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September 2020

September 30, 2020

Donald Trump And The Exorcism Of White America

Trump and his supporters believe that he is a scapegoat. In their understanding of what...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

“All People Are Holy”: The Theology Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez summarized one of my core religious convictions in a speech given on February...

June 05, 2020

The Serpent’s Fruit (In Poetic Form)

He understood clearly That all he had to do Was hold the Bible Courageously for...

January 2019

January 08, 2019

Theology That Builds Walls

Donald Trump would not be fixated on building a wall on the southern border of...

January 02, 2019

Jerry Falwell Jr. Unveils the Anti-Christ

No, I'm not going to say Donald Trump is the anti-Christ. Because I don't believe...

April 2018

April 13, 2018

Control: The Greatest Temptation of Satan

One of my favorite songs by the dark industrial synthpop band VNV Nation is "Control"...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

Rod Dreher, Karin McQuillan, and the Evaporation of White Taboo

For the past several decades, it has been taboo for white people to make disparaging...

January 03, 2018

On Playing Chicken With Nuclear War

Donald Trump has a bigger nuclear button than Kim Jong Un. And our global politics...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

November 2017

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...

August 2017

August 12, 2017

How Satan Wins in Charlottesville and Elsewhere

Last night, a group of white nationalists carrying tiki torches took over the UVA Lawn...

August 11, 2017

The spiritual discipline of backing down

As I write this, the world has been taken hostage by a high-stakes game of...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

What Does Winning Look Like for Christians?

Before Donald Trump became president, he promised that if he were elected, Americans would "win...

July 03, 2017

When God Won’t Let Me Go Off On The Evangelicals

I was planning to go off on the evangelicals in this blog post. After First...

June 2017

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 10, 2017

How Should Christians Respond to the Demise of Donald Trump?

How should Christians respond to Donald Trump's meltdown? My first instinct is schadenfreude. Because 81%...

June 01, 2017

Why Toxic Christianity is a Threat to Our Planet’s Survival

Today, Donald Trump announced that the US is withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, an...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Greg Gianforte is what toxic Christianity looks like

"It would be one thing for a candidate to throttle and hit a reporter, but...

May 05, 2017

Why white people should stop celebrating Cinco de Mayo

One of the most transformative moments of my life happened in Mexico. My friend Kevin...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

Why I wish Donald Trump would read my book

If I’ve learned one thing in the year since I released my first book,...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

What if Franklin Graham was right about God’s role in Trump’s election?

When the news broke of Russian interference in the presidential election, Franklin Graham responded with...

January 07, 2017

Hypersensitive college professor asks hypersensitive president-elect to protect him from his hypersensitive students

First Things senior editor and Emory English professor Mark Bauerlein is intimidated by his college...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

Donald Trump doesn’t need your tax dollars like NOLA Wesley does

There are two days left in 2016. That means you have two days left to...

December 28, 2016

Why I hate the word “content”

I usually hate words whenever they become trendy, whenever it seems like people are saying...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

What if we all just blocked Trump on Twitter?

I want to start a campaign to block Donald Trump on Twitter. Not just block...

November 26, 2016

Maybe Glennon Melton is good for evangelicals

Popular Christian author Glennon Melton got divorced and started dating a woman. And the evangelical...

November 19, 2016

Winter begins (a poem)

It does no good to scream; with one wet syllable, winter can white out your...

November 16, 2016

Intersectionality for bewildered white evangelicals

In the Washington Post this week, white evangelical millennial leader Katelyn Beaty said, "I can’t...

November 10, 2016

Why it’s not time to ask people of color to be hopeful and pray for unity

All of us are trying to figure out what to say, and many of us...

November 09, 2016

Love wins (still)

Last night, after our Election Day Communion service, I walked over to the Audubon Park...