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May 2021

May 31, 2021

How Dungeons & Dragons Informed My Christian Theology

I fell in love with Dungeons & Dragons as a jr. high kid in the...

January 2020

January 08, 2020

3 Bad Habits We Pick Up from Corporate Prayer

I don’t know if anything in Christian thought and practice is more confusing than prayer....

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...

December 2017

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...

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 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...

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 03, 2015

Do Singles Need More Christian Dating Advice?

Writing Christian dating advice is quite the cottage industry. More than a few online personalities have built...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

5 Tips for Developing Opinions Worth Having

Opinions can be dangerous. The perspective I adopted yesterday can adversely affect the way I...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

Help! I’m a Christian Struggling with Suicidal Thoughts

I was 16 when my life was first touched by suicide. A good friend and fellow...

June 01, 2015

Why We’re Failing at Spiritual Transformation

I recently addressed the question, Are Christians Overselling Transformation? In this post, I looked at how often...

April 2015

April 11, 2015

Finding Peace with Your Inner Hypocrite

“Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A...

February 2015

February 11, 2015

3 Terrible Prayer Habits We Should Reconsider

Jesus spoke pretty strong words about prayer, “And when you pray, do not be like...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

Drinking the Kool-Aid of Our Own Success

“Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

5 Lessons I Wish I’d Learned by 25

One of life's tragic comedies is that when you're a teen, everyone's a moron but...

December 09, 2014

Recognizing the Evil in Our Everyday Selfishness

Our little town puts on a lighted Christmas parade every year. It's basically tractors with...

August 2014

August 13, 2014

Taking Responsibility for Inherited Prejudice

It was an incredibly hot day and I was selling Jesus junk at a Christian bookstore...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath

Unless you're dead (or a big fat liar), you get angry. Don't worry—it's a perfectly reasonable...

July 21, 2014

4 Stupid Substitutes for Humility

When Ben Franklin turned 20, he was determined to become virtuous. He put together a list of...

July 09, 2014

Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony

Taking gluttony seriously is more than simply wringing our hands about the Western obesity epidemic....

July 04, 2014

Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins: Envy

Samuel Beckett, the famed Irish novelist and author of Waiting for Godot, married his long-time companion Suzanne in...

July 01, 2014

Get off the Assembly Line and into the Wilderness

To desire the intangible over the physical is one of Christian spirituality's biggest challenges. It's hard...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

5 Steps for Embracing Real Christian Spirituality

The old cliché says that, “Christianity is not a religion but a relationship.” And while there...

June 18, 2014

5 Things to Remember on Your Very Worst Day

The Holmes and Rahe stress scale lists the most stressful life situations in order of “life-change units.”...

February 2014

February 23, 2014

The Seven Deadly Sins of Christian Platform Building

There's a weird world where marketing, social media, and Christianity have come together online in...

February 17, 2014

What Would It Take to Admit You’re Wrong?

I have a question for you. It's likely to push your buttons, but I'm going...

February 13, 2014

The Emotional Pornography of Nicholas Sparks

When the church talks about pornography (which they do often), they talk about how: It...

February 02, 2014

Why Christian Idealism Is Killing Spirituality

Researchers tell us that the more we're exposed to perfect bodies in the media, the...

January 2014

January 18, 2014

Christians: Fire Your Image Consultant

We tend to forget how much spin goes on in Hollywood and Washington. Both communities...

December 2013

December 02, 2013

What To Do When You Can’t Undo What’s Done (Part 2)

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit...