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February 2017

February 21, 2017

“God Made Me Like This”? Sexuality & Culture

But between "it's a choice" and "God wired me like this" is a complex set...

February 13, 2017

Light to See Political Light

Yes, politics and I are in a relationship. But it's complicated.

February 11, 2017

Love Your Enemy: Thoughts on Donald Trump

What I see when I look at our president is someone who has never known...

February 07, 2017

Healing Spiritual Wounds

A man pours out his life pursuing a calling that would clearly put on display...

February 02, 2017

Today, the Human Jesus Matters

I wrote A Man Attested by God because I had an academic answer to an academic question....

January 2017

January 31, 2017

The Church’s Challenge in the Age of Trump

The church's challenge in the age of Trump, perhaps its biggest challenge, is to somehow...

January 17, 2017

Religion and the Good of the World

Last week I went to a talk. And what I really, really wanted, more than...

October 2016

October 04, 2016

Theological Interpretation and the Problem of Whiteness

"White makes right" makes for bad readings of the Bible.

September 2016

September 30, 2016

The “T” Word

Good news is only good news if it's true for everyone and if it works.

September 17, 2016

Gentile Transformation: In Conversation with Wesley Hill

Included people are invited to a transformed morality even as they transform the ethics of...

September 15, 2016

Wilberforce and Newbigin

What William Wilberforce can teach us about Lesslie Newbigin's vision.

September 06, 2016

Assimilation and Deception

Never underestimate your ability to assimilate contradictory information into your existing paradigm. Teachers know...

September 01, 2016

Peace: An Impossible Possibility

We only get peace when we believe there is enough.

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Checking In on Sodom

The story of Sodom depicts the greatest threat to the church today.

August 08, 2016

Is Meaningful Biblical Spirituality Possible?

Is the Bible too particular and specific to give us a meaningful spirituality?

June 2016

June 13, 2016

Orlando: Our Stories of Heroes and Villains

The Orlando night club shooting shows us that we need a better story: one where...

June 11, 2016

Jesus Stories

The Gospels are a latent power, waiting to explode our preconceptions of what Christianity must...

June 02, 2016

The Gift of Bad Candidates

The gift of an election cycle in which there are no political messiahs.

May 2016

May 12, 2016

Redefining Religious and Academic Freedom: Gordon College Edition

Gordon College accused of retaliating against LGBTQ-Supporting Professor

May 10, 2016

Does God Have Gender?

No, God does not have sex. But gender?

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Being Right

For some people the only thing that matters is being right. People like me.

April 25, 2016

Oedipus Text: Canon, Creed, and Post-Colonized Interpretation

In my previous post I issued a strong warning against allowing the church's "rule of...

April 15, 2016

Purity and Participation

When I was in a conservative Presbyterian denomination there was never the Lord's Supper observed...

April 04, 2016

Hunger Games: Paying Attention

We've only really seen the Hunger Games if we realized we were looking at a...

April 02, 2016

Not All Silence is Golden

Knowing something is wrong is not enough. There is a time to speak.

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Abortion: Is a Better Conversation Possible?

Both "sides" care about the rights of the vulnerable. Can we honor that and move...

March 28, 2016

North Carolina: A Microcosm of American Fear

Last week North Carolina made two legal decisions that laid bare the fears besetting America....

March 19, 2016

From Entry to Easter

If you celebrate Easter, if you observe Holy Week, here is something you don't want...

March 10, 2016

Eschatological Trajectory of Gay Inclusion

Gender and Sex in the Eschaton: another trajectory to follow to gay inclusion in the...

February 2016

February 27, 2016

Trajectories Toward Gay Inclusion?

When it comes to gay inclusion, here's a stumbling block that many of us trip on:...