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April 2021

April 26, 2021
Evangelical Christians [and many Atheists] tend to expect God to make everything better. Evangelicals cling...
April 20, 2021
I'm starting to realize that so much of what Christianity is focused on has absolutely...
April 15, 2021
  "And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as...
April 12, 2021
  A few days ago I posted this meme on my Facebook page:    ...
April 09, 2021
There's a verse in 1 Corinthians 15 that most Evangelical Christians really wish wasn't there....
April 05, 2021
[GUEST POST] It seemed strange, somehow even wrong, to be decorating a house while someone...
April 02, 2021
Barna Research posted recently their survey results to the question: "What is the Great Commission?"...

March 2021

March 25, 2021
I love when this happens: I'm talking to my students in the Square 1 or...
March 19, 2021
After reading and re-reading the New Testament, I'm now fully convinced that our view of...
March 05, 2021
After reading up on the history of the early church several years ago, I came...

February 2021

February 23, 2021
Today I had to erase a giant whiteboard. It was a huge board that stretched...
February 17, 2021
It's ironic that the same people who call me a "Progressive" and a "Heretic" have...
February 16, 2021
  Penal Substitutionary Atonement Theory [PSA] is probably the worst Christian doctrine ever imagined. Not...
February 11, 2021
A few days ago I realized something pretty astounding about Philippians 2 that I had...
February 03, 2021
Try this: Close your eyes and imagine the unimaginable. That's sort of what we're doing...

January 2021

January 27, 2021
I really don't make it a habit to focus on specific people when I post...
January 20, 2021
On Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 I will co-host a round table panel to try to...
January 15, 2021
I hear this question all the time: "Is there any evidence for Jesus of Nazareth...
January 07, 2021
[GUEST POST] I was in hiding. My friends had begun to wonder if I was...
January 05, 2021
It's always surprising to find something brand new in a verse you've read, and re-read,...

December 2020

December 31, 2020
Like everyone else, I am gleefully anticipating the end of this year from hell. Lots...
December 29, 2020
  Back in the day when I was licensed and ordained as a Southern Baptist...
December 24, 2020
  [GUEST POST]   The Incarnation – by which we mean “God coming to dwell...
December 22, 2020
The beautiful paradox of the Incarnation - which Christians the world over celebrate every December...
December 10, 2020
Yesterday I had a wonderful conversation with Father Kenneth Tanner. During our talk, he referenced...
December 09, 2020
People constantly point to the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in the Gospel...
December 08, 2020
The first thing I did when I got back from the war was to bury...
December 04, 2020
  In our sin-obsessed version of Modern Christianity, there’s almost nothing more important than answering...
December 03, 2020
[GUEST POST] God speaks in mysterious ways. Who knew a television show about cars could...
December 02, 2020
The Kingdom of Heaven is within you: and whosever shall know himself shall find it."...
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