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Dave Ramsey Needs Your Pastor

For several years, when I worked for an evangelistic organization on missionary support, I attended...

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When Certainty Needs Fear

Benjamin Franklin once invented a musical instrument so strange and beautiful that people decided it...

August 11, 2026

The First Proof-Texter in the Bible Was Satan

Nugget Theology There's a particular kind of Christian comment that's instantly recognizable. You make a...

May 2026

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Why Humans Need Stories That Don’t Pretend to Be God

Christians love mocking mythology. Zeus throwing lightning bolts. Thor with a hammer. Athena popping out...

May 05, 2026

When a Pastor Falls — and Why the Ending Never Changes

You know this story. You've known it long enough that the details have stopped surprising...

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The Heated Rivalry of David and Jonathan

Christians insist the Bible is crystal clear about everything. Especially sex. Gender. Marriage. Morality. Apparently...

March 03, 2026

Megatron Is a Gun (And That’s the First Clue)

In the original Transformers cartoon, Megatron transforms into a gun. Not a tank. Not a...

February 2026

February 14, 2026

What Evangelical Churches Were Really Teaching About Love

Before you could get married in many evangelical churches, you had to complete a small...

January 2026

January 20, 2026

Apocalypse as Protest, Not Prediction

If you grew up in the evangelical terrordome, you were probably told that apocalyptic texts...

December 2025

December 09, 2025

Christmas Is Socialist and Unchristian (And You Know It)

Every December, America re-enacts the same ritual: we crank up the electric bill, panic-buy scented...

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Moravec’s Paradox, but Make It Biblical

Moravec’s Paradox says the stuff we think should be hard—math, logic, abstraction—is actually pretty easy...

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We Are All Allentown Now

“Every child had a pretty good shot / To get at least as far as...

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Faith Formation as a Rehearsal

Nathan Fielder’s HBO experiment exposes what happens when faith becomes a script: the church rehearses...

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You Don’t Have Faith, You Have Comfort

There’s a reason Kierkegaard thought of himself as a missionary to Christians. He saw them,...

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How American Christianity Grooms People to Embrace Fascism

There’s an old saying: If you want to know what people really believe, watch what...

December 2024

December 10, 2024

Faith That Moves Mountains… Or Just Builds Molehills?

When Jesus said faith could move mountains, I doubt he meant rearranging molehills and calling...

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Biblical Doomscrolling: The Holier-Than-Thou Way to Miss It

Doomscrolling: that endless, soul-sucking spiral of bad news and outrage that keeps you glued to...

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June 05, 2024

I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Lately, I’ve been feeling like a stranger in the place I once called home. The...

May 2024

May 31, 2024

When God Closes a Door, You’re Stuck in the Dark

Don't you love those sweet, reassuring platitudes of modern American Christianity? Nothing like a comforting...

March 2024

March 04, 2024

It’s All About Me: The Legacy of Billy Graham

In the pantheon of American evangelists, Billy Graham stands as a colossus, his shadow looming...

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February 05, 2024

Love: A Lost Language in Modern Christianity

In a world where the word 'love' is as overused as the phrase "thoughts and...

November 2023

November 09, 2023

Evangelism: The MLM Scheme for Souls

Evangelism - it's like the MLM scheme of the religious world, complete with unsolicited sales...

November 02, 2023

WTF is a Biblical Worldview?

The Biblical worldview—Christianity's VIP backstage pass to moral superiority. But wait, what's a worldview anyway?...

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October 20, 2023

“Theological Musings” — Not Your Sunday School’s Theology

If you were expecting Theological Musings: Collected Essays of a Tattooed Theologian, Vol. 1 to be...

October 20, 2023

Podcast: Theological Musings from a Tattooed Theologian

Brace Yourselves, This is Theology Unfiltered Hey Snarky Faith listeners, brace yourselves! We've got a...

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September 12, 2023

Comic-Con vs. Church: Where the Capes Actually Stand for Something

Ah, Sunday mornings. You could be in two places: a church with stained glass windows...

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August 18, 2023

Heaven and Hell: Are They Just Carrots on a Stick?

The Carrots and Sticks of Faith In the grand circus of American Christianity, we've become...

August 08, 2023

Breaking Bad Faith

Join me again on Snarky Faith. Our guest is none other than Michael Camp, the...

July 2023

July 21, 2023

A New Blend on the Block: Conspirituality

Welcome to the intriguing cosmos of ‘conspirituality’, a curious concoction of conservative Christianity and the...

July 14, 2023

Jesus Never Promised a Payday: Unmasking the Prosperity Gospel Myth

In the third season of The Righteous Gemstones, the character Uncle Baby Billy delivers a...