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September 2026

September 08, 2026

God’s Silence and the Anger We’re Afraid to Feel

God oftentimes feels silent to me. I don't hear his voice as some claim to,...

August 2026

August 11, 2026

What the WNBA’s Transgender Athlete Fight Reveals About Us

I want to say this plainly before anything else, since this is an article about...

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 08, 2026

After the Eulogy Comes the Resurrection

I have been to enough funerals to know that the days after are...

December 2025

December 01, 2025

A Eulogy for the Sleeping Church

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

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,...

August 2024

August 14, 2024

What Does It Mean To Be A Christian?

What does it mean for someone to call themselves a Christian? Like many, years of...

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....

February 2024

February 12, 2024

The Unbiblical Ministry of Jesus and Alistair Begg

Recently, an evangelical pastor named Alistair Begg was cut from American Family Radio due to...

January 2024

January 18, 2024

The Truth About “Homosexuality” in 1 Corinthians 6:9

It is a popular trope among progressives to argue that the word homosexual was not...

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...

August 2023

August 21, 2023

The Rapture and the Hope of Jesus’ Return

Eschatology, the rapture, and the end times are often met with eye-rolling by individuals...

June 2023

June 20, 2023

A Progressive Interpretation of the Bible

In the realm of progressive thinking, issues with evangelicalism often stem from questions of authority...

April 2023

April 17, 2023

What Comes After Deconstruction and Reconstruction

So much has been written about the process of deconstruction including reconstruction. However, what...

March 2023

March 20, 2023

I Believe In Penal Substitutionary Atonement BUT It’s Not What You Think

People who know me will probably be shocked by the fact that I believe in...

January 2023

January 09, 2023

The Great Divide: What Conservative Evangelicals Misunderstand About Progressives

You would be correct if you argued that there is a large number of...

December 2022

December 19, 2022

Why My Belief In Jesus Has Never Changed: An Advent Reflection

I always seem to get more emotional when the advent season rolls around. Part of...

November 2022

November 29, 2022

Was Jesus Transgender?

Recently a student, Joshua Heath, a Cambridge University fellow, preached a sermon that has...

October 2022

October 27, 2022

Why It’s Good That Christianity is Progressive

If you have ever read Alisa Childers book “Another Gospel”, then you will know that...

October 17, 2022

I’m Going to Die!

Well…That’s it! I’m going to die. I can’t avoid it. Just like every other person...

October 10, 2022

Progressives Love Jesus Too

I recently had the opportunity to interview theologian and apologist Randal Rauser about his...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

Does God Heal People?

It’s 2018 and we get word that my wife's best friend had just been...

August 03, 2022

Deconstruction IS Discipleship

“Discipleship” is a buzzword in evangelical circles. I served on the Reformed Church in America’s...

May 2022

May 23, 2022

Christians Need to be More Worldly

I believe evangelical Christians largely do not care about what those in the world think...

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...

May 02, 2022

Tertullian On Equality and Mutuality Within Marriage

By default, all passages in scripture are either prescriptive (commands the believer to adhere...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

God is Dead! A Post Easter Reflection

During the Easter season, we focus heavily on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ....

April 04, 2022

Jesus Permits Us to Question

There are so many people who believe that doubt has no place in the Church....