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December 17, 2014
The Violence of Demanding Peaceful Protest: The Missteps of Clergy in Ferguson
"We don't want anyone getting arrested or lashing out in anger. It is your job...
December 07, 2014
Undiluted: Rediscovering the Radical Message of Jesus
I think what's made Ben's blog "blow-up" [in a good way] is 1) how incredibly...
December 04, 2014
Indifference is the Opiate of the Privileged
I'm not sure if religion is the opiate of the masses but I'm convinced that indifference is...
December 01, 2014
12 Things I Wish Racist People Understood
These days there are very few people I engage with on the topic of race that...
November 2014
November 25, 2014
“Your Silence Is Deafening.”
There’s a Martin Luther King Jr. quote being passed around on the internet that reads,...
November 18, 2014
My Interview on the John and Kathy Show
It's always a pleasure to be on the John and Kathy Show as we might...
November 13, 2014
Exorcism Ruined by Phone Call
Exorcism Ruined by Phone Call... I think this is set up or satire maybe -...
November 12, 2014
Overgeneralizing Example
As someone who tweets on topics having to do with faith, religion, justice, and theology...
November 10, 2014
Escaping Evangelicalism: The Process of Healing from Spiritual and Theological Abuse
I don’t have the strength to perpetually pretend as if I’m someone I’m not. Some...
November 02, 2014
I Went Back to Church
I went back to church this week. It's been close to a year since I've...
November 01, 2014
Mars Hill Church Closing For Good…
Halloween night here in Princeton and I was just trying to hand out candy, watch...
October 2014
October 28, 2014
Evangelicals For Marriage Equality
[Photo By: BEN CHRISMAN] Churches are splitting, congregants are leaving, parents are abusing, and denominations are...
October 24, 2014
Should You Go to Seminary?
[Photo provided and taken by @lauralawsonvisconti] Should you go to seminary? As a young man I...
October 22, 2014
A Simple Method to Resolve an Argument
[Illustrated by Kadriya Khayrutdinova. Edit suggestions by Anne Diebel.] Every time, in the heat of...
October 17, 2014
Is Christianity Really Dying?
[A more comprehensive look into the study, research, and it’s methods can be found here...
October 15, 2014
Mark Driscoll Resigns
At first I was glad, but I find myself now incredibly sad upon hearing that Mark...
October 15, 2014
Partial Justice: Woman Locks Officer in Basement
[Woman Locks Officer In Basement: You might have seen this pop up on Reddit the...
October 14, 2014
The Cost of Leaving Christianity
You know sometimes you tell a lie so long, you don’t know when to stop....
October 09, 2014
1500 Year Old Bible [and why you shouldn’t trust everything you read on the internet]
So apparently in 2012 a 1500 year old bible re-surfaced in Turkey after supposedly having...
October 05, 2014
Pentecostalism and Spiritual Abuse
[This is a guest post written by Carly Gelsinger] We were the "chosen ones," the ones...
October 02, 2014
Pseudo-Pacifism: Why Privileged People Love Quoting MLK
[The uncensured version of this photo was doctored, original photo is of MLK showing a...
September 2014
September 09, 2014
Why I Still Believe in God
I still believe in God. Hesitantly. With many theistic believers proposing that God exists because...
September 08, 2014
DeChristianizing: Chatting with Conservatives
Lem, as you'll hear in the video, professes to be an evangelical, while Brent is slightly...
September 07, 2014
THE SAGAN SERIES – The Pale Blue Dot
"There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant...
September 03, 2014
Steven Furtick and Elevation Church: Emotionally Manipulating Baptisms
When I lived in Southern California I would visit various churches, the one I’d attend...
September 01, 2014
Theological Abuse: The Problem is Not Mark Driscoll
Hypothetically speaking, if Mark Driscoll did in fact decide to resign from Mars Hill Church,...
August 2014
August 28, 2014
Jon Stewart on Ferguson
“Race is there, it exists. You’re tired of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting...
August 26, 2014
Ignorance Kills
I think that one of the most fundamental reasons in regards to misunderstandings on the...
August 22, 2014
How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson
How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson is a Guest Post from JENÉE...
August 22, 2014
How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson
How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson is a Guest Post from JENÉE...
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