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April 2018

April 05, 2018

Three Fibs We Keep Telling about the New Testament

It’s time we shook off some of the myths that we’re regularly taught in the...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

Only the Mystics Can Save Christianity Now

For the 25 years that I've been a Christian, the "God-shaped vacuum" is one of...

January 25, 2018

How “Support the Troops” Aids the Military-Industrial Complex

In October of 1968, Johnson called a halt to North Vietnamese bombings to fuel peace...

January 17, 2018

Stop Telling Me about the “Lazy” and “Entitled” Poor

Years ago I led my small-group discussion on Christ's troubling parable about Lazarus and the rich man...

January 14, 2018

When the Church Is the Reason You Struggle with Doubt

I have a lot of atheist friends, and I'm never defensive when they talk about their...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

Christians: Stop Trying To Guess What Jesus Would Do

Remember in the 90s when those cloth WWJD bracelets were all the rage? I worked...

December 23, 2017

The Gospel Has Got to Be More Than Forgiveness for Sinners

If you ever watch someone like Ray Comfort do street evangelism, you see a perfect picture...

December 08, 2017

Can You Trust the Story You’re Telling Yourself?

If you think about it, every one of us is trapped in our own mind and...

November 2017

November 18, 2017

Are Religious People More Inclined to Believe Nonsense?

There's been a lot of discussions lately about who's more susceptible to "fake news." In...

November 14, 2017

5 Things Jesus Would Say to Conservative American Evangelicals

There's a growing polarization in America. As the gulf between the partisan left and the...

August 2017

August 14, 2017

Pastors: If You’re Not Speaking Up, It’s Time to Hand Off the Mic

I fear that churches in America are being run like corporations. And like many companies,...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

Sarcasm, Generation X, and Our Ironic Savior

It always strikes me as funny when I hear Gen. Xers bad mouth Millennials (which...

February 2017

February 18, 2017

Rethinking Church Authority with the Iroquois

The first church I attended went through a huge split just before I arrived. Many...

February 15, 2017

Church or Government: Whose Job Is It to Take Care of the Poor?

Whenever you see a left-leaning Christian talking to a conservative about poverty, it turns into...

January 2017

January 25, 2017

5 Things the Fundamentalists Forget about Jesus

We all know fundamentalists, but most of us would never admit to being one. The truth...

August 2016

August 01, 2016

Dear Christian, Your Hope Isn’t in Politics

There's a dangerous political subtext that runs through New Testament. When Herod slaughtered the children...

July 2016

July 16, 2016

3 Reminders for Turning Conversation into True Communication

It's incredible that communication is possible at all. Every one of us is one island in an...

July 02, 2016

As a Christian, I Don’t Need a Christian President

“Do you renounce Satan and all his works?" "I do renounce them." ". . ....

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Coming to Grips with Christian Hypocrisy

It's probably no surprise that many people associate the word “Christian” with the word “hypocrite.”...

February 2016

February 17, 2016

Lessons the Church Could Learn from the Temptations of Christ

Jesus sat in a shaded outcropping of rocks as the heat rose off the desert...

February 12, 2016

Jesus in the Desert: My Complete Fear of Silence

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by...

February 06, 2016

Sometimes God Doesn’t Rescue You: John the Baptist’s Story

I'm tired to death of self-help, formulaic Christianity. For the last 25 years, I have...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

When the Good Guys Aren’t God’s Guys: The Story of Herod and the Wisemen

The second chapter of Matthew demonstrates a powerful lesson that we've never bothered to learn. This...

January 28, 2016

Joseph, the New Testament’s Antihero

Matthew gets a lot of love for his inclusion of women into Jesus' genealogy (Matt....

January 07, 2016

My Place in Matthew’s Messy Genealogy of Jesus

I committed to write my way through Matthew. But honestly, nothing dampens your enthusiasm like having...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

Does Your Church Have a Shooter Policy?

It's crazy that I need to ask you this question, but for the sake of...

December 17, 2015

Why in God’s Name Would I Blog through Matthew?

My furry friend Chuck who recently started a new blog, Hippie Heretic, invited other bloggers...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

5 Tips for Making Friends with Atheists

I can't believe this post needs to be written, but it does. Too many Christians...

August 06, 2015

Blogging Advice: Protecting Your Content

If you blog because you want to build a platform based on your unique voice...

August 05, 2015

The Spiritual Toll of American Consumerism

“Am I my brother's keeper?” With this casual question, Cain shrugs off responsibility for the brother he's...