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May 2019

May 15, 2019
A few months ago, as I was heading into the second Pacifist Fight Club event...
May 14, 2019
  Quotes from first and second century Christian writers about the continuing posture of non-violence...
May 13, 2019
Next weekend I'll be leading a few sessions with people in El Paso, Texas to...
May 10, 2019
It's easily the strongest argument against belief in a loving, all-powerful God: "Why does God...
May 09, 2019
A fellow house church leader recently emailed me and a few other house church practitioners...
May 07, 2019
You probably read the story this week where a Georgia politician faced calls to resign...
May 03, 2019
  As a follower of Jesus, I am a subversive agent of a Kingdom with...
May 02, 2019
There seems to be some confusion among American Christians about whether or not we're still...

April 2019

April 29, 2019
Ok, there are some white people in the Bible. Maybe if we look in the...
April 26, 2019
A few days ago a friend of mine posted something online that revealed his hatred...
April 25, 2019
Quite often when I talk about following Jesus into preemptive love or proactive agape, people...
April 23, 2019
  The church bombings on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka were directly in retaliation for...
April 20, 2019
We, the Church, are the Body of Christ. We are the physical representation of Jesus...
April 19, 2019
  I’ve started to notice that the wisdom of Jesus is a bigger part of...
April 18, 2019
You can't really love the Homeless until you love Debbie or Steve [who happen to...
April 17, 2019
For the last few years, our family would host an interactive and meditative Good Friday...
April 16, 2019
The signs are obvious. There's not much time left for us to correct our course...
April 12, 2019
  It started in September of 2017. Three authors who did not agree on everything...
April 10, 2019
Do you suffer from BPS [Bible Psychosis Syndrome]? It's more common than you might realize....
April 09, 2019
NOTE: This post was originally written April 30, 2010.  Last week I had lunch with...
April 05, 2019
  You probably already know that I walked away from pastoral ministry at a traditional...
April 04, 2019
It's hard to believe that I would even need to post an article to make...
April 01, 2019
  Every single time I try to point out that the Bible never points us...

March 2019

March 29, 2019
I hope you're sitting down. Maybe grab a stress ball or cuddle with your therapy...
March 27, 2019
As American Christians pledge allegiance to the flag, we are increasingly aware that our churches...
March 26, 2019
  I'll be honest, I'm a pessimist at heart. There's a phrase I love that...
March 22, 2019
  So...I had a dream last night. It was kinda strange, but I woke up...
March 21, 2019
New Covenant Theology was the "new thing" a few decades ago and many were called...
March 20, 2019
Does everyone deserve love? Does everyone receive mercy? In some contexts, we can freely affirm...
March 15, 2019
  Earlier this week, my wife Wendy and I responded to an RSVP to attend...
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