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May 2013

May 06, 2013

Christian man-feminism: allies and misogynists

Recently I've found myself called into conversation with the new evangelical feminist movement that has...

May 03, 2013

Is Guantanamo Bay as far as the east is from the west?

Do you think these human beings matter to God? They certainly don't matter much to...

April 2013

April 27, 2013

Cut government spending, except when I have to wait in line

A number of people in my church have been impacted by the game of chicken...

April 25, 2013

Bob Edgar: A Christian for the Common Good (1943-2013)

He always had a joke for the pastor in the handshake line, often a slapstick...

April 21, 2013

Don’t stop immigration reform over the Boston bombing!

I knew it was coming. The lunatics in the outrage industrial complex are out in...

April 18, 2013

How did Jesus come to love guns and hate sex?

Since the gun debate is back in the news, I figured I would pull this...

April 17, 2013

Mr. Saturday Night Special

One of my favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd songs is "Mr. Saturday Night Special." The US Senate's...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

Why Google’s “War on Easter” is offensively Christlike

Today is Easter. It's also Cesar Chavez's birthday. Google decided to put Cesar Chavez's face...

February 2013

February 09, 2013

Illegal immigrant hunting permit

Words are inadequate to respond to this image that has been circulating the internet. I'll...

February 05, 2013

Jesus inside the beltway: Two no-brainer gun policies

Continuing to blog through what I'm learning at the General Board of Church and Society...

February 02, 2013

CampusPride and Chick-Fil-A make peace

It's not often that something I read on Huffington Post gives me "hopey-changey" goose bumps....

January 2013

January 21, 2013

I'm glad my church pays for my birth control

Well it's not a line item on our church budget called "Pastor family planning fund"...

January 11, 2013

The Jeremiah Wrighting of Louie Giglio

When the outrage industrial complex tried to make Jeremiah Wright into the bogeyman who would...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Love; don't profile

I had a disturbing conversation this week with a friend who has a child who's...

December 18, 2012

Why are evangelicals and Catholics the opposite on guns?

A recent survey by the Public Religion Research Institute has some very interesting statistics on...

December 17, 2012

Guns and Bibles? Really?!!

This photo has been circulating in response to the Connecticut shooting. I don't disagree that...

December 15, 2012

People who fear God don't make t-shirts like this

Whoever made this t-shirt doesn't fear God. Why? Because it blasphemes God's name when we...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Biblical Zion requires a one-state solution

The UN General Assembly today passed a resolution to grant Palestine "observer-state status," which Palestinian...

November 21, 2012

Can Israel love its enemies in Gaza and keep its people safe?

I realize I've had blogorrhea lately about the Gaza crisis. This is probably my last...

November 21, 2012

What counts as terrorism?

I realize I'll get in trouble for writing this. I hope you can love me...

November 19, 2012

1 Kings 22: a prophecy for today

I'm just going to share 1 Kings 22 without comment. It speaks for itself. Share...

November 17, 2012

The disaster of not talking with your enemies

One of the most cogent things that Barack Obama said during his 2008 presidential campaigns...

November 16, 2012

Six things I can say about Gaza

It's hard to articulate a legitimate Christian response to the tragedy in Gaza right now....

November 16, 2012

Five kids that God cares about

Below are pictures of five kids that God cares about. 1) Ahmed Younis Kadher, age...

November 15, 2012

Three images about Gaza that speak for themselves

My heart is sick at what is happening in Gaza right now. I can't think...

November 08, 2012

A Call to Humility and Repentance

My buddy Derek wrote a post yesterday about how it's not inappopriate for Christians to either mourn or celebrate...

November 05, 2012

A prayer for peace and integrity at the polls

Lord, we take many things for granted in our country, but the fact that we...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

Richard Mourdock: misogyny, poor taste, or bad theology?

"I struggled with it for a long time, but then I came to realize that...

October 24, 2012

Ten types of people I want to lose in the election

I've been trying so hard to avoid alienating people I love and care about by...

October 23, 2012

Strength vs. integrity: a Biblical response to the presidential debate

What I learned from last night's final presidential debate (which was the first one I...