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January 2018

January 29, 2018

A Response to My Former Self on Unity & Theological Essentials

Four years ago, I wrote a chapter for the book, Simple Church: Unity Within Diversity....

December 2017

December 14, 2017

The Beautiful Gospel of WHEAT Distilled (with Danny Prada)

My friend Danny Prada, lead pastor of HeartWay Church, has distilled the points of WHEAT...

July 2017

July 25, 2017

Thoughts on the Eucharist: Mystical, Not Magical, and Everyone Is Included

Does Jesus have a checklist of requirements that must be met before making himself present?...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

Transformative Love (The Beautiful Gospel of WHEAT)

Salvation—theosis—is the process of being transformed by God’s love into his image. We can’t “lose”...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

Human Solidarity (The Beautiful Gospel of WHEAT)

Jesus accomplished our salvation by uniting his divine nature with our human nature, and he...

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...

April 2017

April 14, 2017

What Did Jesus’ Death Accomplish? (Here’s the Best Explanation I’ve Heard)

It’s Good Friday, and the church is contemplating the death of Christ. Why did he...

January 2017

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...

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...

February 2016

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...

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...