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The Father’s Day Shirt That Explains Every Denomination

Father's Day at my house has a subgenre. My two daughters are locked in a...

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White Grievance Month: Your Official June Observance Guide

"By the authority vested in me by absolutely no one, I declare June to be...

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What the Hell, Rob Bell

This isn’t a theory. It’s a timeline. Rob Bell built a career passing off borrowed...

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Chloroform in Paper and How We Sedated Faith

Mark Twain once dropped the hammer on the Book of Mormon, calling it “chloroform in...

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The Church Isn’t the Bride — She’s the Whore

If Christianity were a marriage, it’d be the kind that ends in a true-crime podcast....

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The Parable of the Snark

We’ve reached a point in American Christianity where the name of Jesus gets invoked more...

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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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How to Curse Biblically: A Step-by-Step Guide

Ever find yourself scrolling through Twitter (let's be honest no one calls it X) and...

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The Next Frontier of Salvation: Evangelizing ChatGPT

Welcome to evangelism in the digital age! Gone are those days of awkwardly handing out...

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April 22, 2024

Unpacking Christianity’s Main Character Syndrome

Welcome to the grand premiere of "Christianity: The Ego Edition," where the pews are packed...

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Virtuous Women, Bobs, and Dicks: The Naming Inequality in American Christianity

In the curious world of American Christianity, where virtue-signaling often overshadows genuine virtue, we find...

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Demons, Demons Everywhere: The Spiritual War or Just Another Tuesday?

The Rise of the 'Spiritual War' in Right-Wing Media Ah, the spiritual war. It's the...