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July 2020

July 08, 2020

Christians shouldn’t get depressed? What BS.

"Any person who makes a point of telling you how God feels about you wouldn't...

July 03, 2020

Can this born-again gay Christian woman find happiness?

I want to share with you a letter written to me by a lesbian Christian....

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Why don’t more Christians act like Christ?

Dear John, Why do you think it is that so many people who say they’re...

June 25, 2020

I’m in an open marriage. Can I still call myself a Christian?

Dear John, I am an unfundamentalist reader with a question for you about faith and...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

On giving up on Christianity

I don't know if it's happening with people generally; maybe it's just something I'm hearing...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

When is an abuser’s apology not an apology?

Sometimes your brain tells you that you received an apology, while your heart tells you...

September 18, 2015

A Christian grandmother nails the transgender issue

"The truth wasn't hard to find anyway. It was there every time I looked into...

August 2015

August 06, 2015

The real reason anti-LGBT Christians are so obsessed with sex?

I mean, c'mon already.

July 2015

July 02, 2015

40 Questions for (fear-mongering) pastor Kevin DeYoung, now stomping the rainbow flag

Going viral today is a post by pastor Kevin DeYoung called 40 QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTIANS NOW...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Dear angry evangelical Christians

You have nothing to fear but fear itself.

June 29, 2015

LGBT ruling = Attack of the Crazy Christians = Quiet time

Hi, folks! Congratulations to all who are rejoicing over SCOTUS's historic ruling that gay people...

June 27, 2015

Not even the might and will of the Christian church

In reflecting today upon the myriad argumentative strategies that I personally have adapted over the...

June 24, 2015

She’s 17 and bi–and her parents won’t allow it.

Sometimes honesty isn't the best policy.

June 17, 2015

Why Christian evangelizers should stop

Evangelicals are sending non-Christians exactly one message. And half of it needs to go.

June 15, 2015

Round TWO in our Big Debate about evangelizing in the workplace

Hey. No one said religion was pretty.

June 15, 2015

“We will continue to wear white as long as there is pink!”

When God decides to make a point with weather.

June 11, 2015

10 Reasons It’s Wrong to Evangelize in the Workplace

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Welcome to the first of three rounds in this Head to Head...

June 10, 2015

What Non-Christians Want Christians to Know

I'm doing an online debate on "Evangelism in the Workplace: Is Sharing your Faith Ever...

June 08, 2015

Sexual abuse and the pressure to forgive

If you've been sexually abused, the last thing on earth you need to worry about...

June 02, 2015

Why You’re Completely Able To Judge Caitlyn Jenner

Today my friend and fellow Patheos blogger Ben Corey posted a piece entitled Why You're...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Leading pastor of the Duggars’ fundamentalist denomination: “Only psychos feel ‘abused.'”

A pastor of the same fundamentalist denomination as the Duggars wants victims of abuse to...

May 29, 2015

Attack kitty sayz: “Can I haz no gayness now?”

I was walking in a park near my home this morning when, miraculously, I snapped...

May 22, 2015

Pastors Unite to Denounce Churches’ Attack on Progressive Christianity

"We believe Rev. Good and his colleagues are preaching a distorted view of progressive Christianity...

May 19, 2015

Eight “Bible-believing” churches vs. one progressive church

It's one church against eight.

May 18, 2015

“Satan created no man; God created no sin. But I’m a gay Christian. So … ?”

Reaching out saves lives.

May 15, 2015

Women being “subservient” is everything Jesus opposed

This isn't a complicated issue.

May 13, 2015

Fundamentalism and Wife Abuse: A Matter of Conscience

A terrible truth about fundamentalism that cannot be reasoned away.

May 04, 2015

How churches support domestic violence, and what you can do about it

Choosing to be a housewife and mother is an honor. Having been inculcated to believe...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

When Bad Christians Happen to Christians in Love with Non-Christians

Ah, young love. Even awful Christians can't stop it.

April 28, 2015

“Bible believing” pastors and the enabling of domestic violence

The inevitable legacy of the Christianity which insists upon a wife's "sacrificial obedience."