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September 2015

September 17, 2015

Trump, Biden and the Search for Authenticity

This article is part of my blog series inspired by Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening for...

September 11, 2015

Imagining On 9/11

Fourteen years after 9/11, what has really changed? I know this day will forever be...

September 04, 2015

Religion as a Drug and the Authenticity of Jesus

About a month and a half ago, Raven friend Michael Hardin, author of The Jesus Driven...

September 03, 2015

“God’s Authority”: Same Sex Marriage and a Kentucky County Clerk

A Kentucky clerk claimed “God’s authority” yesterday when she refused to issue a marriage license...

September 02, 2015

Wednesday Sermon: The Children’s Crumbs

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

And If I Die Before I Wake: On Death and Praying with Children

When I was a boy, every night my Dad would tuck me into bed and...

August 21, 2015

Satan on the Throne: A Parable about Heaven and Hell

You have lived a long and faithful life. You have done your best to follow...

August 20, 2015

[Video] Dr. Seuss and the Gospel: Yertle the Turtle and the “Wrath of God”

Dr. Seuss’s book Yertle the Turtle is about a King who rules through violence, oppression,...

August 19, 2015

Wednesday Sermon: Jonah’s Disappointment

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

August 18, 2015

If Jesus is the Forgiving Victim, Then What Am I?

This article is part of my blog series inspired by Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening for...

August 11, 2015

My Daughter, the Star Wars Myth, and Jesus – How to Defeat Evil

I recently dropped my daughter off at her elementary school’s summer kindergarten program. When I...

August 10, 2015

Authentically Boring: The Case for Praying by Rote

This article is part of my blog series inspired by Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Franklin Graham, Islam, and the Future of Progressive Christianity

Franklin Graham recently made a stir with his 2.1 million fans on Facebook when he...

July 29, 2015

Wednesday Sermon: Jesus Feeds Five Thousand and Avoids the Draft!

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

July 22, 2015

Wednesday Sermon: No Time to Eat! – Mimetic Theory and the Gospel

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

July 14, 2015

40 Questions for Rainbow Flag Waving Christians – But Only One Question Matters

A few weeks ago, Kevin DeYoung of the Gospel Coalition posted an article in response...

July 09, 2015

Black Forgiveness, the Hypocrisy of White America, and Atonement

“I will never talk to her ever again. I will never hold her ever again....

July 08, 2015

Wednesday Sermon: Jesus Is Cast Out and the Disciples Cast Out – Mimetic Theory and the Gospel

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

July 03, 2015

The New American Revolution: The Fourth of July and True Freedom

Tomorrow we will celebrate Independence Day and the freedom that was granted as the United...

July 02, 2015

Hemorrhaging Black Blood: Telling the Truth About Racism and White Privilege

On the same day that we celebrated the Supreme Court decision in favor of marriage...

July 01, 2015

Wednesday Sermon: Is Faith Stepping Out of the Crowd? – Mimetic Theory and the Gospel

Unity can be found in excluding and destroying or reconciling and healing. We see examples...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Why God is Your Mother

Beware! People like me are out to get you with our radical feminist agenda! What’s...

June 22, 2015

God in a Box – Reflections on Mystery, Jesus, and the Nonviolent God

I just finished delivering a talk on the nonviolent love of God when he came...

June 17, 2015

Wednesday Sermon: “New Things Have Arrived!” – On Story and Mustard Seeds

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. “That’s great. But how...

June 11, 2015

Why Jesus Was Theologically Irresponsible

I received a comment yesterday on an article that suggested I was being “theologically irresponsible.”...

June 10, 2015

Wednesday Sermon: “Satan Is Done For” – On Binding the Strong Man

Pastors have a frequent question when they begin to discover mimetic theory. "That's great. But...

June 09, 2015

Tony Campolo: The Christian Morality of Gay and Lesbian Inclusion

There is a new movement happening among Evangelicals. “Behold,” God says through the prophet Isaiah,...

June 08, 2015

Is Jesus the Way, the Truth, and the Life? A Progressive Interpretation

You know the passage. Jesus says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the...

June 05, 2015

A Transgender God: Reflections on God and Caitlyn Jenner

The Internet is in an uproar about Caitlyn Jenner. And, if you’re like me, you...

May 2015

May 11, 2015

Jesus, Drawing Muhammad, and the Idolatry of Free Speech

Pamela Geller had every “right” to host a conference in Texas that mocked Muhammad...

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