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September 2017

September 18, 2017

Bullying Bishops and Castrated Christians: The Nashville Statement’s Eunuch Omission

Mountains of ink have already been spilled condemning the Nashville Statement, but I was particularly...

September 01, 2017

Conservatives Double-Down on Archaic Views on Sexuality, Bigots Sing Their Praise

While many are denouncing the theology espoused in the Nashville Statement, others, like Westboro Baptist...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

Do You Mean to Mock Me?

This year on July 5th I stumbled into a place and a time out of...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

God Made Adam, Eve, and Steve

For the good part of thirty years, I held to the belief that homosexuality was...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

We Agree: We Can’t Agree to Disagree on Anti-Gay Bigotry

When bigotry uses the tools of my trade -- in this case Greek philology --...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

Why Boycotting Disney over a Gay Character Is Childish and Hypocritical

I recently saw Disney’s Beauty and the Beast with my six year old daughter. We...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Are Gay People Welcome?

Many Christians, such as my ex-pastor, do amazing work with the oppressed, the downtrodden, and...

August 2016

August 10, 2016

The Dangers of Russian Dolls: Finding the T in LGBT

For reasons of safety and common bond we spend our lives as part of communities...

August 01, 2016

From Ignorance to Acceptance: When You Realize You Had It All Wrong

Can a person become an Unfundamentalist from a Fundamentalist world?  Of course! But I didn’t...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

Orlando: A Hopeful Lament

The undisturbed surface of the communion wine forms concentric circles when hit by a single...

May 2016

May 16, 2016

How LGBTQ People Can Revitalize Christianity

Elizabeth Edman is a queer priest. She is also a priestly queer.

April 2016

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...

October 2015

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...

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...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Breaking Down Southern Baptist Rhetoric Against Same-Sex Marriage

While Southern Baptists have been vocally repenting of their support for slavery and Jim Crow...

February 2015

February 04, 2015

Strachan & Fischer’s Big Gay Slip’N Slide

One of the canards of the anti-LGBT industry is the tired argument that accepting LGBT...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

Are Non-LGBT-Affirming Christians Committing Blasphemy?

Some of the Jewish leaders in Jesus' day accused Jesus of blasphemy because they felt...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

“Queers in the Kingdom” shares the stories of LGBT students at Wheaton College

Markie Hancock's new documentary film casts a much needed light on the stories of Wheaton...

October 2013

October 01, 2013

Romans 1:26-27: A Clobber Passage That Should Lose Its Wallop

Whenever I’m debating with someone who authoritatively declares that the Bible condemns homosexuality, and who...

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