impugn your...

August 16, 2021

Why the Church Keeps Getting Covid Wrong

I live in the Deep South, and now that the Delta variant is here, I'm...

July 2021

July 12, 2021

Seven Bad Arguments for the Resurrection of Jesus

Maybe I spoke too soon. I previously said that Tim Keller was done trying to...

July 09, 2021

But Why Does There Have to Be Blood?

With only three more chapters to go in Tim Keller's The Reason for God, it...

May 2021

May 19, 2021

For the Bible Tells Me? No.

I don't have any concrete numbers on this, but I believe most Christians who are...

May 18, 2021

What’s Wrong with Asking for a Miracle?

When people ask me why I left my faith, I always find myself spending the...

May 07, 2021

You Don’t Belong On That Cross

The American Church has been feeling the loss of their cultural relevance, and they’re not...

April 2021

April 03, 2021

What’s So Good About Good Friday?

Yesterday was "Good Friday," and this time around I was struck with how Orwellian that...

February 2021

February 02, 2021

What Kind of Parent Would Your Faith Make?

We are not fallen angels but emerging beings. --Bishop Spong I've been trying for a...

September 2020

September 21, 2020

God Is Not to Blame for This

A younger friend recently told me she knows a number of guy friends who don't...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

Dear Preacher, It Isn’t Your Fault (But It Is Still Your Responsibility)

I'd like to say a few things to those entrusted with leading evangelical Christian communities...

February 2020

February 11, 2020

Why Rhett and Link Broke Up with Jesus

If you're younger than 30, you likely have a list of favorite YouTube channels that...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

Episode 28: Deconstructing the End of the World

Back in the 7th grade I got invited to a weekend-long retreat put on by...

January 15, 2020

Episode 26: Absolving God from Hell

One day at the pool I saw a toddler almost march right off the edge...

December 2019

December 20, 2019

Episode 25: Seven Reasons to Reject Hell

I receive a good many emails and private messages from friends who still struggle with...

December 13, 2019

Episode 24: The Bible’s Attitude Toward the Life of the Mind

"Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Here...

December 11, 2019

Episode 23: Paul, the True Founder of Christianity

When I was in college I used to get so perturbed by my Bible professors...

December 06, 2019

Episode 22: The Most Failed Prayer In History

Defenders of the Christian faith can't stop moving discussions about their religion from objective matters to...

December 03, 2019

Episode 21: The Greatest Story Never Told

Do you know how many people the Bible says were raised from the dead on...

November 2019

November 29, 2019

Episode 20: Five Times Jesus Sounded Like a Humanist

I've said before that I'm not much of a fan of Jesus. If the reports of...

October 2019

October 21, 2019

Episode 19: The Christmas That Wasn’t

Growing up, my favorite superhero was definitely Superman. Hands down, no one else captured my...

October 17, 2019

Episode 18: Was Jesus a Real Person?

Without googling it, would you know what a CVDP is? Would you immediately know what the...

June 2019

June 25, 2019

Episode 3: We Did As We Were Told

Those of us who broke up with Jesus (he wouldn't return our calls) are accustomed to having...

April 2019

April 17, 2019

Dear Christian Friend

Dear Christian Friend, I want to ask you a question, but first I have to...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

We Never Expected God to Make Us Happy

I recently heard a sermon reminding us all that "God never promised to make us...

January 23, 2019

Trying to Love Lauren Daigle

Lately I can't seem to listen to my streaming music app without hearing Lauren Daigle's...

January 10, 2019

Why God Can Never Be Wrong

I've labored for years now trying to articulate the main reasons why I left my...

December 2018

December 03, 2018

What’s a Church For, Anyway?

I recently wrote about a revelation of sorts that I feel I need to unpack...

November 2018

November 22, 2018

How the Church Became What Jesus Hated

While I've considered myself an atheist for nearly a decade now, sometimes I go back...