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June 2025

June 27, 2025

INNER CIRCLE: Ask Your Mother

“One day a disciple asked the Lord about the state of the world. He told...

May 2025

May 30, 2025

INNER CIRCLE: Christ Revealed In Us

“In this world, those who wear a garment are more precious than their garment. In...

November 2024

November 22, 2024

INNER CIRCLE: Mary’s Gospel Begins

The Opening Question As author and scholar Karn King notes in her book, The Gospel...

July 2024

July 31, 2024

Beware Mr. Bubbles and the Lake of Suds

I've written an entire book about the origins of the doctrine of Hell, Jesus...

April 2024

April 25, 2024

Mythical Jesus, Mystical Christ

For many of us, our ideas about Jesus have shifted since the early days...

April 18, 2024

Our Necessary Chaos

As I was interviewing author Mary Terhune [Out of the Blue] for my Second Cup...

December 2023

December 26, 2023

Building The New Without Fighting The Old

Over the last few months I've been going through a bit of a paradigm shift....

August 2023

August 31, 2023

Exomologeo: A Response To Critics

It has come to my attention that several people object to my conclusion that word...

February 2023

February 02, 2023

Answering Questions About God, Hell and the Bible

I get questions from people on a regular basis via social media. People reach out...

November 2022

November 11, 2022

Guest Post: Dragging All Humanity Into Christ by Lee O’Hare

NOTE: This post is shared here with permission of my friend, Lee O'Hare, who originally...

June 2022

June 27, 2022

Embracing The Mystery

EMBRACING THE MYSTERY NOTE: The following is taken from my notes for a sermon preached...

May 2022

May 18, 2022

INNER CIRCLE: Stop Fasting and Praying

Saying 6: "His disciples asked him and said to him, “Do you want us to...

May 05, 2022

Unlimited Access

What if there was a child; a baby girl, and she's born in a remote...

March 2022

March 06, 2022

I’m Going Full Heretic

I find myself drifting farther and farther away from the Christianity I grew up with....

January 2022

January 22, 2022

Time, Space, Doubt and Mystery

The great philosopher Aristotle once said, “Time is the most unknown of all unknown things.”...

January 11, 2022

The Great I AM is a WE and an US

Today's post is a very special one for me. First, because I get to share...

December 2021

December 07, 2021

You Are Not Worthless Horse Pucky

It's kinda surreal to see an article calling me out by name and criticizing something...

September 2021

September 09, 2021

Why God Needs Us

A few weeks ago my friend Kenneth Tanner posted something that really got me thinking....

August 2021

August 17, 2021

GODISNOWHERE

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

July 2021

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 16, 2021

76 Bible Verses To Support Universal Reconciliation

For those who doubt that the Bible teaches that all shall be saved, here are...

June 2021

June 17, 2021

Romans 101: Why So Many Christians Miss The Point

I'm beginning to think that the Apostle Paul's epistle to the Romans might be the...

June 14, 2021

The Quantum Theory Of Love

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

April 2021

April 09, 2021

How Much More?

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

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 19, 2021

Jesus Saves (From What?)

After reading and re-reading the New Testament, I'm now fully convinced that our view of...

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...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

Why Bad People Will Be In Heaven

As someone who has come to accept the Biblical view of Universal Reconciliation, I need...

July 2020

July 17, 2020

How The Resurrection Proves Everyone Is Forgiven

It's kinda funny how, once your eyes are opened, you can start to see things...

May 2020

May 01, 2020

Why God Forgives Like Jesus Does

It's still one of the most arresting statements in the entire New Testament; when Jesus...