Be A Man: Ethical Responses to Violence

November 14, 2011 By 3 Comments

I wonder, both as a parent and a follower of the way of Jesus, how to even go about defining violence, and what my call as a Christian is – or for that matter, simply as a member of the human species – to do about it. I remember when I took wrestling in grade [...]

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PODCAST: All Things Christian and Taboo

November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A while back I did an interview with Cliff Zier and Roger Noriega from NDB Media on Blog Talk Radio about my Banned Questions book series. We get into some pretty interesting discussions about hell, Biblical literalism, homosexuality and all that good stuff religious folks usually would rather not talk about. Check it out. Christian [...]

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When You Say “Sin,” What Do You Mean?

November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I wrote a piece recently that appeared on the Red Letter Christians site, and the discussion that followed in the comments section was particularly interesting to me. The article considered the Biblical scripture when Jesus calls the Canaanite woman a dog and, at least at first, denies her request for help. I and some fellow [...]

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