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March 2020

March 04, 2020

How I Love My Bendable Jesus

Oh bendable, poseable Jesus, how I love thee. Let me count the ways. I love...

February 2020

February 27, 2020

How The Light Spills Out

Last weekend, Wendy and I visited the local Quaker meeting here in El Paso. The...

February 26, 2020

Return Of The Love Buts (A New Hope)

Some of you may have been following the saga of the "Love Buts" that started...

February 19, 2020

The Love Buts Strike Back

Yesterday I posted an article here "Attack of the Love Buts" about how some Christians...

February 18, 2020

Attack Of The Love Buts

Try this experiment. Step 1: Post "God is Love" on Facebook or Twitter. Step...

February 17, 2020

3 Lies Christians Believe

For the longest time I believed these 3 lies. The Gospel is about saying a...

January 2020

January 24, 2020

You May Hate Yourself But God Is Crazy In Love With You

You make His heart sing. He can't stop thinking about you. He throws back His...

January 23, 2020

The God Who Worships Us

The Greek word for “worship” is proskyneō and it is translated as “to kiss, to lower oneself...

January 17, 2020

Join Now: The Christian Anti-Terror Task Force

As a member of the Christian Anti-Terrorism Task Force you join an elite team of...

January 13, 2020

Where Are The Peacemakers?

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the...

January 04, 2020

Christians: We Can End War In 2020

There are over 2.3 Billion Christians in the world today, according to most polls. In...

January 01, 2020

Finding A Little Hope

Last night, as we were sitting around the fireplace, reflecting back on the year...

December 2019

December 24, 2019

How Christians Embraced Virgin Sacrifice

Most Christians - if you ask them - will strongly deny that they believe in...

December 23, 2019

Stop Surpassing God’s Infinity

There you go again, loving sinners more than God does. It's getting kinda annoying, to...

December 17, 2019

Why The God Of Wrath Let Cain Off The Hook

Every time. Every single time I try to teach people that God is love and...

December 13, 2019

More Christmas Presence

Even though Jesus was not born on December 25th, this is the time of year...

December 11, 2019

The Slow Motion Second Coming of Christ

There is more of Christ in the world right now than there was when...

December 06, 2019

Filthy Rags VS Pregnant Faith

Recently, as I was expounding on the evils of "Worm Theology" and refuting the idea...

December 06, 2019

Where Was God In The Holocaust?

In the current season of the Netflix series, "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee", Jerry Seinfeld...

December 03, 2019

An Obituary For The American Church

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved woman, The American Church, who has been...

November 2019

November 07, 2019

Do I Stand Alone?

Last week I got a private message from someone I've known for a few years....

October 2019

October 31, 2019

Is Jesus Right (Or Wrong)?

Sometimes the simplicity of Jesus gets lost in the quagmire of today's Christian Theology and...

October 24, 2019

Amazing Graciousness [How Sweet The Sound]

Early Christians weren't perfect. I know that. For a long time I used to think...

August 2019

August 21, 2019

Behold The Lamb of God Who Keeps Reminding Us Of Our Sins

It's quite disturbing to me that so many Christian churches today are continually fixated...

August 13, 2019

Part 3: Why Are [Some] Christians So Mean?

In response to my comment: “If you would shoot your enemy in the head, you...

August 12, 2019

Part 2: Why Are [Some] Christians So Mean?

Reason #2 – Christians in America don’t know what makes you a Christian I...

August 09, 2019

Why Are (Some) Christians So Mean?

It happens far too often. A few weeks ago my non-Christian friend shared with me...

August 08, 2019

Part 4: Healing My Affluenza

In this final section of the interview, my friend, Thomas Crisp and I talk about...

August 07, 2019

Part 3: My Affluenza

In this section of our interview, my friend, Biola Professor Thomas Crisp and I get...

August 02, 2019

My Affluenza [Part 2]

Part 1 of our dialog ended with me asking Biola Philosophy Professor Thomas Crisp an...