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June 2015

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...

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...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

As It Is in Heaven: A Nearly Perfect Film by Joshua Overbay

You can learn everything about Joshua Overbay's naturalistic, haunting film As It Is in Heaven...

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 06, 2015

Mad Men: Our Ontological Brokenness

Last night, it was the beginning of the end for AMC's Mad Men: a show...

April 04, 2015

The Literal, Bodily Resurrection

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

April 03, 2015

Good Friday: Where Are You in the Story?

On this most solemn day of the Christian year, let us stop for a moment...

April 02, 2015

Maundy Thursday: We Love Because He First Loved Us

“Maundy” comes from the Latin word mandatum, meaning "command or mandate." This day of the...

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 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 27, 2015

How the Palm-Waving Religious Crowd Implicates Itself in the Crucifixion–and How God Refuses to Let Their Sin Have the Final Word

Note: I preached this sermon in 2009, as a young pastor in North Dakota. I...

March 23, 2015

Walking with Jesus through Lent, Pt.5: The Cross, Not the Stage

Thanks for joining me for another installment of “Walking with Jesus through Lent.” During this...

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...

March 14, 2015

Walking with Jesus through Lent, Pt. 4: Ontological Sickness and Ontological Healing

Thanks for joining me for another installment of “Walking with Jesus through Lent.” During...

March 12, 2015

Vulnerable Faith: A Profound Book on What It Means to Be a Christian

Vulnerable Faith by Jaime Arpin-Ricci is a treasure of a book. You could open it...

March 09, 2015

Walking with Jesus through Lent, Pt.3: Jesus Stands against the Commodification of Religion

Thanks for joining me for another installment of “Walking with Jesus through Lent.” During this...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

Walking with Jesus through Lent: Take Up Your Cross and Follow

Thanks for joining me for another installment of "Walking with Jesus through Lent." During this...

February 21, 2015

Walking with Jesus Through Lent, Pt. 1: Baptism, Temptation, and Ministry of Good News

The season of Lent is comprised of the roughly forty days between Ash Wednesday and...

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 30, 2015

Aloof’s Vulnerable Truth: “Surely You Are a God Who Hides”

In his new book, Aloof:Figuring Out Life with a God Who Hides (Thomas Nelson), Tony...

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 19, 2014

Bad News/Good News: In a World of Hatred, Jesus is Our Peace

This has been a year of tremendous hatred and violence and division. ISIS beheaded American...

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 Stay in a Flawed Church?

In a previous post, I spoke directly to my Christian community and argued that because...

December 12, 2014

Bad News/Good News: Bad News at “the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

I have been conspicuously silent on the blog this week. There's a reason for that....

December 05, 2014

Bad News/Good News: Ebola and Jesus the Healer

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of November 26, there had been almost...

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