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May 2021

May 14, 2021

Breaking Glass Steeples: On the God-Given Rights of Women

The amount of time dedicated to the issue of the roles of women in Church...

May 11, 2021

A Conversation with Keith Giles

I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Author and Patheos Columnist Keith Giles...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Fun with Philosophy: Time & Being

Fun with philosophy is a series that explores fun topics that I find interesting. I...

April 18, 2021

The Weight of Truth

I remember when I officially cut ties with evangelicalism. It was a feeling of relief,...

April 13, 2021

A Response to Roger E. Olson’s View of Progressive Christianity

Roger E. Olson recently wrote an article “Who Is A ‘Progressive Christian’ and How Is...

April 05, 2021

A Conversation with Kristin Du Mez About Jesus and John Wayne

I had the unique privilege of interviewing Kristin Du Mez for the UNenlightenment podcast about...

March 2021

March 23, 2021

Biblical Inerrancy Does NOT Glorify God

Biblical inerrancy is one of the most sensitive issues within the Christian culture. Those who...

March 12, 2021

A Conversation With Brian McLaren: Trumpism, Culture, & Doubt

I had a chance to sit down with Brian McLaren this past week via Zoom...

March 05, 2021

On Christendom

There are a lot of opinions as to what constitutes Christendom. However, Christendom should be...

February 2021

February 22, 2021

Evangelicals in the Hands of an Angry God: 8 Theses

Jesus's worst enemy was not Rome, it was His own people – the religious leaders....

February 17, 2021

The Enormous Cost of Love

I get that it is past Valentine's Day, but who cares? Love is a topic...

February 07, 2021

Do Evangelicals Really Believe in God?

I was always taught that the most significant difference between Christianity and every other religion...

January 2021

January 30, 2021

God is NOT Good: A Theodicy

In the opening chapters of Genesis, we read that God created everything in the cosmos...

January 26, 2021

Fun With Philosophy: The Soul

I feel like I have a soul. I don’t mean I believe I have...

January 19, 2021

A Guide to Progressive Christianity: A Response to “Another Gospel” by Alisa Childers

I recently read a book by Alisa Childers called “Another Gospel: a lifelong Christian seeks...

January 14, 2021

Doubt as a Spiritual Discipline

Doubt within the Christian faith can be a time of great anguish. It can also...

January 11, 2021

We Needed Insurrection

Last Wednesday, I watched the certification of the Electoral College votes. I didn’t know such...

January 09, 2021

UNenlightenment is Being Certain of your Subjectivity

UNenlightenment is the undoing of our Enlightenment presuppositions, which in my opinion, prevent us from...

January 04, 2021

The Bible Is NOT The Word Of God Revisited

“The Bible is not the Word of God and if we believe this to be...

December 2020

December 28, 2020

The Courage to Be

Before I had children I often thought how selfish it would be to bring children...

December 14, 2020

The Beauty of the Incarnation: A Meditation

Oftentimes when Christians tell the story of Jesus they begin with the Incarnation. But neither...

December 11, 2020

Pro-Life or Anti-Abortion

I think most people would agree that life is precious and, oftentimes, precarious. So fragile...

December 05, 2020

Jesus Was A Heretic

It might come as a shock at first. It’s offensive. But, you’re really not sure...

November 2020

November 28, 2020

The War on Christmas and the Persecution Complex

Around this time every year, we begin hearing a resonance in the political/religious aether of...

November 21, 2020

Sex, Fear, & Evangelicalism

Sex. Sex. Sex. There, I said it. I’m not ashamed of it. I’m not afraid...

November 16, 2020

Moving Beyond Bullshit

There is a lot of bullshit (BS) in our American culture. Between fake news, flat-earthers,...

November 09, 2020

Privilege Loss and the Cross

American Christians need to come to terms with the idea that losing their privilege -...