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July 2015

July 22, 2015

On the Troubling Application of Matthew 25: Jeannine Brown on the “Least of These”

Biola's online journal, The Table, recently published an excellent piece by New Testament scholar Jeannine...

July 21, 2015

The Mennonites are Leading the Way Toward Inclusion among Christian Colleges

Yesterday, two Christian colleges, Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College, made a big announcement: They...

July 21, 2015

Trump’s “Winner’s Only” Approach is Utterly Anti-Christian

Trump created quite a stir when he declared that John McCain is not a war...

July 17, 2015

On the “Demonic Nature of Social Evil in Our Time”

While working my way through Ernest Becker's splendid book, The Structure of Evil, I came upon...

July 16, 2015

The Trouble with Women in the Church (Leaving Evangelicalism #6)

This is the sixth post of a series I will be writing over the next...

July 15, 2015

David Tracy’s Plea for Avoiding Reductionism when Interpreting Religion

Wise words from David Tracy's Plurality and Ambiguity, regarding the situation of plurality and the challenge of...

July 14, 2015

Gay Christian Employee Leaves Wheaton College

Julie Rodgers, a gay Christian celebrated by evangelicals for her commitment to celibacy, recently announced...

July 13, 2015

Some Thoughts on “Retrenchment” in Christian Higher Education

James McGrath, over at Exploring Our Matrix, has a good reflection on the problem of...

July 09, 2015

“Can We Go Home, Now?” My Mom, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Our Longing for Home

I have written before about my mother, who is in the final stages of the...

July 07, 2015

A Note For Bible-Believing Christians Who Want to Be Inclusive

In the days since I "came out" as an inclusive, progressive, and post-Evangelical Christian, I...

July 06, 2015

My Stunning Realization on Biblical Authority and Same-Sex Relationships (Leaving Evangelicalism #5)

This is the fifth post of a series I will be writing over the next...

July 02, 2015

Can the Bible’s “One Flesh” Include Same-Sex Love?

"Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

10 Things to Do With that Extra Second You Get Tonight

Today, June 29, we will all be gifted an extra second. This "leap second" functions...

June 30, 2015

The Danger of Asking Hard Questions: Tom Oord, J.R. Daniel Kirk, and Evangelical Anxiety

It's a dangerous time to be a progressive thinker in an Evangelical institution these days....

June 29, 2015

Now that Gay Marriage is Legal, Will Evangelicals Still Be Pro-Family?

Are Evangelicals going to try to break up families now? Now that gays and lesbians...

June 26, 2015

That Moment the President Moved from Hope to Grace

What a tremendous eulogy President Obama delivered today for the Reverend Clementa Pinckney. He started...

June 26, 2015

What is a “Putsch”? Scalia’s Dissent Just Taught Me a New Word

So while everybody else is writing high-minded reflections about the Supreme Court decision to legalize...

June 24, 2015

Why the “Billy Graham Rule” Reminds me of the Tim Hunt Proposal

You Evangelicals and post-evangelicals out there will be well-familiar with the "Billy Graham Rule." For...

June 24, 2015

On the Creation of White Supremacy in America

When Bryan Stevenson talks about race issues and public policy, you should listen. Bryan is...

June 23, 2015

8 Books on Death, Evil, and Alienation

I love and hate gathering my book lists for upcoming courses. One the one...

June 18, 2015

For Charleston, as for Thessalonica: God’s Promise of Justice and Peace

I've been teaching a series on the Thessalonian letters at my church; last night we...

June 17, 2015

ISIS: the New Rock N’ Roll? On War, Sex, and Meaning

"Everything is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power." I thought about that...

June 15, 2015

The Day A Woman Stood Jesus Down

I've never heard Matthew 15:21-28 preached the way it should be preached. This is the...

June 15, 2015

Why Did Rachel Do it? On Dolezal, Identity, and the Construction of Meaning

By now, everyone has heard the story of Rachel Dolezal. I won't repeat it in...

June 11, 2015

Did Paul Teach the “Rapture”?

Yesterday, I led a Bible study at my church on 1 Thessalonians 4. In this...

June 10, 2015

Some Questions for Christianity Today: On “Traditional Marriage” and the “Two Billion”

Recently David Neff, former editor of Christianity Today, publicly announced his support of and agreement...

June 09, 2015

Jesus Didn’t Just Die for Your Sins (Leaving Evangelicalism #4)

This is the fourth post of a series I will be writing over the next...

June 08, 2015

Tony Campolo: Another Evangelical Domino (for an Inclusive Church)?

I was raised in a conservative Evangelical church. Southern Baptist style. We watched a lot...

June 08, 2015

Jesus and the Constructive “No” of Grace (Andrew Sung Park)

The following is an excerpt from Andrew Sung Park's book, Triune Atonement. The section is...

June 05, 2015

Does the Cross Sanction Violence? Reflecting on a Feminist Critique

I'm working on a post on the atonement and the gospel (for the "Leaving Evangelicalism"...

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