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July 2015

July 03, 2015

Nick Kristof: Faith Motivates People to Serve Those in Desperate Need

I have heard previously Nick Kristof talk about his admiration for the way that people...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Some Good Reading on the SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

I'm sure some of my readers have been wondering when I'm going to write about...

June 22, 2015

The False God of “Cool”: Image Consciousness and the Church

If there is anything that we as humans are prone to do, it's this: set...

June 19, 2015

In Awe of the Christian Saints of Charleston

Nine died during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Follow-up Interview with Debra Hirsch

Earlier this month, I reviewed Debra Hirsch's helpful book Redeeming Sex. I was left with...

May 18, 2015

G-Dog: Christian Love in Action

Streaming on Netflix right now is a moving documentary about Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit...

May 11, 2015

Rachel Held Evans: Willing to Be a Messy Christian for the Sake of a Messy World

Rachel Held Evans wrestles with the Church and with faith and she does it publicly....

May 06, 2015

Redeeming Sex by Debra Hirsch

I opened my review copy of Debra Hirsch's Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations about Sexuality and...

April 2015

April 13, 2015

N.T. Wright’s Simply Good News Filled Me with Joy and Confidence in the Gospel

There's not really words to describe the joy and confidence I experienced as I read...

April 10, 2015

Religious Obsession, Gospel-Based Service, Parenting, and Orthodoxy: An Interview with Amy and Jonathan Hollingsworth

Earlier this week, I posted my review of a mother-son memoir, Amy and Jonathan Hollingsworth's...

April 08, 2015

Runaway Radical: A Young Man’s Reckless Journey to Save the World

I get the draw of world missions. I grew up on Christian missionary biographies. These...

April 04, 2015

The Literal, Bodily Resurrection

In a world of constant bad news, today, there is good news! What is this...

April 01, 2015

Updated Thoughts on Indiana’s Law

I have been having a rousing conversation with my commenters over the course of the...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Fierce Convictions: Karen Swallow Prior’s Biography of Christian Social Reformer Hannah More

Here at the very end of Women's History Month, we are given a great opportunity...

March 30, 2015

The Media Has the Facts Wrong about State RFRAs, but We Christians Still Need to Repent

UPDATE on 4/1/2015: A follow-up post is now available. I found that there were a...

March 19, 2015

If Tony Kriz’s ALOOF Interested You, Go Read This Immediately

Hi readers, Just a quick note to share an important post with you. It's been...

March 16, 2015

Calvary: A Film That Wrestles with the Cruciform Life

(Trigger warning: this review contains some non-explicit references to sexual abuse. The film itself speaks...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

The Overnighters: A Documentary about the Bakken Oil Fields, a Lutheran Pastor, Sin, and Service

The Overnighters (2014) is writer/director Jesse Moss's documentary film, centered around the men who seek...

February 06, 2015

Why Are Some People So Angry About the National Prayer Breakfast Remarks?

The latest outrage storm has hit, and it has to do with President Obama's remarks...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

#SOTU: Christians, Let’s Abandon Polarization, and Be Part of the Solution–Not Part of the Problem

I admit it. I get pretty jaded about politics sometimes. The talking heads. The games....

January 14, 2015

4 Reasons Christians MUST Reject Islamophobia

Note: this post was originally published on my previous blog on October 1, 2014. It...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

In a Year of Bad News, What Would Good News Look Like?

As 2014 comes to a close, I am mindful of the onslaught of bad news...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Follow-up on “Why Christians Should Stand Up for Atheists”

What a week it has been. Last week, an atheist Patheos commenter asked me if...

November 05, 2014

Why Christians Should Stand Up for Atheists

I have just spent several hours talking with atheists on one of the blogs here...

November 04, 2014

How Should a Christian Vote? (Voting Day Thoughts on Political Party Idolatry)

When I step inside the voting booth today, I will be struggling with my conscience,...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

How Luther’s Two Kingdoms Challenges Fundamentalism’s “Christian Nation”

There is perhaps no misunderstanding of theology that has more greatly damaged Christian witness in...

October 27, 2014

Martin Luther and Me: A Tortured Soul Finds Grace

When I was a teenager, I suffered from anxiety, depression, and what appears to have...

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