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May 2018

May 14, 2018

The Rich Variety of God’s Wisdom (Ephesians 3:10)

Today's daily office epistle reading is part of the beautifully mystical letter to the Ephesians....

May 09, 2018

Stand Up For Campus Workers’ Rights at Duke

An article came across my social media feed from the Durham Independent Weekly that two...

May 03, 2018

No, The Bible Does Not Condemn Domestic Violence

For those of you who have been following the drama around fundamentalist seminary president Paige...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

Is Hell the Reason to Love Jesus?

Tim Keller wrote two books Prodigal God and Generous Justice that really shaped me and which...

April 18, 2018

Plowshares Still Have Blades

This past Sunday, I preached on Micah 4:1-5. If you'd like to hear what I...

April 10, 2018

Evangelicals, Woketivists, and the “Faith” of Believing Hard Things

The best preparation for me to become a woketivist as an adult was growing up...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Hoda Katebi: What Speaking the Truth in Love Looks Like

If you have not yet seen the interview with Iranian-American blogger Hoda Katebi on Chicago's...

January 2018

January 16, 2018

Can Player Culture Get Canceled Forever?

In the 1999 film Magnolia, Tom Cruise plays professional misogynist self-help guru Frank "T.J." Mackie...

January 12, 2018

How Can We Talk Forgiveness in the Age of #MeToo?

This Sunday I will preach the kickoff sermon of the spring semester at my campus...

December 2017

December 21, 2017

Can Jesus Forgive Sins Without Transforming the Economy? (A Response to Tim Keller)

Jesus didn't come primarily to solve the economic, political, and social problems of the world....

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Sex As Grace (Reflecting On A Discussion With College Men)

"Togetherness in Bed," rt69, Flickr C.C. This week, I decided to go through former Archbishop...

November 27, 2017

Prayer: Waiting For the Lover Who Often Doesn’t Come

The day before Thanksgiving, I went to a used bookstore in Sulphur Springs, Texas. It...

November 14, 2017

Roy Moore, Jerry Falwell, Jr, and the Evangelical Authority Crisis

In an interview with the Religion News Service about alleged pedophile and Alabama Senate candidate...

November 09, 2017

Roy Moore: The Ultimate Test For Evangelicals

It really is starting to feel like something supernatural and apocalyptic is at foot in...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Ten Principles for the Next Reformation

I got to spend the weekend that marked the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation...

October 19, 2017

Why you need to read Henri Nouwen

Every other summer, my family goes to visit my wife's cousin on his ranch in...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

Introducing the Raw Movement, a Tulane student initiative

Today I'm sharing a guest post from a Tulane student named Cassidy Oberleitner who...

September 23, 2017

When It Became My Duty Not to Stand for the National Anthem

The gift that Trump has given to American Christians is to reveal what is at...

September 16, 2017

40 Bible Verses for 40 Years of Life

Since I'm forty today, I wanted to share forty Bible verses that are meaningful to...

September 13, 2017

An interview with Jeff Hood, author of The Execution of God

Jeff Hood is a long-time death penalty activist operating in the Dallas-Forth Worth area. He's...

September 06, 2017

#DACA and the Failure of Atonement in the American Church

Once again, I feel demoralized by the cynicism and intransigence in our nation's immigration policy.

August 2017

August 18, 2017

Why I Don’t Believe in Punching Nazis

First of all, I have not yet participated in a protest where Antifa was present....

August 17, 2017

The week I stopped hating white evangelical men

[Content Note: childhood sexual trauma] Sometimes my personal life is out of step with the...

July 2017

July 13, 2017

The 7 Best #GospelBro Retorts to #EugenePeterson

I don't have time to write a real blog post since I'm leaving for Wild...

July 09, 2017

Five twitter theology feeds: the gospel, hyervigilant moralism, law and order, God’s glory, Good Samaritan

I've been traveling for the past week so I've only had internet access on my...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

The fascinating intersectionality of the word “cuck”

One of the most bizarre phenomena of the Trump era is the reintroduction of a...

June 23, 2017

Atonement: a basic explanation

Atonement is the centerpiece of Christian theology. It’s a compound word that literally means what...

June 22, 2017

A Response to Seedbed’s Five Marks of Theological Liberalism

I would not call myself a liberal Christian. I self-identify as a progressive evangelical, which...

June 20, 2017

I want to be a compatibilist when I grow up

In the United Methodist Church sexuality debate, one way to talk about the various constituencies...

June 19, 2017

My bishop whoops when she preaches

I just got back from my home annual conference of Virginia. We've got a new...