Faith

“Centuries and generations of white Jesus art have convinced us that Christmas is about us.”

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Jesus, but there isn’t just one...

Dear Brian, I cannot overstate the positive impact you’ve had on my life. I’m so...

What could Nazis and an ancient heresy have to do with progressive Christianity? I’ll give...

In this guest post, we’ll hear from Annie Thomas, as she shares her story of...

We are an online community of people seeking a safe space for discussion and fellowship...

Our use of exclusively male pronouns for God has allowed us to subconsciously fall into...

I think I've just pinpointed, for myself, why I so value Christian “orthodoxy,” even though...

In Divine Echoes, Mark Karris tackles our understanding of petitionary prayer in light of the...

In the beginning was Love. Love was with God, and Love was God, for God...

Based on your responses, here are the 25 hymns most loved by progressive Christians—and we...

The small conference I attended this past weekend may not represent American Christians on the...

We all have a faith, and we all have a religion, but the two aren’t...

Four years ago, I wrote a chapter for the book, Simple Church: Unity Within Diversity....

Despite my opposition to Donald Trump, I chose not to vote in the 2016 United...

My friend Danny Prada, lead pastor of HeartWay Church, has distilled the points of WHEAT...

Margaret A. Farley has identified seven guiding principles for navigating matters of sexuality from a...

It’s important to understand what is meant by polyamory. With so many misconceptions surrounding it,...

Where are the serious public conversations about polyamory? Why aren’t most LGBTQ-affirming churches being equally...

Every book I read influences me in one way or another. But a handful of...

I was thrilled to see nine affirming congregations at my city’s Pride parade. And when...

An idol is an image made to represent God. But Jesus actually is “the image...

I get it. You don’t hate LGBTQ people. You’d like to affirm them, but you...

Which side of history will we land on? How will our actions appear in retrospect?...

Salvation—theosis—is the process of being transformed by God’s love into his image. We can’t “lose”...

The God revealed in Jesus is one of kenosis, which means that he cannot violate...

God does not demand payment for sins, for he truly does forgive us. And he...

Jesus accomplished our salvation by uniting his divine nature with our human nature, and he...

“Depravity” is not only a pessimistic view of the state of humanity, but also a...

Jesus is the Word of God. Any picture of God that runs counter to the...