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November 2017

November 30, 2017

A New Normal: Grief and Facing the Brokenness in Evangelicalism

My heart has ached and almost broken as I have seen leaders I admired again...

November 03, 2017

#Loser: How the Call of Christ Is Antithetical to Trump’s Gospel

Donald Trump's Gospel is as follows: success means being dominant over everyone else, at all...

October 2017

October 20, 2017

Conflict and Challenge, instead of Cheap Grace

"Don't hate," the Facebook commenter said to me after I stated a position about a...

September 2017

September 23, 2017

“No Fair!”: A God Who Longs to Show Mercy–To Illegal Immigrants, ISIS, and You and Me

The Bible passages for today can be found here. This week, I heard a story...

August 2017

August 26, 2017

Charlottesville, White Supremacy, and a Broken Heart

Many white people in this country are far more angry about removing statues than they...

July 2017

July 13, 2017

Public Outbursts About Eugene Peterson and Jen Hatmaker Reveal Wider Christian Issues

We make gay people our scapegoats so we don't have to look at our own...

June 2017

June 13, 2017

Praying the Serenity Prayer in an Unjust World

In the past couple of years, I have gone through the shattering experience of seeing...

June 01, 2017

Winning, Losers, and the Example of Christ

The American Christian Right loves nothing so much as winning. But this is more American...

May 2017

May 10, 2017

I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin and the Spiritual Deadness in White America

In the book of Revelation, the apostle John sees a vision in which God speaks...

May 06, 2017

Beyond the KKK: Getting at White Supremacy in the Church

When you try to speak to evangelical Christians today about white supremacy or white privilege,...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

The Immorality of Profiting Off Opioid Addiction

In the middle of the day on cable news, what was I seeing but an...

April 20, 2017

Resources for Christians Learning about Race, Class, Poverty, and Justice

It is easy to overestimate what we think we understand about another human being's experience,...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Biblically, Is There Such a Thing as Communal Sin?

There is scarcely anything a Western Christian will resist more than the pointing out of...

March 17, 2017

Do Not Be Conformed: Talk Radio and Spiritual Formation

A steady diet of talk radio, angry blogs, and aggressive pundits has finally borne its...

March 10, 2017

I Am a Christian. Should I Protest the Authority?

I consider myself a peaceful Trump resistor; I have not yet attended a protest but...

February 2017

February 08, 2017

The Plight of Refugees–the Risk and the Call of Christ

How should Christians respond to the Trump administration executive order relevant to refugees? In the...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Finally, Some Post-Election Thoughts

It is now almost a month and half since the election. I have not written...

October 2016

October 15, 2016

Discerning Fact from Fiction on the Internet: An Everyday Person’s Guide to Fact-Checking

Guys, can I chat honestly with you, just between us friends? I am getting so,...

October 11, 2016

A Plea to Conservative Christians: Dump Trump, Vote for McMullin

I have been radio silent here for some time. This is a terrible time in...

July 2016

July 16, 2016

My Words Are Not Enough

Readers, with each new tragedy and act of violence that hits the news, my words...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Trump Converted? Where’s the Fruit?

A claim has been going around that one Donald J. Trump has converted to Christianity....

May 2016

May 10, 2016

The Armor of Light and a Town Hall about Guns in America on PBS TONIGHT

If my past review of The Armor of Light (a film about Rev. Rob Schenck,...

May 09, 2016

Why Trump Cannot Defeat Russell Moore

Our nation is currently beset by a candidacy that is based around one fundamental principle:...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Babette’s Feast: New Creation and Easter’s Resurrection

This post is part of a ten-part series drawing from the Arts and Faith Top...

March 14, 2016

How Do We Make America Great Again? Repent

I am mourning for America today. I am mourning because so many have abdicated the...

December 2015

December 14, 2015

The Blessing of Serving Refugees

I am blessed to know a number of people who have served refugees. The truth...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

ISIS and Refugees: How Confidence in Christ and a Sense of Mission Help Us Say “No” to Fear

Islamophobia has no place in the life of a Christian who has been given the...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

Rob Schenck’s Consistently Prolife Ethic (Guns, Abortion, and All) in THE ARMOR OF LIGHT

Editor's Note: This piece is part of a conversation Patheos is hosting on the new...

September 2015

September 21, 2015

#PrayerforEveryone: September 24-October 1

From September 24-October 1, the ONE Campaign (with other partners) is encouraging faith communities to...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

The Saddening, Dangerous Remarks of Franklin Graham

On July 17, Franklin Graham made some deeply disturbing remarks on his Facebook page. This...

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