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June 2021

June 11, 2021

Guest Post: I Hate Prayer by Amy Chumbley

I hate prayer. There I said it. I think I heard you gasp in horror....

May 2021

May 31, 2021

How Perfect Fear Casts Out Love

For about 2 years now I have been working with groups of people who are...

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...

May 26, 2021

What If The Next Great Revival Is Already Happening?

Every few decades the Christian Church experiences a revival that restores the original vision of...

May 12, 2021

Why Do Conservative Christians Fear Women?

I woke up today to a video post from a friend which featured sermon from...

May 06, 2021

Why American Christians Need An Acts 10:28 Moment

There's a beautiful, transformative event in the life of the Apostle Peter detailed in the...

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 15, 2021

Your Reconciliation Ministry: How’s It Going?

"And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as...

April 12, 2021

Good News For Non-Christians: Jesus Isn’t Like Most Christians

A few days ago I posted this meme on my Facebook page: ...

April 05, 2021

SUNSET OR SUNRISE? by Amy Chumbley

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

April 02, 2021

The Greater Commission

Barna Research posted recently their survey results to the question: "What is the Great Commission?"...

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 23, 2021

Erasing Shame

Today I had to erase a giant whiteboard. It was a huge board that stretched...

February 17, 2021

How Evangelicals Changed The Bible To Support Their Beliefs

It's ironic that the same people who call me a "Progressive" and a "Heretic" have...

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...

January 2021

January 27, 2021

Alisa Childers vs Jesus: Who Wins?

I really don't make it a habit to focus on specific people when I post...

January 20, 2021

Exiled In Babylon: Where Do We Go From Here?

On Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 I will co-host a round table panel to try to...

January 15, 2021

Is There Evidence For Jesus Outside Scripture?

I hear this question all the time: "Is there any evidence for Jesus of Nazareth...

January 07, 2021

My Beautiful Ugly by Amy Chumbley

[GUEST POST] I was in hiding. My friends had begun to wonder if I was...

January 05, 2021

The Hidden Twist Ending Of The Prodigal Son Story

It's always surprising to find something brand new in a verse you've read, and re-read,...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

Kissing 2020 Goodbye

Like everyone else, I am gleefully anticipating the end of this year from hell. Lots...

December 24, 2020

The Incarnation by Mary Emily Duba

[GUEST POST] The Incarnation – by which we mean “God coming to dwell...

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 04, 2020

Love, Sin, And Forgiveness

In our sin-obsessed version of Modern Christianity, there’s almost nothing more important than answering...

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."...

December 01, 2020

FOR PASTORS ONLY: Surviving Deconstruction

This might come as a shock to you, but over the last year or so...

November 2020

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...