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May 2016

May 26, 2016

Why we love “The Walking Dead”

Maybe you don't love the Walking Dead, but millions of people do. The question is,...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Just because something hurts doesn’t mean it’s the truth

I realize I take some swipes at various people and groups on this blog from...

December 16, 2014

Why so many white evangelical Christians are incompetent scoundrels

Writer Samuel Johnson once said that "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." To...

December 11, 2014

The most dangerous people in the world

We're often led to believe that the most dangerous people on the planet are those with...

December 05, 2014

Why you need to read “Disarming Scripture”–it’s a matter of life and death

One of my favorite sayings attributed to Jesus comes from Mark 2:27 "The Sabbath was...

December 04, 2014

Looking for a Christmas gift for that “special someone”? How about a book on hell?

For a blog called "Hellbound?", I don't tend to write about hell very much. However, with the...

December 03, 2014

Guest Post from Jason Wiedel: Standing Up for Christmas

Jason Wiedel’s new book Persecution Complex: Why American Christians Need to Stop Playing the Victim addresses...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

Frank Schaeffer at his finest

Author Talk: Frank Schaeffer from PPLD TV on Vimeo.

November 12, 2014

Persecution Complex: Coming soon!

Persecution Complex: Why American Christians Need to Stop Playing the Victim, a new book by...

November 06, 2014

Kevin DeYoung — the complete “Hellbound?” interview

This rounds out my collection of "young, restless and Reformed" interviewees. Like Justin Taylor, Kevin...

November 04, 2014

Originally, we planned to interview all three of these guys separately, but they insisted on...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Justin Taylor – the full “Hellbound?” interview

Continuing with the "young, restless and Reformed" theme, begun with my interview with Mark Driscoll,...

October 28, 2014

Mark Driscoll – the full “Hellbound?” interview

I've been meaning to post this for a while, but Vimeo has been giving me...

October 27, 2014

Who is really naive–those who think violence can solve their problems or those who don’t?

I've received a fair bit of flack over a post I wrote last week that essentially...

October 22, 2014

There is no B/13

Yesterday I got into a bit of an altercation with a student during a lecture...

October 16, 2014

The Unbelievers isn’t a documentary, it’s hubris of the highest order

Let me begin by making one point clear: Unlike many of my peers, I really like...

October 09, 2014

Some resources to help you think through the Affleck/Maher/Harris “debate” over Islam

First of all, here it is in case you missed it. Sam Harris has written...

October 06, 2014

We didn’t fall from Eden–we are slowly but surely crawling out of hell

"A loathing of modernity is one of the great constants of contemporary social criticism." So...

October 02, 2014

WWJB? Eleven years later, the shirt has worn out, but the question remains

Eleven years ago, in response to the second Iraq war, my friend Brad Jersak created T-shirts with...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Am I smarter than President Obama? I don’t think so…

In his his Sept. 24 speech to the UN general assembly, President Obama said, As an...

September 19, 2014

Frame or be Framed

Several years ago I worked on a documentary called spOILed, which takes a rather unique look...

September 17, 2014

Who was Harold Camping? This new documentary should refresh your memory

Harold Camping was the Christian radio broadcaster who issued multiple failed predictions of when the End...

September 10, 2014

David French needs to read some MLK

In a recent blog post, David French, Senior Counsel at the staunchly Zionist American Center for Law...

August 2014

August 11, 2014

How do you react to news of atrocities?

This question came up today as I read this Gospel Coalition article that questions the reports...

August 01, 2014

Victimhood: a double-edged sword

As Stephen Pinker argues convincingly in his book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Idiots, Maniacs and Me

I spend a lot of time arguing with people on Facebook. Perhaps too much time....

June 02, 2014

A new interview where I connect the dots between “Hellbound?”, “Expelled” and… leprechauns?

You can read all about it here.

March 2014

March 11, 2014

God is non-violent? All I can say is, WTF?

That's right--What the Facebook? Posts from the Edge of Christendom. That's the title of Michael...

March 10, 2014

What is the best foundation for the existence of objective moral values–theism or atheism?

Either I'm getting old or something is happening at precisely 4:48 a.m. each morning to...

March 03, 2014

Moral outrage and other ways to “win” arguments

If you'd like to read a fascinating critique of penal substitutionary atonement theory, I heartily...