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September 2020

September 18, 2020

Yes, Metaxas, Racism Is Still Wrong without God

According to Eric Metaxas, evil is only evil because God says so, and if God...

July 2019

July 16, 2019

Progressives Need to Start Preaching Hell Again

Maybe, rather than rushing in to immediately explain away what we think Jesus means by...

May 2018

May 09, 2018

What Hymns Still Work for You as a Progressive Christian?

I love the hymns I sang as a child, but so many of them are...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

The Theology of Battlestar Galactica (A New Podcast)

For any fans of science fiction and theology, I’d like to draw your attention to...

April 12, 2018

Hell & Mr. Pearson (A Review of Come Sunday)

Come Sunday starts off with a familiar scenario. Our main character is seated on a...

March 2018

March 21, 2018

Different Faiths, Same Religion

We all have a faith, and we all have a religion, but the two aren’t...

August 2017

August 30, 2017

The Nashville Statement—A Point-by-Point Response

Something compelled me to write a point-by-point response to all of their affirmations and denials....

August 29, 2017

Top 10 Books That Most Impacted My Spiritual Journey

Every book I read influences me in one way or another. But a handful of...

August 16, 2017

What I’ve Learned from Dead Guys (Podcast Interview)

Ryan Cagle and I chat about C.S. Lewis, St. Athanasius, George MacDonald, and my journey...

July 2017

July 10, 2017

Faith Communities (and a Hate Group) at Bellingham Pride

I was thrilled to see nine affirming congregations at my city’s Pride parade. And when...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

The Importance of Loving Yourself First

Jesus first. Others second. Yourself last. Right? Or do we have that backward? What if...

June 15, 2017

Can You Love LGBTQ People while Condemning Their Relationships?

Which side of history will we land on? How will our actions appear in retrospect?...

April 2017

April 10, 2017

Eric Seibert on God, Violence, and Scripture (Some Introductory Remarks)

I’ve wrestled long and hard with my understanding of scripture. I was raised to believe...

April 01, 2017

Ken Ham’s Ark Park Plans to Re-create Plagues of Egypt

As some of you know, I used to work for Answers in Genesis back in...

March 2017

March 12, 2017

Why Evolution May Be More Important to the Church Than I Once Believed

My background is steeped in Young Earth Creationism (YEC). I heard it taught as gospel...

July 2016

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...

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...

April 2016

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...

December 2015

December 01, 2015

What Defines a Heretic? Am I One?

Biblical definition Biblically speaking, the word heretic comes from the Greek hairetikon, meaning “divisive” (Titus...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Introducing My New Blog: Hippie Heretic

Why choose the name Hippie Heretic? In a sense, others chose the name for me....