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February 2017

February 10, 2017

Post-Evangelical Life

I want to tell the rest of the story--what happened after we left that evangelical...

February 09, 2017

How Evangelical Kids Can Get Their Faith Shaken on the First Day of University

Let’s consider the first morning at university for one hypothetical 18 year old raised in...

February 03, 2017

Mercy Is Not Enough

Many Christians have never been challenged to consider all the biblical texts dealing with justice.

January 2017

January 30, 2017

An Open Letter to My Fellow Christians

No matter what we think of the current sociopolitical situation, whether we endorse the present...

January 27, 2017

Why “God Is Sovereign” Is Not Enough (And What You Can Do Instead)

I have had some iteration of the phrase, Don't worry, God is sovereign, thrown at...

January 18, 2017

Not Anomalies: Reclaiming the Biblical Heroines

Growing up with a single mother, I learned that being a woman and being strong...

January 13, 2017

No, the Bible Isn’t God’s Personal Letter to You

The message above recently appeared on the sign outside of a church in my neighborhood.

January 05, 2017

How Becoming More Secular Brought Me Closer to Jesus

Secular. Along with catchphrases like On Fire for God and Love the Sinner, Hate the...

December 2016

December 26, 2016

We Don’t Win If They Lose

I was just about to hit the scan button again—in hopes that I could spare...

December 14, 2016

Three Reasons I Am a Christian Universalist

I believe that everyone will somehow, someway, someday be changed into a compassionate, loving person.

December 12, 2016

How to Find an Unfundamentalist Church

The question we're asked most frequently is How can I find an Unfundamentalist Church?

December 06, 2016

Why the Bible Doesn’t ‘Clearly Say’ Anything

If you are saying those words in English, living in present-day America, then you are...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

If all are saved, then why follow Jesus?

The question assumes that if there is no eternal hell awaiting those who fail to...

November 28, 2016

How Can You Call Yourselves Christian When You Don’t Believe in the Bible?

A reader asks how we can call ourselves Christians when we don't believe in the...

November 25, 2016

It’s Time! No More!

There is one issue in particular that I believe is contributing to the division and...

November 08, 2016

How Can You Be Christian and Vote for a Pro-Choice Candidate?

We're often asked how people can be Christian and vote for a pro-choice candidate. In...

November 07, 2016

Thou Shalt Desire: A Primer on the Mimetic Theory of René Girard

René Girard's mimetic theory is paramount in addressing the violence that grips our world.

November 01, 2016

No, We Are NOT Marcionites

The charge of Marcionism is often leveled toward anyone who says that God is just...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

How Does Identifying with the Kingdom of God Affect Our Political Participation?

As we move toward this event, we all know our personal opinions on candidates and...

October 06, 2016

Dispensationalism: A Doctrine More Dangerous Than Hell Itself

It is high time we abandon this plainly stupid (for lack of a better word)...

October 03, 2016

Bearing Witness, Feeling Helpless, and Straining to Hear

We live in a rape culture that teaches our girls, women, and anyone not living...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

How Denominations Destroy Faith

There is a lot we can learn from each other as we share our differing...

September 27, 2016

Why a Perfect God Can Only Lead to Atheism

An immutable God cannot move, cannot act, but can only exist as the opposite from...

September 26, 2016

What’s an Evangelical Voting Bloc?

Everyone was arguing about who the Evangelical voting bloc would vote for in the Republican...

September 12, 2016

Christians need to be honest about biblical contradictions (especially in the Bible’s different portrayals of God)

Christian leaders and churches need to admit that we have done a poor job in...

September 05, 2016

No Matter How Smart They Think They Are, Atheists Don’t Shake My Faith

I've had many discussions with atheists. Well, I don’t know that I would call them...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Innocence and Awareness: Questioning Original Sin

In the churches I grew up in, the story recounted in Genesis 3 was viewed as the...

August 22, 2016

What the Bible Actually Says About Singleness

I recently attended a wedding where the pastor used Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 as his text to...

August 09, 2016

Let’s admit it: When it comes to money, Jesus was a radical and we’re not.

I am a would-be disciple of Jesus. I say would-be because there are some aspects...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

What the Old Testament Has to Say about This Election

Is Trump our modern day Saul?

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