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August 2021

August 17, 2021

GODISNOWHERE

It's no secret that I am a huge fan of the science fiction author Philip...

August 06, 2021

What The Trinity Teaches Us About Including Outsiders

Embedded in the doctrine of the Trinity is a very simple principle that most Christians...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

Jesus Admits: The Bible Is Incomplete

Here's something that will shock those "Bible-Believing" defenders of Orthodoxy: Jesus admitted there was more...

July 20, 2021

All Or Nothing: Reading Scripture With Our Eyes Open

In this article, I'd like to simply point out a few unmistakable facts about what...

July 01, 2021

The Miracle Parables of Jesus

There's a miracle story in the Synoptic Gospels that most Christians are quite familiar with....

June 2021

June 21, 2021

Giving Power To What We Focus On

There's a common phrase that reminds us that what we focus on is what we...

June 14, 2021

The Quantum Theory Of Love

Believe it or not, the most controversial and scandalous topic I have ever talked about...

June 03, 2021

We Are Saved By What We Don’t Know

My friend Kenneth Tanner posted this on his Facebook page a few days ago: "We...

May 2021

May 28, 2021

Is It Time For A New Biblical Canon?

For the first 400 years of Church History, almost everyone had their own personal Canon...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

Why Jesus Doesn’t Fix It

Evangelical Christians [and many Atheists] tend to expect God to make everything better. Evangelicals cling...

April 09, 2021

How Much More?

There's a verse in 1 Corinthians 15 that most Evangelical Christians really wish wasn't there....

April 05, 2021

SUNSET OR SUNRISE? by Amy Chumbley

[GUEST POST] It seemed strange, somehow even wrong, to be decorating a house while someone...

March 2021

March 25, 2021

Our Humanity Has Always Been One With The Trinity

I love when this happens: I'm talking to my students in the Square 1 or...

March 05, 2021

Calling Christianity Back To Repentance

After reading up on the history of the early church several years ago, I came...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

Why Did Jesus Have To Die?

Penal Substitutionary Atonement Theory [PSA] is probably the worst Christian doctrine ever imagined. Not...

February 11, 2021

How Jesus Grasped Equality With God

A few days ago I realized something pretty astounding about Philippians 2 that I had...

February 03, 2021

Imagining The Unimaginable

Try this: Close your eyes and imagine the unimaginable. That's sort of what we're doing...

December 2020

December 22, 2020

Why Some Christians Deny The Incarnation

The beautiful paradox of the Incarnation - which Christians the world over celebrate every December...

December 10, 2020

Deification: The Lost Doctrine Of The Early Church

Yesterday I had a wonderful conversation with Father Kenneth Tanner. During our talk, he referenced...

December 03, 2020

God Is An Addict by Amy Chumbley

[GUEST POST] God speaks in mysterious ways. Who knew a television show about cars could...

December 02, 2020

Uncovering Gospel Truth Outside Our Faith

The Kingdom of Heaven is within you: and whosever shall know himself shall find it."...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

How Jesus Redefines Exile

As author and theologian N.T. Wright points out, the story of Adam and Eve in...

November 11, 2020

Death To The Status Quo!

As I’ve been reading on the early church, I’ve come across a great saying used...

November 10, 2020

What We Keep Forgetting

There are signs to remind us all around. Reminders of how connected we are to...

October 2020

October 15, 2020

Jumping Off The Quantum Spirituality Band Wagon

It's hard to make it through a single day without someone posting a video or...

October 07, 2020

How Many Christians Does It Take To Unscrew The Church?

Honestly, this is a rhetorical question. But it does make me wonder what it will...

October 01, 2020

Why Is Jesus Left Out Of The Atonement Discussion?

[NOTE: The following is an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published book Jesus Unforsaken: Substituting Wrath...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

7 Reasons Why Jesus Was NOT Sacrificed For Your Sins

One of the lynchpins of Penal Substitutionary Atonement Theory [PSA] is that Jesus had to...

August 11, 2020

Are We Missing The Mark On Missing The Mark?

We often think of sin as "missing the mark", but I want to us to...

August 05, 2020

This Is Where God Lives

I honestly believe that one of the most transformative truths that most Christians still haven't...