Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Pangea Blog

Home

Home
Progressive Christian

Theology

Select a Category (Series) All Out War-Spiritual Warfare (Series) Church Plant Journal (Series) Dear Reader... (Series) Earthquakes...Signs of the Times? (Series) Entering the... Conversation (Series) Evangelical Culture Myths (Series) Everything is Meaningless [Pete Enns] (Series) Evolving Evangelicalism (Series) Hell Yes. Hell No! Who Cares? (Series) Hidden Worldviews (Series) If Evolution is Right, what about Adam? (Series) in less than 300 words (Series) Jesus and Nationalism (Series) Liberating Women for Ministry? (Series) Life-Changing Books (Series) Markers of Church Plant Movement (Series) Nonviolence 101 (Series) Philemon - Reconciliation (Series) Quote to Ponder (Series) Red Letter Dialogues (Series) Resource of the Week (SERIES) Revelation Sermons (Series) Share Something Sundays (Series) Simplicity in the Burbs: $2 a day (Series) The Binding of God [Open Theism] (Series) The Creed: Anabaptist Reflections (Series) Values for Church Leadership (Series) Video to Ponder Anabaptism Animal Advocacy Books Church Ministry Church Planting Community Culture Eschatology Eucharist Evangelical Reject Evolution Fundamentalism Greek Greg Boyd Guest Contributors Hell Holy Spirit Israel/Palestine Kingdom of God Lent Missional N. T. Wright Nationalism New Creation Nonviolence Open Mic Open Theism Parenting Passover Paul Philemon Podcast Politics Restorative Justice Revelation (the book of) Rob Bell Ron Martoia Sermon Shane Claiborne Social Justice Speaking Engagement Spiritual Warfare Spirituality Temple Theology Tim Geddert Tribulation Uncategorized universalism Video Blog Women in Ministry Worship Music Youth Ministry

Select a Month August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 October 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 December 2016 October 2016 August 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008

August 2018

August 27, 2018

What is the Kingdom of God? (with Frank Viola)

In sum, the kingdom of God includes the King (the ruler), God’s reign (rulership), and...

July 2018

July 25, 2018

10 Years Ago, I Embraced Nonviolence & Anabaptism

In the past month or so, I've been interviewed on two different podcasts. Bros, Bible's,...

June 2018

June 15, 2018

Romans 13 Doesn’t Give Government an Ethical Blank Check

Kurt Note: I wrote this originally as an FB post. It got long. Here it...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

Does God plan everything that happens? (4 Views)

A couple of weeks ago, I introduced you to my friend Bonnie Kristian. She is...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

What happens to people who never hear about Jesus? (4 Views)

Is it fair for God to treat people who have honestly never heard this stuff...

April 19, 2018

Cosmic Signs Don’t Signal a Rapture (Another Prediction by David Meade)

I thought you might want to know that the rapture is set to occur on...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Revelation’s climactic verse is dirty & powerful (how to avoid spiritual STDs)

I grew up around charts. Big. Scary. Charts. Can you relate? And on these charts...

March 19, 2018

Let’s bring the soul back to biblical scholarship

Recently I had a unique opportunity. I was asked, by members of the Comparative Religion...

March 08, 2018

Name Change Myth: Saul Never Became Paul

Today, I have something that may be a huge paradigm shift for you. You've heard...

February 2018

February 08, 2018

Shame Disrupts Shalom: Voices that Pull Us Away from God and Others

The Bible has this grand story it tells, a grand narrative that proclaims a Creator...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

Decluttering Jesus: Refusing to Give Shame the Last Word

As a pastor, I encounter wonderful people on a regular basis. Many of these folks,...

January 11, 2018

How (Not) to Deconstruct Hell (and a quote from N.T. Wright)

As I often do, I find myself circling back to a subject that has been...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Protestants Don’t Know What to Do with Mary

Mary. There’s something about her, so they say. Protestants haven’t known what to do with her....

December 11, 2017

Jesus’ Radical Kingdom Reformation within Judaism (and some stuff about The Reformation)

ust like Luther, and the later reformers 500 years ago, the message of Jesus upset...

October 2017

October 02, 2017

Value All Human Life: From the Womb to the Tomb

To claim one values human life, such a claim must include all human life.

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Why Rapture Predictors Are Always Wrong (Revelation in a Nutshell)

You will never correctly predict something that isn't actually in the scriptures.

July 24, 2017

Church Toilets and Reading the Bible with Agendas

Did you know that churches haven't always had indoor plumbing? (Yes, of course you knew...

July 18, 2017

Sometimes Reading the Bible Literally Is Literally Wrong

For most of my life the goal of reading Scripture was information in, transformation out....

June 2017

June 09, 2017

I was quoted on TBN, positively, about Revelation

If you follow my social media channels, you likely already saw this. I am honored...

June 08, 2017

Entering Jesus’ Kingdom of Shalom

Recently, I've spent some time thinking about the kingdom of God. I continue to come back...

May 2017

May 04, 2017

The Word “Create” Means “Arrange” – Genesis 1 & Science

Last week I wrote about the problem the church is perpetuating: we create atheists by...

April 2017

April 06, 2017

How Jesus Defeats the Monsters of the Deep (and Shows Us How to be Human)

During the Season of Lent at Pangea Church (Seattle), we've been walking through a series called...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

My Favorite Academic but Accessible Books on St. Paul

In this post, I continue a bit of a series on books I recommend on...

December 19, 2016

My Favorite Intro Level Books about St. Paul the Apostle

In this post, I want to point you toward some of my favorite introduction level...

December 14, 2016

Last Minute Gift Guide for Theology Nerds: Books on Paul the Apostle

If you want to buy a great gift for the armchair theologian in your life,...

October 2016

October 19, 2016

A Video Intro to Open Theism (Greg Boyd)

Yesterday I had a fun conversation with someone who is checking out our church. The...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Logos 7 is Here! Time to Nerd Out a Bit!

Every time a new version of Logos comes out, I get giddy. This is by...

August 24, 2016

A 3 Minute Intro to the Context of Revelation

This first video is about the gods of the Roman Empire and their influence on...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

New Podcast Explores Paul, Gender in the Roman World, and Homophobia

I discuss the need for *nuance* when talking about Paul and LGBTQ folks. The center...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

The Cosmic God and Earthy God: Reading Genesis 1-3 Like a Scholar

Reading Genesis 1-3 like a scholar!