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June 2017

June 20, 2017

A Challenge to Those on the Fence about LGBTQ Affirmation

I get it. You don’t hate LGBTQ people. You’d like to affirm them, but you...

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?...

May 2017

May 18, 2017

Wounded Children (The Beautiful Gospel of WHEAT)

“Depravity” is not only a pessimistic view of the state of humanity, but also a...

May 09, 2017

The Beautiful Gospel of WHEAT (Not TULIP, DAISY, or ROSES)

It’s time for a new acronym—a counter-narrative to the Calvinistic gospel of TULIP, as well...

May 04, 2017

Was George MacDonald an Open Theist?

George MacDonald’s progressive views have garnered no shortage of controversy, but I’ve never heard his...

May 02, 2017

In Due Time God Revealed His Word (RTT)

God’s perfect self-revelation is found only in Jesus Christ and the message he taught. To...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

On Christians Talking Dirty (RTT)

For week four of Random Text Tuesday (RTT), my random-text selector gave me Ephesians 5:4....

April 20, 2017

The Violence of Scripture by Eric A. Seibert (Book Review)

This is part three of a three-part review of Eric Seibert’s books. See my introductory...

April 13, 2017

Disturbing Divine Behavior by Eric A. Seibert (Book Review)

This is part two of a three-part review of Eric Seibert’s books. See my introductory...

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 06, 2017

On “Picking and Choosing” Beliefs with Humility

I had an interesting conversation in the comments of another post, and I thought it...

April 04, 2017

A Day of Darkness and Gloom (RTT)

For the inaugural post of Random Text Tuesday (RTT), my random-text selector gave me Esther...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

An Open Letter to Jesus: Find Common Ground

Dear Jesus, Let me start by saying how much I appreciate the majority of what...

December 2016

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 24, 2016

A Day of Thanksgiving?

Today is called “Thanksgiving.” And there’s no doubt that I—well situated in my life of...

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...

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...

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 12, 2016

It’s Time to Speak Out as a Gay-Affirming Christian

For several years now, I’ve been straddling the fence in response to you, my LGBTQ...

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 03, 2015

How to (Actually) Spot a Theological Liberal

I came across this comic from Adam4d.com. Cute. But not exactly accurate. So I fixed...