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September 2014

September 11, 2014

How Christians Should Respond to President Obama: On Fear, Violence, and Safety

Do you feel safe? President Obama made his case for war against ISIS during his...

September 04, 2014

Parenting, Paddle Boards, and Balancing Faith

My family recently went on a vacation to Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. Coeur D’Alene is a...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Book Review: The Hope to “Reconcile” in a World of Conflict

From Ferguson to Ukraine to Syria to Iraq to local neighborhoods to family systems, many...

August 26, 2014

Rock, Paper, Scissors … GOD! – Children and a Nonviolent Reading of the Bible

Last April, my family moved to Eugene, Oregon. Eugene is located in Linn County. This...

August 08, 2014

David’s Sling: Israel and Interpreting Biblical Violence

Israel is completing a missile defense system known as “David’s Sling.” It is designed to...

August 04, 2014

NT Wright and a Genuine Penal Substitutionary Atonement Theory

What is God like? What are humans like? When it comes to the Atonement, those...

August 01, 2014

Interview with Brian McLaren: “We Make the Road by Walking” and Interpreting Biblical Violence

Suzanne and Adam interview Brian McLaren about his latest book We Make the Road by Walking. Brian discusses...

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Live Chat with Brian McLaren: We Make the Road by Walking: A Book Review

On Thursday, July 31 at 3:00 Eastern, we interviewed the highly influential activist, author, and...

July 12, 2014

Jesus is at the Border: Immigration, Barriers, and God’s Economy

I am not a politician, so I’m not an expert on immigration policies. I am...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

The Hellish Dream of a Parent: Why CS Lewis Was Wrong about Hell and Free Will

At five years old, my middle child has developed a defiant pattern. A typical day...

June 11, 2014

The Resurrection Effect: Guns, God’s Sovereignty, and the Last Word

It seems like violence will never end. Portland. Seattle. Las Vegas. Isla Vista. Almost every...

June 02, 2014

Suzanne and Adam discuss Sports Rivalries, Atonement, and the Re-Patterning of Desire

What does the Atonement have to do with sports? In the wake of Adam's beloved...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Alpha Gods at the University of California: Redeeming Theology

The horror of last Friday’s murders at UCSB has us asking the all-important question: Why...

May 28, 2014

Atonement and the Gay Christian

Matthew Vines has done us an incredible service by writing his book God and the...

May 22, 2014

Virtually Christian: Finding Atonement on the Internet

How is technology changing contemporary spirituality? That’s the question Patheos asked in its recent Public...

May 20, 2014

[VIDEO] Live Chat with Dr. Andrew McKenna on Truth, Violence, and “A Refuge of Lies”

No topic is more important today than how to deal with violence, and Cesáreo Bandera's...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Parenting Confessions: How a Child Redeems the Sins of his Father

Parenting is hard. It happened to me again on Sunday morning. We just moved to...

April 23, 2014

The Cross: An Exposé of Human Sacrifice

At the center of Christianity is a weird claim: that we have been saved by...

April 21, 2014

Book Review: Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Muhammad Cross the Road?

Today, 9/11/2012, marks the release of Brian McLaren’s book Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha,...

April 20, 2014

Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot’: Part 2: The Book Review

Reza Aslan begins of his book, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, with...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

Sermon: Riding Out the Flood by Rev. Tom Truby

Year A, Advent 1 December 1st, 2013 Isaiah 2:1-5 and Matthew 24:36-44 Riding Out the...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Star Trek: Into Darkness and Changing Course

Star Trek: Into Darkness is a fascinating and complicated story that is well worth watching....

July 25, 2013

A Curriculum for the New Christianity

“The 1970s were the beginning of the end of older forms of Christianity, and now,...

July 25, 2013

Sermon: The Trinity and God’s Nonviolent Atonement

You may not realize this, but senior pastors throughout the world were on vacation last...

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