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November 2020

November 16, 2020

Learning to love my gay neighbor, Part One: Preface

In my previous life as an evangelical Christian, I had what I considered a healthy apprehension...

November 13, 2020

Dear Trump Christians: what in God’s name are you doing?

Trump-supporting Christians have abandoned the call to be Christlike, and turned Christianity into something barely...

November 09, 2020

Do you know God’s will for you, or just assume you know?

We all need to be attuned to the will of God. We all fail sometimes;...

November 05, 2020

The deception of “righteousness”

The thing about deception is that we don't know it's there. That's why we need...

November 02, 2020

Conservative Christians: is this who we want to be?

It's been a tough couple of years in America. Whether Biden wins or Trump, Christians...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

Trump Christians: don’t let yourselves be dumbed down

Let's be honest here. The partnership between Trump and Christians is problematic. It gives new...

October 24, 2020

Christians: is Trump your house on the sand?

Most Christians are familiar with the parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders (Luke 6:...

October 20, 2020

Get ready now for post-election unity

The 2016 election of Donald Trump tore my hometown of Rockford IL apart, but we got...

October 18, 2020

How to be Christlike on the abortion issue

Jesus never talked about abortion per se, but we can tell from his conversations how...

October 14, 2020

A view of a theocracy: Saudi Arabia (and the US?)

I lived in the "theocracy" of Saudi Arabia for ten years – here is a...

October 10, 2020

Pro-choice honors life

Many Christians are taking a beating on social media when they express a willingness to...

October 10, 2020

Pro-choice honors life

Many Christians are taking a beating on social media when they express a willingness to...

October 06, 2020

Jesus and Marxism – compatible?

Here's a fun topic for today: Marxism, Black Lives Matter, and white Christianity! Learn something...

October 01, 2020

Dear conservative Christians: Dump Trump before he dumps you

Dear conservative Christians, You felt you needed to vote for Trump in 2016 because, Roe...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Trump and pro-life

To many of us, being pro-life means abiding by an ethic that goes well beyond...

September 25, 2020

About Breonna Taylor: our privilege is showing

Demonstrations are ongoing in the wake of the Breonna Taylor grand jury decision, and Christians,...

September 23, 2020

Muslims and Christians: we are family, Part One

Today I submit to you that, no matter our spiritual path, we are all family,...

September 21, 2020

The least of these need to see God in us

Who are "the least of these"? My full-time gig is writing about Middle East policy...

September 17, 2020

Gnats, camels, and Christian indifference

I read yesterday about a poll conducted by Barna, taking the temperature of the Christian world...

September 15, 2020

Thinking is better than “knowing”

"Knowing" is overrated. As a lifelong Christian and lifelong Muslim bound together in marriage, my...

September 11, 2020

Turning the Bible upside-down

Jesus flipped every norm of traditional religion to focus on faith and love. We need...

September 09, 2020

Let’s talk about eternity for a minute – Part Two, sheep and goats

Sheep and goats, Pharisees and tax collectors - let's talk about eternity. So the other...

September 07, 2020

Let’s talk about eternity for a minute – Part One, the Good Samaritan

What I want to talk about for the next few days has grown out of...

September 04, 2020

Pro-birth, -life, -choice, Part Three: Permission to defect from the anti-abortion party

Final post (for now) on birth, choice, and abortion. (Here's Part One, here's Part Two.)...

September 02, 2020

Pro-birth, Pro-life, Pro-choice, Part Two: contraceptives and all that jazz

A couple of days ago, I posted "Pro-birth, Pro-choice, Pro-life, Part One." I know you've...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

Pro-birth, Pro-life, Pro-choice, Part One

Here's a hot topic, possibly the single most divisive topic at the intersection of Christianity...

August 28, 2020

Humility – the “one thing needful”

I'm very thankful now, when I look back at who I was and all I've...

August 25, 2020

Stepping off the straight and narrow

(In these first Grace Colored Glasses posts, I'd just like to briefly talk about how...

August 19, 2020

New wineskins – new paradigm

So anyway... At the very moment when my paradigm was falling apart, along came the...

August 17, 2020

Grace and the Gospel according to Seinfeld

So many of us Earthlings see the world in black and white. We think we...

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