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December 2012

December 11, 2012

Why Did God Prefer Abel to Cain? [Questions That Haunt]

David tweeted a question into the series asking a question about one of the most...

December 05, 2012

Richard Mouw, Timothy Dalrymple, Same Sex Marriage, and the Common Good

It seems that I disagree with Tim Dalrymple on lots and lots of stuff. Nevertheless,...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Gay Conversion Ministry Sued for Fraud

Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center announced that they're suing a "conversion ministry" of defrauding...

November 26, 2012

Who Is Rob Bell?

This post is part of the Patheos Book Club. Check out the Book Club for more...

November 21, 2012

Remixing David Simon – for the Church

After the election, David Simon wrote a compelling post about change and our society. Simon...

November 21, 2012

Church of England Decides that Silly Clothes Aren’t the Only Thing They Want To Keep from the 16th Century

The Church of England has decided to continue an archaic and oppressive policy that only...

November 19, 2012

Something I Know about Andy Stanley

Over the weekend, CNN posted a lengthy story about the tenuous relationship between two prominent...

November 18, 2012

What I Learned at Youth Specialties: Youth Pastors Want to Talk about Gay Marriage

Please pardon the Sunday post. Usually, I don't post on Sunday and try to keep...

November 16, 2012

Pastor Mark Reviews Rachel Held Evans

Well, I assume that this Tumblr is from Mark Driscoll, because it's titled "the real...

November 15, 2012

Teen Won’t Be Confirmed because He Supports Gay Rights

Rose French of the Star Tribune reports: A Catholic priest in northwest Minnesota is refusing...

November 14, 2012

Hear What I Think about Everyone from Mark Driscoll to Rachel Held Evans

I had the great pleasure of visiting The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology last...

November 14, 2012

Christian Nightmares Bait: Stylish Baptism Advice from Big Rich Texas

November 14, 2012

Christian Progressives Come Out of the Shadows

The NY Times rehash on the religious angle on the election is interesting. There is,...

November 13, 2012

Can You Be a Gay Christian and Not Be Pissed?

So the Church of England has appointed another middle aged, white, anti-gay guy to be...

November 13, 2012

What Is the World’s Fastest Growing Religion? Philip Jenkins Knows

Jenkins says that at first blush, the answer is obviously Christianity. But when you drill...

November 12, 2012

More Election Rehash: Citizens United, Gay Marriage, and Republican Democrats

I've got to think that no one breathed a bigger sigh of relief on election...

November 09, 2012

Slacktivist Bait

Robert Jeffress: Obama Is “Paving the Way for … the Antichrist” Posted on November 6th,...

November 09, 2012

Bishop Al Mohler Calls the Election “An Evangelical Disaster”

So reports Barb Haggerty on NPR: Many religious conservatives thought this might be the year...

November 07, 2012

My Biggest Tweet Ever

Came last night: Background here.

November 07, 2012

Write an Election Limerick, Win a T-Shirt

The good people at WhoopTee.com have designed a t-shirt for Theoblogy readers, and I've got...

November 05, 2012

Lots of Puritans Were “Nones”

Martin Marty takes aim at hand-wringers who worry that that lack of church attendance and...

November 03, 2012

Feminist Theologians Don’t Like Our Vagina Limericks

I'd be interested in you reading post: The very tradition of the limerick comes freighted...

November 02, 2012

Whom I’m Voting For, and Why

Editor's Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature. Patheos...

November 01, 2012

Tim Tebow Trademarks ‘Tebowing’

We all know that you can't print the word "Threepeat" on a t-shirt without paying...

November 01, 2012

Watch This and Tell Me If You Still Think Mormonism Is Christian [VIDEO]

I am not on a witch hunt. I am not anti-Romney. I am anti-secrecy. I...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Rachel Held Evans Is Causing a Pussy Riot of Limericks!

Time to announce the winners of the Limerick Challenge to win a copy of Rachel...

October 29, 2012

Rhinestone Jeans Are Ruining Pews

Ladies (and gentlemen), it seems that the bling on your jeans is defacing the pews...

October 27, 2012

Pastors Don’t Watch “Hollywood Movies”

My friend Darrell at Stuff Fundies Like found this gem of a letter from 1982,...

October 27, 2012

A Church for Freaks?

Scott Paeth has been thinking about what kind of church he might fit. It is,...

October 25, 2012

Bishop Al Mohler Strikes Again

Panel Discussion: Revisiting Inerrancy from Southern Seminary on Vimeo. Baptists don't have bishops, right? That's...