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July 2016

July 19, 2016

So what about those values in Melania’s plagiarized speech?

I'm used to treating political speeches like fluff. I don't expect them to actually be...

September 2015

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...

February 2015

February 08, 2015

Obama, Pope Francis, and the Internet’s hatred of nuance and context

During the past week, both President Obama and Pope Francis generated Internet controversies that exemplified...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

If you need for undocumented immigrants to be punished, then you don’t believe in Jesus’ cross

We have a broken immigration system. And it's broken in a way that is incredibly...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Would Obama be “winning” in the Ukraine if he “baptized” more terrorists?

Sarah Palin told a recent crowd at an NRA rally that "if [she] were in...

October 2013

October 07, 2013

The God of no compromise and the government shutdown

For many of us who grew up evangelical, the word "compromise" has always been a...

October 06, 2013

Would you refuse to negotiate if…?

Whatever your opinion about whose fault it is, our government has gotten beyond ridiculous. Many...

September 2013

September 06, 2013

Will you pray with Francis for peace?

American politicians are eager to use the Catholic church when it comes to certain topics...

August 2013

August 12, 2013

Nope, no racism in America…

An official clown at the Missouri state fair wearing an Obama mask with a broom...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

Democracy will save the brown people except when it doesn’t and then it’s Obama’s fault

David Brooks really fired me up today with this zinger about how Egypt's turmoil proves...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

The sad irony of the IRS and AP scandals

There has never been a time when somebody in our government was not misbehaving in...

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...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Methodism's secret crush on Mark Driscoll

There's something attractive about Mark Driscoll to Methodists in a Clint Eastwood (pre-chair-incident) kind of...

November 2012

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...

October 2012

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...

October 22, 2012

What would you have done in Libya?

One of the things that makes me hot in watching politics is when one politician...

October 19, 2012

Dinesh D’Souza and the revelation of God’s wrath

"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth" (1 Cor 13:6). That...

October 03, 2012

60 Jesus tweets for the presidential debate

Tonight from 9-10:30 pm EST, two men neither of whom are the anti-Christ and both...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

Why we need to build this meme: #JesusIsMyCandidate

It was only supposed to be a catchy sermon series to attract attention for our...

September 07, 2012

Why couldn’t Obama say “Palestine”?

I'm really not trying to be a hater. This isn't part of a subversive strategy...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

Immigration: a litmus test for the American evangelical gospel

I'm not sure I could have ever imagined congratulating Southern Baptist fundamentalist leader Richard Land...

May 2012

May 11, 2012

Obama’s big gamble and how Christians should respond

I was surprised to see President Obama take a public stand supporting gay marriage this...

February 2012

February 09, 2012

What makes pregnancy a disease?

In protesting the Obama Administration's new decision to treat contraception as preventative medicine, Archbishop Timothy...