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May 2020

May 23, 2020

The Non-Essential Church

Yesterday, Trump declared churches and houses of worship to be "essential" and called on governors...

February 2018

February 17, 2018

The Value of Seminary in a World Gone Mad

My colleague and friend, Dr. Kenneth Reynhout, shared the following post on his Facebook page....

November 2017

November 22, 2017

Saved By Faith and Hospitality (A Brief Book Note for Thanksgiving)

On the eve of Thanksgiving, I thought it a good time to pick up my...

September 2017

September 14, 2017

The Problem With Liberal Christianity (From the Perspective of a Radical Christian)

Dorothy Sölle, a radical Christian theologian (her memoir is sub-titled Memoir of a Radical Christian),...

April 2017

April 20, 2017

Believe it or Not, People Still Go to Church for the Preaching

The primary reason people give for going to church may surprise you: Good preaching and...

October 2016

October 04, 2016

Hauerwas on the Political Task of the Church in America

What is the role of the church in the larger society? What does it mean...

July 2016

July 04, 2016

“True Sadness” and Christianity After Religion: Where the Avett Brothers’ Meets Diana Butler Bass:

I went for a run yesterday in north Minnesota by one of its thousand-plus lakes;...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

47% of Americans Are “Financially Fragile”

If your car broke down, and you had to pay $400.00 to get it fixed,...

July 2015

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 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 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...

May 2015

May 12, 2015

Reflections on the Pew Forum: Adjusting to the “New Normal”

As chance (or fate, or meticulous divine providence) would have it, I led a church...

May 05, 2015

The Gospel is Political: An Interview with Christian Collins Winn About Christoph Blumhardt

This post is a contribution to a Patheos Book Club discussion on Everyone Belongs to...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Should Seminaries Train the Churches?

The primary objective of seminaries has long been (primarily) to train pastors and ministers for...

April 20, 2015

My Journey Through Evangelicalism (and Seven Reasons I Left)

I have decided to write a series of posts in which I explain my own...

April 09, 2015

LGBT, Forgiveness, and the Church: A Real-Life Redemption Parable

The other night in class, a student shared a testimony of sorts that touched me...

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