“His master had been in the water for hours, his great arms taking hold of each person who, with a mixture of fear and awe, was plummeted into the waters of the Jordan—only to emerge briefly before being pushed in again. It was a baptism of repentance. It was not meant to be peaceful. It was a public drowning.” (more…) Read more
Evangelical, fundamentalist Christians—by which I mean, specifically, Christians who believe that being gay is a moral abomination, an appalling affront to God—talk to me, please, about this kid. (more…) Read more
The piece I did on George Michael and his one-person Christian hate group went mondo-large. And in the swarm of responses to it came the criticism that it was wrong of me to say that for every one hateful, gay-bashing Christian there are two hundred loving, gay-affirming Christians. (more…) Read more
This morning I was happy to find in my inbox this review of UNFAIR, from Dan Savage: (more…) Read more
Recientemente me han invitado a un par de bodas gays. Así que, con todo eso de ser cristiano, me hice la famosa pregunta “¿qué habría hecho Jesús?” (algo que no me pregunto muy seguido, en realidad, ya que Jesús podía, por ejemplo, levantar a los muertos y convertir al agua en vino, mientras que yo apenas puedo levantarme de la cama por la mañana y/o convertir agua en café. Es seguro decir que muchas de Sus opciones no son mías).... Read more
Word came out last week that George Michael, 48, was admitted to a Viennese hospital for severe pneumonia. (Though he has cancelled the remainder of the tour he was on, Mr. Michael is reportedly responding to treatment and slowly recovering.) (more…) Read more
“If Christ is coming soon, why care about the environment? If Christ is coming soon, why worry about the future of our children, grandchildren, or beyond? If Christ is coming soon, why care about anyone else who does not subscribe to my precise definition of Christianity, let alone show any compassion to people of other faiths? Isn’t Christ teaching me to be concerned only with the salvation of someone’s soul, and not really their need to be fed, cared for... Read more
Within a letter I recently received a reader asked a question I thought worth answering. She wrote: If I were in the room with a man abusing a child, and I could do something to stop him, I would be morally obligated to do what I could, right? So, according to my upbringing, God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He has the ability to protect every abused child in this world. Why is he morally exempt from acting? Either he... Read more
(Here are my notes, delivered Pastor Bob style, from the talk I gave last night at North County San Diego’s 23rd Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving service. The money collected at the service was donated to Community Resource Center of Encinitas, CA.) When I was a kid, I didn’t quite understand exactly how I was supposed to relate to Thanksgiving. (more…) Read more
Es inevitable que los cristianos que hoy por hoy podrían ser descritos como “liberales” serán en un futuro la mayoría de los cristianos en Estados Unidos. Ese cambio radical, que ya sentimos moviéndose alrededor nuestro, no puede ser parado, al igual que no se puede impedir que la luna cruce el cielo nocturno. Los cristianos conservadores evangélicos de hoy que están manifestándose contra el “relativismo postmoderno”, la “teología secular revisionista”, la “doctrina naturalista de Dios” o cualquier otro modo del... Read more
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