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December 2014

December 15, 2014

2 Reasons NOT to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’

*Guest Post: By Jeff K. Clarke ————————– Keep Christ in Christmas is the slogan of choice...

December 08, 2014

We’re not playing the race card; we’re analyzing the racialized deck.

From Kurt: The following post comes from my friend Drew Hart. Read his blog! Also,...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Christian Quotes that “Destroy” a Homeschool Mom’s Museum Demolition of Evolutionary Science

Recently the internet has been abuzz with an interesting story (Here's where I read about...

November 12, 2014

Motherhood as a Source for Resistance in the African American Struggle: From Slavery to Rosa Parks

I post this analysis at the risk of being completely ignorant. I mean that in...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Why Was Early Christianity So Diverse? – “Orthodoxy,” “Gnosticism” & Mexican Food

Getting along is hard to do. People divide. That’s a fact of human nature. Division...

October 15, 2014

Mark Driscoll Resigned Today: According to Mars Hill

From Religion News Service: (RNS) Mark Driscoll, the larger-than-life megachurch pastor who has been accused of...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

postCHRISTIAN: Why we need a new reformation in the church

In this post, I chat with Christian Piatt about his most recent book, postCHRISTIAN: What's Left? Can...

September 10, 2014

Rob & Kristen Bell: An Egalitarian Marriage Book Coming Out… finally???

Many of us have been hoping for a Christian marriage book that is "egalitarian" in...

September 09, 2014

Undiluted: the book to hand your friends about the kind of Jesus you follow

Undiluted... now there's a thought. What would it look like to remove the muck...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Ed Young to Preach a Series on “Drones”

HT: Medium.com Ed Young is an excellent communicator. His theology is terrible most of the...

August 27, 2014

God Doesn’t Give a ______ about Cussing–God Cares about Character Formation

As a younger Christian, I judged people. A lot. I didn't know that I was...

August 24, 2014

My Neighbor Mark Driscoll to Take a 6-Week Leave of Absence

What a whirlwind it has been for those following the Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill...

August 21, 2014

The Israel-Gaza Conflict has Names and Faces: Hearing Voices from Both Sides of the Wall

Over the past several weeks, my heart has grieved the violence taking place in Gaza....

July 2014

July 07, 2014

#FarewellJohnPiper? – What Boyd, Wright, Bell, and Whoppers Have in Common

Over the past several years John Piper has piped in on many things. And, yes...

July 03, 2014

Can Traditionalists & Progressives Unite with Different LGBTQ Theologies?

For a long time I've been discouraged by how the conversation between traditionalists and progressives...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Christians and July 4th: Celebrate with Kingdom Lenses – Not Americanized Ones

For the past several years I have publicly discussed why I tend to avoid associating...

June 05, 2014

Resources for Shaping a *RaptureLess* Theology: Where to Start to Debunk Left Behind

With the new Left Behind movie coming out this Fall, I think it's fitting to...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Does the new Left Behind trailer remind anyone else of Cage’s ‘Con Air?’ (compare trailers here!)

Nick Cage is known for many movies... but perhaps the most out of place and...

May 25, 2014

A Pacifist’s Prayer on Memorial Day

God, help us to remember… …that life is a gift. To call it a gift...

May 21, 2014

Assume the Worst in Others, Bring Out the Worst in Us: Macklemore, Rob Bell & Others We Love to Hate

What is it about this new online reality that makes us assume. As the old...

May 16, 2014

My Experience at the First Taping of the Rob Bell Show

The following reflection comes from my close friend Dale Best. He's the Director of Communications...

May 08, 2014

Colbert on the War on Christianity

Hi-Larious!

May 08, 2014

Zach Phelps: the latest dissenter from Westboro Baptist [video interview]

HT: HuffPo We all have heard about the Westboro Baptist Church. They hate LGBTQ folks....

May 08, 2014

When you are Pissed Off, Put that Energy Elsewhere

Have you ever been pissed off? I realize that this is crude langauge for some,...

May 06, 2014

5 Church-Types to Probably NOT Avoid, but Embrace

Recently I reflected upon 5 Church-Types to Probably Avoid. My list (which for the explanation...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

The Only Time Torture was Ever “Good” – water baptisms and state-sanctioned brutality

Sarah Palin's recent comments comparing waterboarding to the baptism of terrorists is creating quite a...

April 29, 2014

The Crisis of Millennial Mentorship: what young leaders desperately need to hear

[This article originally appeared in the Spring | Summer 2014 Journal (Vol. 12.1) Conversations: A...

April 28, 2014

Cracks in God’s Beautiful World: social justice as an act of spiritual warfare

[This article originally appeared in Prism Magazine (Vol. 19., No. 5 - Sept/Oct 2012). I...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

5 Church-Types to Probably Avoid

For the past several years I've been wrestling with my vision of church. Often, pessimism...

February 13, 2014

The Story of St. Valentine – in a nutshell

Quoted from Common Prayer -- Valentine of Rome (d. 269) A Christian priest in Rome,...