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March 2016

March 04, 2016

Conscious in Death: A Response to Jerry Shepherd

Chris Date continues our dialogue on the duration of hell by responding to Jerry Shepherd's...

March 02, 2016

The Case for Conditionalism

Many thanks to Jerry Shepherd for his previous essay, which defended Eternal Conscious Torment. We continue...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

In Defense of the Eternal Conscious Torment View of Hell

As I stated in my previous post, I'm going to host a dialogue on the...

February 23, 2016

A Dialogue on the Duration of Hell

As many of you know, I’ve been wrestling with the concept of hell for quite...

February 03, 2016

On Gun Control and Militarism

Gun control. If you ever want to spark a massive debate in your next Bible...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

New Podcast: “The Gay Conversation”

Gabe Lyons (founder of Q) and I have been working on a series of podcasts...

January 19, 2016

Growing Up Gay and Christian

I had the pleasure of interviewing my new friend Rob Wood. Rob is the co-author...

January 11, 2016

The Gospel and Multiethnic Churches: An Interview with Derwin Gray

I’m very excited to interview my friend Derwin Gray! Derwin is a pastor, writer, ex-NFL...

January 06, 2016

The Few. The Proud. The Plowshares.

*The following post is written by my friend Sgt. Dean Meadows (USMCR). Dean served several years in the...

January 01, 2016

This Year’s Gonna be Better

Last year I posted a blog about all of the books I was going to...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Romans 13 Doesn’t Tell Christians to Kill their Enemy

It’s fascinating (one might say disturbing) to see how each person’s political context shapes his...

December 29, 2015

Post-Christmas Reflections on the Incarnation

Grace under a Bridge America has no shortage of megachurches that glimmer with stage lights...

December 23, 2015

“Go Buy a Sword!” Luke 22 and Christian Gunslingers

Whenever I talk about Christians and violence, guns and self-defense, it's inevitable that Luke 22...

December 21, 2015

Breaking News!

As some of you know, I teach at a Bible College that offers debt free...

December 18, 2015

Christian Discipleship with a Pinch of Doubt

We live in a country that’s obsessed with performance. From the time we are kids,...

December 16, 2015

5 Bad Reasons for Believing that Homosexuality Is a Sin

There may be good reasons for believing that homosexuality is a sin, but there are...

December 14, 2015

What Does it Mean to “Become More Like Jesus?”

I’m one of those guys who has an extra sensitive Christian cliché antenna. Some call...

December 10, 2015

Put Homophobia to Death

In my last post, I summed up my challenge to the evangelical church about its...

December 08, 2015

Evangelicals and Homosexuality

My books People to Be Loved and Living in a Gray World release today. Usually when an author...

December 02, 2015

I Pledge Allegiance to Jesus

The follow post is written by my friend and local pastor, Rick Hogaboam. Rick is the pastor...

December 01, 2015

Why Homosexuality Is not just an Issue

In one week, my book People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is not just an...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

A Christian Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

The Syrian refugee crisis is complex and there’s no easy solution. I don’t claim to...

November 21, 2015

A Case for Christocentric Nonviolence

*The following is the complete manuscript of my paper I presented last Thursday at the...

November 18, 2015

Jesus Was a Jew: Understanding Jesus and Same-Sex Marriages in His 1st Century Jewish (Not Our 21st Century Western) Context

The following is the full manuscript of a paper I'm presenting (like, right now) at...

November 10, 2015

Forthcoming Books on Homosexuality

I want to let you know about a few new pages that I’ve added to...

November 09, 2015

My Recovery in the Evangelical Church with Same Sex Attraction

On May 11, 2015, my friend wrote a post on my blog entitled: Living in...

November 06, 2015

Sex, Intersex, and the Fall: The Dialogue Continues

It’s been a couple weeks now since I’ve engaged Megan DeFranza’s book Sex Difference in...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

The Girl You Didn’t Know Needed You

*The following post is by my friend Jessica Minassian, who's an author, speaker, and the resident “big sis”...

October 21, 2015

Are Adam (Male) and Eve (Female) the Only Options?

This post is part 3 in my series of responses to Megan DeFranza’s provocative book...

October 15, 2015

Eunuchs: Male, Female, Or Other?

This blog is part 2 of my interaction with Megan DeFranza’s excellent book Sex Difference...

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