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July 2026

July 17, 2026

Your God is NOT Real: Evangelical Idealism

When I was in college, an expression made the rounds on campus. It was something...

June 2026

June 30, 2026

Making Excuses for God: What We Owe the People We Failed

On June 28th, R.L. Stollar posted what appears to be a suicide letter to his...

December 2025

December 01, 2025

A Eulogy for the Sleeping Church

For the last 20 years, I have been a disruptor – a corrective. Whether...

October 2025

October 21, 2025

God’s Not Dead, Christianity is!

“Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright...

September 2025

September 19, 2025

Saying what must be Said About the Charlie Kirk Situation

It has been a little over a week since the Charlie Kirk murder. I wanted...

August 2025

August 01, 2025

Trump’s America or Constantine’s Rome?

Throughout the process of researching for the Kingdom of Man, I was surprised by just...

July 2025

July 03, 2025

Are Christian Nationalists Behind our Involvement with Iran?

In the Kingdom of Man, I stated unequivocally that untrained conservative evangelicals (politicians and other...

March 2025

March 25, 2025

Kierkegaard Denied Being a Christian and so should We.

To be a Christian, You Must First Deny It Around the mid-19th Century in Denmark,...

February 2025

February 28, 2025

When Conservative Ideologies Collide: Wilson v. White

It was only a matter of time before we were going to see conservative ideologies...

January 2025

January 20, 2025

Donald Trump and the Kingdom of Man

On November 6th, I received a message from a friend who was distraught over the...

October 2024

October 28, 2024

Will Evangelicals Vote Donald Trump Again?

I hate writing about politics. However, the upcoming Presidential election is one of the most...

July 2024

July 16, 2024

Kierkegaard and Christian Nationalism

I was wrong. In fact, I wasn’t even close on this one—an intellectual anomaly for...

March 2024

March 22, 2024

6 Questions Every Evangelical Should Be Asking Themselves

It seems like almost every week we are hearing about a new scandal within evangelicalism....

December 2023

December 18, 2023

My Brief Glimpse Into Being Black

Believe it or not, this is the fourth iteration of this article. I have gone...

September 2023

September 25, 2023

Evangelicalism Will Eventually Die and This is Why

It seems like an extreme statement to state that evangelicalism will die. In general, I...

May 2023

May 29, 2023

Do Blue Lives Really Matter: A Memorial Day Reflection

This evening (Sunday), I was driving around and could not help but notice blue...

January 2023

January 30, 2023

How Evangelicals Were Deceived Into Caring So Much About Abortion

Evangelicals have been deceived but do they know that? For many years I wondered...

May 2022

May 10, 2022

The Only Way to be Pro-Life is to be Pro-Choice

I know, yet another man writing an article on the abortion issue. With that...

March 2022

March 09, 2022

What Would Jesus Do in Ukraine

This image came to my mind when I began considering what Jesus would do in...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

What is Going on at Cornerstone University?

Cornerstone University is a small, liberal arts university in Grand Rapids, Michigan. If you live...

March 2021

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....

January 2021

January 11, 2021

We Needed Insurrection

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

December 2020

December 11, 2020

Pro-Life or Anti-Abortion

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

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 16, 2020

Moving Beyond Bullshit

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