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Father Dark: A Book Review
This book was pretty intense. Steven L. Case’s writing style suggested to me how Frank Peretti might write if Frank Peretti was actually any good. For a Christian book, it was pretty edgy, and I liked...
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The Myth of “Biblical Christianity”
Brandan Robertson is a brave, articulate, passionate, and intelligent queer Christian who, on the basis of having met him once, I am proud to call a friend. He recently participated in a debate with...
View ArticleWhy Conservative Christians Defend the Duggars
I wasn’t going to write about the Duggars. Not because I don’t think sexual assault of children isn’t terrible (I do), but because I honestly don’t care at all about the Duggars, or about most things...
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The Wall I Built Against the Monster-God
The chapel at Jumonville is a special place. That’s what my friend Drew says, and I think he’s right. Last Saturday I walked in a hardened skeptic and walked out believing just a little more. I was...
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Arguments for Slavery or Against Gay Marriage?
1. Circumstances… make it proper that the Scriptures should be carefully examined by Christians in reference to the institution of… a) Marriage b) Slavery 2. Perceiving the modern militant _________...
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Fellow Christians: Stop Lying Against Gays
Trigger warning: Rape There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises...
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Christians, Stop Lying and Fearmongering about Gays
Sigh. It bothers me that I’m even writing this. Like bothers me to no end. I don’t want to write a single post about how my fellow Christians are lying about GLBTQ people, let alone a 2-part series....
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A Book about a God who looks like Jesus
When I got to review André Rabe’s fantastic book Desire Found Me, it gave me new respect for the Bible. I saw scripture with new eyes. A More Christlike God, by Brad Jersak, is doing something...
View ArticlePsalms for Doubters – Belief in the Absence of God
Most times my doubt is stronger than my faith So often my doubt feels more like confidence –confidence my faith is in a God who isn’t there after all. I affirm the creeds the virgin birth, the...
View ArticleI Know Where The Land Mines Are
I have inhabited the Christian world for the better part of three decades. It’s a beautiful place. And it is also terribly dangerous. Charlatans host TV shows to raise money for private jets from...
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Digging a Hole in the Roof of Jesus’ House
Please forgive the lack of posts over the last few weeks. Studying at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary continues to be fantastic, but it has left me with barely enough time to work my part-time job...
View ArticleLord, If You Had Been Here…
A couple years ago, Kristen and I visited a church in Colorado Springs where the minister spoke on John 11 and how it was all about the glory of God. It launched me into a spiral of doubt and a blog...
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Starbucks & the Spirit of Rome
Joshua Feuerstein has done it again. He made a video about Starbucks’ red coffee cups. It was so ridiculous and ignorant I can’t even be angry about it. It was almost even funny. He was piping mad (is...
View ArticleThird Sunday of Advent
I’ve been talking for weeks about how Advent is my favorite period on the church calendar, and I’ve tried to write this post three times already, but I think it’s been missing something. In previous...
View ArticleThe God I Don’t Believe In
The God I don’t believe in wrote the Bible through verbal plenary inspiration. What God wanted to be in there, word for word, is in there. The God I don’t believe in is accurately represented in the...
View ArticleWhat I can believe about God
After I shared yesterday’s post, I got some pretty cool comments. People say, “Don’t read the comments,” and they’re usually right, but in this case, do read the comments. So far, they’ve been pretty...
View ArticleChristianity is Dead
Evangelical Christianity is dead, and the world detests the smell of its rotting corpse. Its life-breath is the love and grace of Jesus, and its life-breath has gone out of its lungs. Evangelicalism is...
View ArticleBeyond a Theology of “Nope”
When I was growing up, a couple pastors said the church they grew up in might as well have had a sign on the back that said “No,” because it was the answer to every question. Can I go dancing? No....
View Article(New) Reflections on the Prodigal
You’ve heard a million sermons on the parable of the Prodigal Son, but when the passage was read in church this morning, I heard three things that I hadn’t heard before: 1. When the younger son was...
View ArticleIs Socialism Unbiblical?
This morning, one of my wife’s friends sent her a link to a blog post condescendingly titled “Dear Liberal ‘Christians’: No, it’s Not ‘Christian’ for the Government To Redistribute My Money“. I call...
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