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May 2019

May 10, 2019

The Problem of Suffering

It's easily the strongest argument against belief in a loving, all-powerful God: "Why does God...

May 03, 2019

The Revolution Has Already Begun

As a follower of Jesus, I am a subversive agent of a Kingdom with...

May 02, 2019

Jesus Fulfilled The Law (Now It’s Obsolete)

There seems to be some confusion among American Christians about whether or not we're still...

April 2019

April 12, 2019

Everyone Is Someone’s Heretic

It started in September of 2017. Three authors who did not agree on everything...

April 09, 2019

Worthless? Remembering My Friend Robert Higgins

NOTE: This post was originally written April 30, 2010. Last week I had lunch with...

March 2019

March 26, 2019

An Appeal To Optimistic Christianity

I'll be honest, I'm a pessimist at heart. There's a phrase I love that...

March 22, 2019

Stop Trying To Fix People. Just Love Them.

So...I had a dream last night. It was kinda strange, but I woke up...

March 21, 2019

What’s Wrong With New Covenant Theology?

New Covenant Theology was the "new thing" a few decades ago and many were called...

March 14, 2019

Christ Is How We Understand Scripture (Not The Other Way Around)

Try to imagine someone trying to convince you that the menu at the restaurant was...

March 12, 2019

Do You Want To Live A Beautiful Life?

Wendy and I spent most of the day on Saturday at an event that...

February 2019

February 08, 2019

Is Christ Really In All Of Us?

"If something goes wrong, I'm the first to admit it. The first to admit it,...

February 06, 2019

How Agreement Divides Us

Ok, I know this seems counter intuitive, but stay with me here. Whenever we form...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

Learning From The Wrong People

Professor Lee Ross has done a lot of work in conflict resolution, promoting dialog...

January 24, 2019

Why Do I Partner With People I Disagree With?

One of the things I love most about the Heretic Happy Hour Podcast [which...

January 19, 2019

Debt Forgiveness vs Ransom Payment

The Christian idea of the Atonement is quite often a collection of mixed metaphors. We...

January 17, 2019

We Are All Inside God

There’s an old joke that goes like this: One fish says to another...

January 16, 2019

Half of US Christians Have No Idea What The Great Commission Is

According to Barna Research, over half of American Christians have never heard of the Great...

January 10, 2019

The Beautiful Freedom From Religion

I was talking with a friend the other day, over Skype, about all the...

January 06, 2019

Love Is A Person

Love isn’t a concept. It’s not a feeling. According to the Bible, love is...

January 05, 2019

Why I Prefer To Rock the Boat

It’s not uncommon for me to receive private messages or texts from friends and followers...

January 03, 2019

Jesus Never Claimed To Be The Only Way to Heaven

We hear this all the time: “Jesus is the only way to heaven” or “No...

December 2018

December 21, 2018

Is The Resurrection Unnecessary?

“If the only way we know Jesus is by reading about him in the...

December 17, 2018

Unwrapping Presence

If Jesus was called “Emmanuel” which means “God with us”, and if he promised...

December 17, 2018

Why Paul Literally Takes the Old Testament Figuratively

One of the more refreshing things about reading David Bentley Hart's excellent translation of the...

December 07, 2018

What’s So Great About Constantine?

If you listen to any Bible Scholar or Christian teacher long enough and you’ll...

December 05, 2018

When God Seems Far Away

Never underestimate the power of sitting in silence. I try to do this at least...

December 04, 2018

Those Who Trust In Christ Will Die

Reading through David Bentley-Hart’s New Testament translation each night before I go to sleep has...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Our Divine Potential

The question usually gets framed as something like: “Do you believe that humans are all...

November 15, 2018

Thankful Every Hour

Now that we’ve moved to Idaho, Wendy and I are really starting to miss our...

November 15, 2018

The Crowley/Darby Connection

Dispensationalism, the dominant theology of Evangelical Christianity today in America, originated in 1830 with John...