Bible

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon...

A few years back I had the pleasure of thinking-out-loud-together with Phil Vischer, co-creator of...

A friend wrote me this past weekend to ask a really good question: Why [do]...

When talking about my past relationship with Christianity, I talk a lot about shame. When...

“Where will you be when reality strikes?” Once upon a time, my "Papaw and Mamaw"...

Dear Owen, This past weekend you filled the pulpit at my family's church, and I...

If you've never heard of Pure Flix Entertainment then you're really missing out. It's the...

It's difficult to know where to begin when talking to people who live in an...

Christianity immortalized the seeds of its own deconstruction by putting them in the mouth of its...

Because I write mostly about the challenges people face upon leaving their religion, I receive...

I think one of the most detrimental things my faith did to me, and to...

This weekend after watching one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies with me, my daughter...

A friend of mine who still identifies as a Christian wrote me to ask me whether...

First of all, church, you need to know that the way you talk about Jesus...

In yesterday's post entitled "Our Biggest Mistake: We Did As We Were Told" I listed...

Those of us who broke up with Jesus (he wouldn't return our calls) are accustomed to having...

I quit attending church nearly six years ago, at which point I had already been...

A few days ago I reshared an article entitled “Why I Broke Up with Jesus” which...

There is a kind of fatalism in the Bible which views political events as divinely...

"My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because...

If you can make people feel something strongly, changing the way they think becomes a...

The God of the Bible is not above performing party tricks. I feel this needs...

"Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Here...

People like me are like flies in the ointment of evangelical theology. We did all...

Back when I was in junior high I got invited to a weekend-long retreat that...

When I was in college I used to get so perturbed by my Bible professors...

My friend and Patheos colleague, Amber Barnhill, was approached by a student from a local Bible college...

When I was a kid, I used to enjoy imagining that life was a movie...

“If Jesus had a ‘sh*t list,’ you wouldn’t find people on it. You’d find attitudes...

When evangelical Christians first began debating the issue of abortion, they were nowhere near as...