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March 2012

March 02, 2012

I Pwned that Atheist

No, not really. In fact, Hement Mehta (aka, The Friendly Atheist) and I had a...

March 01, 2012

Your Weekly Driscoll Fix

KOMO TV 11 -- Seattle's news leader -- ran a story on Mark Driscoll and...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

A Christian Support of Same Sex Marriage

Here's a nice post from the Raven Foundation about whether and why Christians can support...

February 28, 2012

“Beneath Christianism is a deep fear of the human mind”

Andrew Sullivan money quote: For Santorum, as for Ratzinger, if your conscience says one thing,...

February 28, 2012

Rick Santorum Doesn’t Think You’re a Christian

The Republican candidate for POTUS, who thinks that our president follows and unbiblical theology, thinks...

February 28, 2012

Another Bad Argument against Marriage Equality

Andrew Rosenthal at the New York Times: Perhaps the most ridiculous argument against marriage equality...

February 25, 2012

Lent Madness Brackets Announced

Happy Ash Wednesday, everyone. Actually, I should say Sad Ash Wednesday, or something like that....

February 23, 2012

Santorum’s Bible

Mike Lux at HuffPo has this astute observation: Because here's the thing: while you can...

February 23, 2012

Give Up Racism for Lent

Billy Kangas is giving up racism for Lent. You can help him by joining him...

February 22, 2012

Taking Ash Wednesday to the Streets

Today is Lauren Winner's first Ash Wednesday as an Episcopal priest, and she'll be standing...

February 20, 2012

Blogging Controversies

Illustration from Pickling His Presence Late last week, I took some heat in the comment...

February 20, 2012

Hey, Rick Santorum, Let’s Talk about a “Theology Not Based on the Bible”

Rick Santorum, an ardent Catholic, made headlines over the weekend for saying that President Obama practices...

February 17, 2012

Being Gay in Islam: Not Easy

The Economist reports on the slowly shifting sands of GLBT rights in Islam: Gay life...

February 17, 2012

What To Do When @RickWarren Stops Following You

Got this in the in-box this week: So I ask you, dear readers, what should...

February 16, 2012

What to Say to a Gay Kid in Your Youth Group

Rachel Swan has some advice: Q: Say I have a youth group member who has...

February 15, 2012

The Shifting Sands of “Evangelicalism”

There is no more accomplished student of American Protestantism than Martin Marty. This week, he...

February 15, 2012

Warming to Chicago

If you grew up in Minnesota (or Wisconsin, or the Dakotas), you were taught that...

February 14, 2012

Young Creatives Are Fleeing Evangelicalism

The Barna Group* has a new study out, and it shows that the future is...

February 13, 2012

Are You a Biblically Qualified Pastor?

If so, then you might want to consider applying for this job in Coal Township,...

February 12, 2012

Evangelical Masculinity: Some Historical Perspective

John D'Elia brings some much-needed perspective to the latest John Piper kerfuffle over masculinity: There’s...

February 09, 2012

Lauren Winner’s Bourbon

All week, I'll be posting about Lauren Winner's new book, Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith...

February 07, 2012

Christian Life in the Inventive Age

Doug Pagitt has completed his four-book cycle on the Christian faith in the "Inventive Age."...

February 06, 2012

Could You Vote for Someone Who Wears Sacred Undergarments?

Back in 2007 -- the last time that Mitt Romney ran for president, I wrote...

February 04, 2012

“Enough” by Adam Hamilton

This is a sponsored post and part of the Patheos Book Club. Check out the...

February 03, 2012

Still Gay…and No Longer Gay

At Fuller Seminary's Burner Blog, there are a pair of posts up about how that...

February 02, 2012

Rough Waters Ahead for Mormonism

Sects that keep secrets -- think Scientology -- have a tough time in the...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

A Journey to Progressive Christianity

I wasn’t always a religious liberal I grew up in a conservative Southern Baptist home,...

January 28, 2012

Robert Jeffress and the Spirit and Definition of Love

At the beginning of January, Tony blogged about an article on D Magazine featuring Dr....

January 27, 2012

Eckhart and Apologetics

Meister Eckhart, the thirteenth-century Dominican speculative mystic, is one of my favorite writers. I have...

January 27, 2012

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

"God Is God Because He Remembers" An essay read by Elie Wiesel on NPR’s All...