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December 2015

December 03, 2015

Is God’s sovereignty threatened by the regulation of guns or pollution?

"God isn't fixing this," says the front page of the New York Daily News about...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

Can Christian theology promote terrorism?

We don't know exactly what motivated the white terrorist who attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic...

November 25, 2015

I’m thankful for the “ungrateful” protesters

The last time I heard my grandpa say the N-word was at a Thanksgiving dinner...

November 23, 2015

Was Moses a terrorist?

Over the past week as terrorist attacks have happened in Paris, Beirut, Baghdad, Mali, and...

November 19, 2015

Support Clothing Drive for Uganda’s Good Samaritan Initiative!!!

Some of you will recall that I've used my platform to put out appeals in...

November 18, 2015

Five favorite quotes from Mandy Smith’s The Vulnerable Pastor

I first encountered Mandy Smith at the 2014 Ecclesia National Gathering where she preached an...

November 14, 2015

Resisting the Great Terrorist

The word devil is a bastardization of the Greek word diabolos, which is a compound...

November 12, 2015

An open letter to the white #Mizzou student who wrote the open letter to black student activists

Dear non-racist white college student from Missouri, I'm an anti-racist white campus minister who is...

November 11, 2015

The callousness of Erika Christakis’ #Yale intellectualism

In case you hadn't heard, Yale is going through some drama. A group of administrators...

November 09, 2015

Starbucks’ brilliant exploitation of the war against the war against Christmas

I hate Starbucks. It's nothing personal. For my generation of anti-globalization activists at the turn...

November 07, 2015

Rene Girard, God’s wrath, and Jesus’ cross

In 2001, my spiritual mentor Bob Holum gave me a book that completely changed everything...

November 06, 2015

When pastors bear false witness against transgender people

The word "Satan" in Hebrew means "the accuser." When we stir up drama against other...

November 01, 2015

Seven points of contention in today’s reformation

So it's that time of year known as Reformation Sunday when we remember the anniversary...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

A lesson in walking slowly

My son Isaiah and I have developed a tradition. Each Saturday after he plays soccer...

October 27, 2015

The authority of the badge vs. the authority of the cross

Obedience and authority. The two favorite words of white conservative evangelical Christianity. They are at...

October 26, 2015

Mental illness, morality, and holiness

One of the most important struggles of my spiritual journey has been the way that...

October 22, 2015

How Cub Scouts is making me a better dad

Progressive Christians aren't supposed to like the Boy Scouts, especially not the Scouts'...

October 19, 2015

Why your church men’s group needs to read Nate Pyle’s Man Enough

I wonder how many other men out there feel as unmanly as I...

October 05, 2015

I’m grateful that my father never owned a gun

In the aftermath of the latest tragic school shooting in Oregon, the Internet is pulsating...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Jesus would have met with Kim Davis and Gene Robinson

Nothing makes Jesus facepalm more than the stupid oversimplifications of our culture war. Apparently, some...

September 29, 2015

Two simple theological reasons why no evangelical should ever support the death penalty

As I write these words, Kelly Gissendaner is being put to death by the state...

September 28, 2015

Evangelism and conquest: the troubling legacy of Junipero Serra

One of the most controversial things that Pope Francis did on his trip to the...

September 25, 2015

How Pope Francis completely redefined the Golden Rule

The Golden Rule is one of the most familiar Christian teachings. Supposedly there's a version...

September 22, 2015

What will happen if Pope Francis gets a selfie with the gays?

The latest drama manufactured by the culture war industrial complex is a tiff over the...

September 16, 2015

The best birthday present you could ever give me

Since it's my birthday, hundreds of people (some of whom actually know me) have gotten...

September 11, 2015

An Honest Question for Christians Who Say They “Obey” the Bible

I wanted to ask an honest question. It's partly a loaded question, but partly a...

September 09, 2015

#BecauseImAChristian (Not #ImAChristianBut)

A couple days ago, the twitter hashtag #ImAChristianBut was trending. I knew immediately that it...

September 07, 2015

Capitalism’s war on the Sabbath

One of the most important events in labor history happened in Exodus 20:10 when God...

September 04, 2015

The squandered witness of anti-gay “martyrdom” in an age of dehumanizing sex

I'm not going to call Kim Davis a bigot. I don't think she's a malicious...

August 2015

August 20, 2015

Why moralistic meritocracy is incompatible with Christian teaching

There's a meme going around Facebook about a famous football player who boasts that he...

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