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May 2018

May 09, 2018

Signs of Our Times: Google Results When I Searched “Evangelicals Are”.

This morning I was researching the Puritans of the 1600's and 1700's. I was curious...

April 2018

April 18, 2018

On Being an Agnostic Student of Jesus Christ.

"What do you mean you are an agnostic student of Jesus Christ?" I am often...

March 2018

March 19, 2018

Goodbye, God: A Final Letter to the God I Used To Believe In.

Dear God I once believed in, Hello old "friend", it's me again. Today, I come...

March 08, 2018

Forget Glass Slippers, Give Us the Church’s Glass Ceiling to Shatter.

In honor of International Women's Day, I would like to challenge the sexist doctrine found...

February 2018

February 18, 2018

To the Apostate: Backsliding Away From Religion and Back to the Prince of Peace.

"This would be the first step in apostasy; men first forget the true, and then...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

Another Week, Another School Shooting: Our Prayers Need to Change

"The problem I am submitting to you arises not about prayer in general but only...

October 2017

October 10, 2017

Onward Christian Soldiers: The Culture War I Grew Up in Fighting for “Jesus”

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be...

October 03, 2017

Leaving Las Vegas: Returning with Hope and Promise of a Better World

Like many of you, my heart is boiling with fire raging blood in response to...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

WWSD (What would Satan do?): A New Grassroots Movement

WWJD (What would Jesus do) was a popular phrase in evangelical circles in the 1990's. It...

September 09, 2017

Empty the Pews: Top 10 Reasons I Support #EmptythePews on Twitter

It has been almost six years since I emptied the pews of church. I haven't...

September 06, 2017

DACA and the Gospel: Jesus is a DREAMer

If you grew up in Fundamental American Christianity, chances are you sung the...

July 2017

July 18, 2017

Given to Fly: Leaving the Cage of Fundamental Christianity

When birds are raised in captivity and accidentally get out of their cage, they usually...

May 2017

May 23, 2017

To the Black Sheep

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, And...

May 17, 2017

Why My Children Will Not Be Attending Vacation Bible School at Your Trump/Liberty University Supporting Fundamental Church.

Dear Friend, I know you think you're doing the right thing. I know you're guilt...

May 01, 2017

Jerry Falwell Jr. Says ‘Evangelicals Have Found Their Dream President.’ It is Time for Us to Denounce these Pharisees and Speak Out.

Saturday, April 29, 2017, Jerry Falwell Jr., an influential evangelical leader and president of Liberty...

April 2017

April 08, 2017

Sympathy for the Devil

The U.S. presidential election of 2016 will be one that the world will never forget....

March 2017

March 08, 2017

Are We Guilty of Political Elitism?

Growing up in Fundamental Christianity gave me many beautiful roots to grow from. Seeds were...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

If Being a Christian Means XYZ, then I am not a Christian.

In his book, Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America, Randall...

February 09, 2017

What if you were a refugee?: How to Inspire Empathy.

Like millions of human beings around the world, I am struggling to understand the political...

February 05, 2017

The Good News in the Age of Trump: Believe in the Age to Come.

I was taught at a very young age, as long as I can remember, what...

January 2017

January 18, 2017

Cleansing the Temple: Our work post the inauguration of Trump.

As I awoke from my depressed slumber from the late eve of election night, I...

January 15, 2017

Debating Jesus, Part I.

From the moment I was born, I was immersed in Fundamental Christianity, pointed toward Jesus....

January 15, 2017

Debating Christ, Part 2.

I imagine that if Jesus was physically here today he'd knock at my door after...