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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...

October 05, 2015

A Salute to Henning Mankell

One of my favorite genres of fiction is Nordic noir, and one of my favorite...

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...

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 23, 2015

Personal Responsibility and Systemic Sin

One of the major problems in American Christian thought today is forced dichotomies where they...

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 08, 2015

Suggest a Topic for Me to Blog

Sometimes I have loads of ideas for blogging. Sometimes I sit at my keyboard staring...

June 01, 2015

Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”: Graduation, Privilege, and Our Meta-Narratives

Most likely, everything you know about Robert Frost’s most famous poem, “The Road Not Taken,”...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

Leah Libresco’s Arriving at Amen: Tradition, Freshly Articulated

Before I came to Patheos, I heard blogger Leah Libresco's story of conversion from atheism...

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 25, 2015

“Thin Places” on the Streets of Seattle

This weekend in downtown Seattle, I forgot the most important thing about talking to angry...

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 16, 2015

A Christian Interviews Two Atheists on Ask an Atheist Day

Today is Ask an Atheist Day. The Secular Student Alliance describes the purpose of this...

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 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 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 10, 2015

Nightcrawler: Here’s Why This Neo-Noir Thriller Is So Creepy

Nightcrawler is a creepy, creepy movie. Not because its content is terribly over-the-top. It's actually...

March 09, 2015

This Thursday at 2 PM EST, Join Scot McKnight, Me, and Others for a Live Chat

Scot McKnight is a fellow Patheos Evangelical blogger over at Jesus Creed. While I've not...

February 2015

February 14, 2015

Samuel James on Comments on the Internet

I'd like to invite my readers to go read an insightful post by my colleague,...

February 10, 2015

50 Shades of Grey Glamorizes Intimate Partner Violence

I'm not at a loss for reasons to dislike 50 Shades of Grey. I've heard...

February 07, 2015

If You Only Read One Critique of the Prayer Breakfast Speech, Let It Be Ross Douthat’s.

Yesterday, I posted about President Obama's remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. I agreed with...

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 23, 2014

A Savior Who Emptied Himself into Our Humanity, Bloody Birth Canal and All

Christmas means a lot to me. It means a lot to me because in a...

December 15, 2014

Making Homosexuality a Capital Crime? A Repudiation of Hateful Pastors

Just this week, over on the Friendly Atheist blog, there were three separate examples of...

December 15, 2014

Why Do You Air the Church’s Dirty Laundry?

One of the distinctives of my blog here at Patheos is that along with straightforward...

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 25, 2014

After the Decision in Ferguson, White Evangelical Christians Need to Do a Lot Less Talking and a Lot More Listening.

The heart of the black community in America was broken last night. The offense was...

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