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March 2017

March 06, 2017

Mirror Bible by Francois du Toit (Book Review)

January 2017

January 23, 2017

12 Famous Quotes These Christian Leaders Never Said

I frequently see these quotes make the rounds on social media. They’re mostly great sentiments,...

January 11, 2017

No Marriage in the Resurrection? Here’s What Jesus Really Said

A certain discussion between Jesus and the Sadducees has led to a widespread belief among...

January 09, 2017

The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr & Mike Morrell (Book Review)

This is a book about the Trinity, but it’s not your average exposition of the...

December 2016

December 18, 2016

Patmos by C. Baxter Kruger (Book Review)

The majority of my reading is generally nonfiction theology. But within the realm of fiction,...

December 04, 2016

Jesus Showed Us! by Brad Jersak (Book Review)

A little over a year ago, I reviewed Brad Jersak’s A More Christlike God: A...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

Help Mark Van Steenwyk Buy Back The unKingdom of God

A little over a year ago, I had the pleasure to review Mark Van Steenwyk’s...

November 04, 2016

Does This Make Me a Bad Anabaptist?

I have a confession to make. I don’t care very much about baptism. Does this...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

A New Verse to a Favorite Hymn

To the tune of Frederick M. Lehman’s “The Love of God”: The love of God...

October 23, 2016

This Nameless Movement of God

I posted the following thoughts on my Facebook wall yesterday. The reaction to my post...

July 2016

July 19, 2016

On Violence in The Seed (a Follow-Up to My Review) with Erik Guzman

In my recent review of Erik Guzman’s The Seed, I mentioned one part of the...

July 18, 2016

The Seed by Erik Guzman (Book Review)

I tend to read a lot more non-fiction works than novels. But how could I...

July 11, 2016

Lord Willing? by Jessica Kelley (Book Review)

This was a hard book for me to read. It’s also a book that has...

July 05, 2016

A Gay-Affirming Christian, Part 4: Confronting the Clobber Passages

This is the fourth and final post in a series arguing for the legitimacy of...

July 03, 2016

What Did Jesus Think of the Revolution?

More than two centuries ago, the founding fathers of the United States signed a document...

July 01, 2016

A Gay-Affirming Christian, Part 3: It All Comes Down to Love

This is the third post in a series arguing for the legitimacy of LGBTQ relationships...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

A Gay-Affirming Christian, Part 2: The Biblical Case for Marriage

This is the second post in a series arguing for the legitimacy of LGBTQ relationships...

June 27, 2016

A Gay-Affirming Christian, Part 1: Entering the Conversation

My wife and I recently celebrated our fourth anniversary. These past four and a half...

June 10, 2016

Rewilding the Way by Todd Wynward (Book Review)

We all recognize that there is supposed to be more to this Christianity thing than...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Interview with Jeremy Myers, Author of The Atonement of God

I’ve long enjoyed discussions and debates with my friend Jeremy Myers on his blog and...

April 12, 2016

No, Denying Inerrancy Does Not Make One a Marcionite

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve witnessed an inerrantist accuse someone of...

April 11, 2016

The Nature of Scripture, Prophecy, and Fulfillment According to Matthew

In the first two chapters of his Gospel, Matthew directs his readers’ attention to four...

April 02, 2016

My Long Fight to Defend Inerrancy & Why I Finally Accepted the Bible We Have

I was raised as a missionary kid in a fundamentalist family. My dad, a pastor...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

A King of the Jews, Pagan Magi, and God’s Radical Inclusivity

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod,...

February 2016

February 06, 2016

Water to Wine by Brian Zahnd (Book Review)

My introduction to Brian Zahnd was his book A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor’s...

February 05, 2016

25 Views on Hell? 2 Questions to Reframe the Debate

The Christian church has always agreed that there will be a final judgment of the...

January 2016

January 01, 2016

Some Good Books I Read in 2015

These books aren’t all new, but I read them all for the first time in...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

When Joseph Chose to Bear Mary’s “Sin”

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public...

December 22, 2015

When John Piper and I Agree (What Is Our Hope In?)

I very rarely agree with John Piper. I love him as my brother in Christ,...

December 21, 2015

Did Mary Remain a Perpetual Virgin?

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was...