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May 2013

May 01, 2013

Don’t Call Me “Pastor”

When I talk to journalists, I regularly need to ask them not to refer to...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Would You Step on Jesus?

My friend and fellow Minnesotan, Jay Bakker, is known to throw his Bible to the...

April 29, 2013

Jim Wallis, Rob Bell, and Gay Marriage

Odyssey Network asked me what I thought of Christian leaders like Jim Wallis and Rob...

April 29, 2013

Atheist Undergrad to Christian Pastor: Don’t Be a Dick

When I first arrived on the campus of St. Cloud State University in January to...

April 27, 2013

Life Is Better Than You Think (And Better that the Media Leads You To Believe)

I read a lot of people referring to last week as "America's Worst Week," what...

April 25, 2013

Does Prayer Work? [VIDEO]

April 24, 2013

Whaddya Say We Get Honest about Labels?

This morning on Marketplace Morning Report, Krissy Clark filed a story entitled, "What Does 'Welfare'...

April 22, 2013

The True Colors of the New Atheists

Andrew Brown lays bare the hypocrisy of Richard Dawkins: Richard Dawkins and Twitter make one of the...

April 20, 2013

Some Thoughts on the Terror in Boston [VIDEO]

April 18, 2013

The NRA Is Waging a Jihad on America

Prolegomena: There are two guns in my house -- 12-gauge shotguns. They are in a...

April 17, 2013

Belief in an Angry God Will Make You Sick

Literally: The researchers found that belief in a punitive God was significantly associated with an...

April 15, 2013

Dan Savage vs. Andrew Marin

I don't know Dan Savage. I like what he does, I think that Christians have a...

April 13, 2013

Where Is the Emerging Church?

No one knows more about the ECM, especially in the UK, than Jonny Baker. He's...

April 13, 2013

Announcement: Changes at Patheos

Here at Patheos, we're undergoing some significant back-end upgrades this weekend. Most importantly for Theoblogy readers is...

April 11, 2013

“Marriage” Changes. Don’t Believe Me? Look It Up.

On a flight last week, I sat next to a conservative Pentecostal pastor. We talked...

April 11, 2013

Andrew Sullivan Goes to (Mega-)Church

Yesterday, Andrew Sullivan attending David Kuo's funeral. It was the first time that the Catholic...

April 10, 2013

Even Rick Perry Is Turning Pro-Gay

Although some idiocy still reigns -- like this guy who says that sexual preference is...

April 09, 2013

The Bible Is God’s Word [Questions That Haunt]

I was at a conference on Friday, so I missed my chance to answer Jake's...

April 09, 2013

Can Jay Bakker Redeem Minnesota?

A month ago, my friend Jay Bakker and his wife, Karin, arrived in Minnesota. They...

April 07, 2013

Ask the Rabbi: What’s With Cutting Men’s Penises?

This is part of an occasional series in which I pose a question to my...

April 04, 2013

Obituary for the Residential Seminary

There's lots of talk around the Twin Cities about what's going on at Luther Seminary...

April 03, 2013

Why I Won’t Be Viewing Kevin Ware’s Injury

Yesterday, I was sitting in the steam room at the gym, minding my own business,...

April 02, 2013

Is the Bible “God’s Word”? [Questions That Haunt]

We took last week off for Holy Week, and for the release of the QTHC...

April 01, 2013

Supporting Gay Marriage Is Like…Being a Nazi!

You know things are getting desperate for "Minnesotans for Marriage" when they devolve to Godwin's...

April 01, 2013

Of Baseball Mitts, Resurrections, Announcements, and New Beginnings

I received the baseball mitt on the left in second grade. It was way too...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

He Died for You

Many Christians struggle to understand this day, Good Friday. We're told, "Jesus died for you,"...

March 28, 2013

A Tomato on the Seder Plate

For the second year in a row, Rabbi Joseph Edelheit graciously invited Courtney, the kids,...

March 26, 2013

Why Marriage Matters

As I sit down to write this, SCOTUSblog has just tweeted that they don't expect...

March 25, 2013

Rob Bell Round-Up

In the wake of Rob Bell's new book being released and his perfectly-timed-to-coincide-with-new-book-release statement affirming...

March 21, 2013

I’m Warming to the Pope

Ultimately, I am a pragmatist. People occasionally say to me, "I don't believe in divorce."...