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2019-01-11T22:24:17-05:00

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Make Us Your Flesh (A Poem About God)

Last updated on: January 11, 2019 at 10:24 pm By Morgan Guyton

Make us your flesh; let your love drip down like oil that is messy & smelly so that every inch of our skin will be touched, and we will know your love is sticky and sweet and cannot be wiped off by shame or fear or all the verbal spears of the enemy. Cover us with your wings; be our blanket; be our lover, for you kiss better than we know how, and you know where we need to be... Read more

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2019-01-09T23:30:11-05:00

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Why Does Holiness Matter?

Last updated on: January 9, 2019 at 11:30 pm By Morgan Guyton

Holiness is one of the most important and controversial aspects of John Wesley’s 300 year old movement that United Methodism is a part of. I think it would be fair and accurate to say that conservative United Methodists cannot accept the legitimacy of gay marriage because of their understanding of holiness. I would further posit that our real debate is about the nature and purpose of holiness. And I would contend that any account of Wesleyan holiness must deal principally... Read more

2019-01-08T13:34:57-05:00

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Theology That Builds Walls

Last updated on: January 8, 2019 at 1:34 pm By Morgan Guyton

Donald Trump would not be fixated on building a wall on the southern border of the United States if this were not the issue that won him the presidency and gave him the most visceral connection to his supporter base of which the most predominant demographic bloc are white evangelicals. So it doesn’t seem far-fetched to ponder how white evangelical theology builds walls. A wall expresses a commitment to an uncomplicated view of reality. The innocence on one side of... Read more

2019-01-02T11:52:31-05:00

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Jerry Falwell Jr. Unveils the Anti-Christ

Last updated on: January 2, 2019 at 11:52 am By Morgan Guyton

No, I’m not going to say Donald Trump is the anti-Christ. Because I don’t believe that the Bible’s role when it speaks about an anti-Christ is to predict future events. But I think the term can still be useful. I would use it to signify the greatest adversary the church faces in a particular age. And I think the ideology Jerry Falwell Jr. laid out in a recent quote captures that adversary quite perfectly. Why have Americans been able to... Read more

2018-12-30T14:19:58-05:00

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Can A Church Be A Cafe, Dance Party, and Music Venue?

Last updated on: December 30, 2018 at 2:19 pm By Morgan Guyton

We took a risk when NOLA Wesley started the Labyrinth cafe. Meaning we did something that involved a high likelihood of failure. That’s what a risk is. And that’s what all the higher-ups in the church encouraged us to do. Risk-taking mission is one of the five practices of fruitful congregations according to Bishop Robert Schnase. Dr. Elaine Heath told our Louisiana Conference to “fail our way forward.” The greatest risk is that our funding will dry up before we... Read more

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2018-12-28T19:16:22-05:00

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The Evangelical Zeal For Zeal

Last updated on: December 28, 2018 at 7:16 pm By Morgan Guyton

Fred Hartley’s Dare to Be Different was one of the books that defined my evangelical teenager years. It indoctrinated me with the idea that that the most important thing about being a Christian is to be different from non-believers. And to be fired up about that difference. The gist of the book and others I read like it by people like Michael W. Smith was that there were three basic ways I was supposed to be different: no drugs or... Read more

2018-12-24T12:59:42-05:00

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Jesus is God’s Rebellion Against Humanity

Last updated on: December 24, 2018 at 12:59 pm By Morgan Guyton

Jesus is God’s rebellion against humanity. That statement is as offensive as the real Christmas was before the privileged elites of the world turned it into a lawn decoration and cute children’s pageant. How can God be a rebel? God’s in charge (like we’re in charge). Our God is a God of order (who endorses the way things are currently ordered). Rebels are evil by definition (because we’ve never had to rebel to get our needs met). Wouldn’t our world... Read more

2018-11-24T19:17:24-05:00

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Can ICE and Immigrants Worship Together?

Last updated on: November 24, 2018 at 7:17 pm By Morgan Guyton

Yesterday my friend and mentor Brian Zahnd got a lot of flak for tweeting about his church having both ICE agents and undocumented immigrants in its pews. The same day, dozens of members of the CityWell church in my hometown of Durham, NC were arrested for blocking an ICE van when ICE agents captured a church member who had been living in sanctuary in the church for almost a year. So what does it look like to be a faithful... Read more

2018-11-20T10:37:23-05:00

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A Love Letter to Ex-Evangelical Twitter

Last updated on: November 20, 2018 at 10:37 am By Morgan Guyton

I debated whether to call this a love letter or an open letter. Love letter feels like a very southern white evangelical thing to call something that involves critical reflection and wrestling with concerns. But open letter feels too adversarial. We write open letters to celebrities with big platforms who might not engage us in direct conversation otherwise. If you’ve been active in ex-evangelical Twitter lately, I imagine you already know what I’m going to write about. I’ve watched two... Read more

2018-11-09T15:08:54-05:00

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Amicable Separation Or Political Leverage?

Last updated on: November 9, 2018 at 3:08 pm By Morgan Guyton

Last weekend was the first-ever global legislative assembly for the Wesleyan Covenant Association, the United Methodist traditionalist caucus group. It was for all practical purposes, the inauguration of a new denomination. At their assembly, they adopted a resolution saying they would be “forced to leave” the United Methodist Church if the One Church Plan which allows for regional LGBTQ inclusion is adopted at the February 2019 General Conference. There has been talk from traditionalists for at least the past decade... Read more

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