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December 2015

December 01, 2015

How Should Christians Love America?

What did Jesus mean when he said to Pilate, “My kingdom is not from/of this...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

Must Christians Believe in a Second Coming?

The physical, bodily return of Jesus Christ was declared one of the five essential doctrines...

November 17, 2015

Kicking the Samaritan: Christianity and the Anti-Muslim Backlash

By now, the anti-Muslim backlash we witness after every fresh terror attack is not all...

November 16, 2015

How the Traditional Doctrine of Hell Undermines Christian Character

The doctrine of eternal conscious torment presents a real problem for the Christian who is...

November 09, 2015

Jesus-Deniers Still Don’t Get It

Despite what New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman calls a cottage industry promoting the claim that...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

Three Reasons Why We Don’t Pray the Sinner’s Prayer With Our Children

Praying the prayer to ask Jesus into their hearts with children is the seminal moment...

October 12, 2015

A Gay Pastor Explains What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality

Unfundamentalist Christians founder John Shore recently shared a letter from a gay Christian who is...

October 07, 2015

No One Else Is Entitled to Our Bodies

In China, millions of women have been forced to have abortions, whether they wanted them...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Putting Words in Paul’s Mouth: “Women: Shut Up!”

"Women should remain silent in the churches." Few Christians actually follow Paul’s command. It's often...

September 28, 2015

Could you be so holy that you wouldn’t be sad when your children go to hell?

There may be no doctrine from the mainstream body of orthodoxy more staggering than “eternal...

September 25, 2015

B.S.’s no BS speech at Liberty University should challenge all of us

Bernie Sanders is not a Christian. He is a Jew, though he does not profess...

September 24, 2015

Why do so many conservatives oppose Pope Francis?

It seems that even the vicar of Christ can be given such preposterous titles left...

September 22, 2015

I’m not a fan of the Pope and you shouldn’t be either

As the hullabaloo over Pope Francis' visit to America reaches a fever pitch, it's important...

September 14, 2015

Dear Dispensationalist God

Before you decide whether or not to include me in the rapture, please read the...

September 11, 2015

The Punctuation Mark That Might Change How You Read Romans

One of our all-time most viewed posts on the UC blog is Don Burrows' "Romans...

September 09, 2015

Teaching Children About Hell

As I grew in cognitive and spiritual development, I learned there was more to the...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Clobbering the Confusion About 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

The debate about 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 is confusing, and there simply isn't one decisive answer...

August 28, 2015

What About My Religious Liberties?

There is a war on Christianity in America, and hundreds of thousands of faithful Christians are being...

August 26, 2015

What the Bible Is

The written documents that constitute our Bible are snapshots of an evolving, developing, dynamic faith...

August 24, 2015

What I Wish Everyone Knew About Sex Addiction

10 things I wish everyone understood about sex addiction.

August 16, 2015

Is God in Control?

How does God interact with the world? Does God directly manage and determine the course...

August 10, 2015

“This is why I don’t believe in God”

"Gina" is a 3-minute documentary film made by Loading Docs about a woman with a...

August 05, 2015

Encountering Christ on Death Row

Few in society are more unloved and more outcast than those who are in prison...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

Why I’m a Christian Who (Still) Supports Planned Parenthood

Last week an undercover video was released purporting to show that Planned Parenthood is in...

July 17, 2015

Your “Deeply Held Religious Belief” Isn’t Biblical

The more I hear the words deeply held religious belief, the more uneasy I feel....

July 15, 2015

Flags, Guns and Christians

Last Friday the Confederate flag came down in South Carolina, the result of a national...

July 13, 2015

Marriage Equality — What Have Christians Lost?

Should Christians who are celebrating marriage equality empathize with those who are grieving over the...

July 08, 2015

Biblical Marriage and Biblical Justice

Are you growing weary of the outcry of angst, fear, and frustration over marriage equality...

July 06, 2015

Speak the Truth in Love

"Speak the truth in love" is a phrase that some Christians love to toss out...

July 02, 2015

“40 Questions For Christians Now Waving Rainbow Flags”

Kevin DeYoung of the Gospel Coalition asked 40 questions to Christians who support LGBT equality....

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