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April 2016

April 25, 2016

The Holy Spirit is not a Male, Conservative Evangelical

I happened to stumble upon the website of my former conservative evangelical church, and I...

April 22, 2016

Not Homeless Enough

Last month an article popped up on my newsfeed declaring that homelessness is on the...

April 20, 2016

An Open Letter to Christian Business Owners

I don’t usually do open letters (it’s against my policy), but today I feel compelled...

April 18, 2016

Lessons from Jesus on how to apply scripture (part 2)

What guided Jesus's process of sorting through the inconsistencies, contradictions, different perspectives, and theological views...

April 06, 2016

Lessons from Jesus on how to apply scripture (part 1)

What can Jesus teach us about appropriating scripture for the purpose of discovering and fulfilling...

April 05, 2016

Bringing Common Sense to the Abortion Debate

I've been involved with the abortion issue since the early 1980s and my views have...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Why Bible believers are not really Bible believers

A good number of evangelical Christians self-identify as Bible believers. It’s a peculiar way for...

March 24, 2016

A Year Without Mormonism

A year ago, my wife and I stepped back from our faith tradition.

March 21, 2016

Three Glorious Surprises in the Resurrection

The resurrection of Jesus is too often either co-opted for conservative Christian triumphalism or reduced...

March 14, 2016

Living in the Real World of Gray

I was raised in a world of black and white, right and wrong, good and...

March 10, 2016

The Patriarchy Shop

A young woman stepped into the richly-decorated interior of the Christian Patriarchy Shop.

March 07, 2016

We Have Met the Beast and It Is Us

Somehow this is still a thing. Christian leaders and politicians routinely make fearmongering overtures about...

March 01, 2016

Dear Neighbors

May I please share something intimate and important, something most people do not guess about...

March 01, 2016

I’m an Evangelical Voter. No, Really …

It’s been interesting to observe how many of my more conservative evangelical sisters and brothers...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

Even Jesus fell short of perfect love

Jesus said, “Let the children [referring to Israel] be fed first, for it is not...

February 16, 2016

Christian and Sexually Empowered

I believe embracing sexual empowerment is absolutely vital to having a healthy, thriving marriage.

February 01, 2016

The Gospel of Hate

Yesterday I was confronted with the gospel of hate. I was watching a TV show...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Starting out in a Theology of Food: Beginning with the Eucharist

Eating is nothing new. For many of us it has become so rudimentary in the...

January 26, 2016

Give me a deeply moving experience over a deeply held belief every time!

Last year April Kelsey wrote a viral post for this blog which played off the...

January 25, 2016

How to Cherry-Pick the Bible

So, how did Jesus read the “Bible?” Well, he cherry-picked it. Gasp! It’s okay though,...

January 22, 2016

Putting Dr. Larycia Hawkins on Trial

The Wheaton College Faculty Council has unanimously recommended that the college administration withdraw their efforts...

January 21, 2016

Your Feelings and Experiences Matter, Young Christian

I recently witnessed a Twitter argument about gender inequality in the church. A proud Calvinist...

January 19, 2016

What does it mean to confess that Jesus is Lord?

To say that Jesus is Lord is to echo one the earliest and most basic...

January 11, 2016

Is The Bible Lying?

Though the original comment is ostensibly a response to the (blasphemous!) idea that the Bible...

January 05, 2016

How the Miracles of the Bible Obscure the Miracle of Jesus

Both testaments of the Christian Bible are rife with miracles. Seas are parted, rain is...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

What’s splitting your church? Worship music or genocide?

A tale of two churches.

December 24, 2015

Top 10 Unfundamentalist Christians Posts of 2015

A run-down of our most popular blog posts from 2015.

December 23, 2015

Why Two Christmas Stories Are Better Than One

My falling out with Christian culture and my journey through biblical scholarship over the last...

December 10, 2015

Homosexuality and the Bible: Beyond the Dichotomy between Biblical Prophets and Cultural Compromisers

The topic of homosexuality has assumed for many conservatives (“the prophets”) the status of a...

December 07, 2015

Bible Test for Syrian Refugees

Surely, it is quite easy to establish whether someone is a Christian or not. Just...

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