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February 2013
February 20, 2013
The Most Sobering Verse in the Bible (at least for me)
I became a Christian in high school. The pastor said some things about hell, and I was...
February 18, 2013
The Most Frightening Verse in the Bible (at least for me)
I can still recall a conversation I had many years ago while I was still on the...
February 15, 2013
On the Count of 3, “Let’s All Pre-Judge Rob Bell”
Rob Bell has a new book coming out in March 12, What We Talk About...
February 13, 2013
Pop Culture is Making the World a Better Place, Morally (yeah, that’s what I said)
Today's post is an interview with Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, author of Not Your Mother's Morals: How...
February 12, 2013
“Living the Questions” is Great, But Not Enough
I like the phrase "living the questions." I use it now and then, and so...
February 11, 2013
Raw Revelation: The Bible They Never Tell You About
Today's post is a brief interview with Mark Roncace (Ph.D. Emory University), associate professor of...
February 09, 2013
Are Churches Any Better Than Nightclubs? (hint: if the obvious choice were the right answer I wouldn’t have written this)
Peter Rollins recently made an interesting point on his blog, and, to paraphrase, it goes...
February 08, 2013
It’s Not Every Day Jesus Comments on Your Blog
I recently hosted a 3-part guest blog series by Eric Seibert (Messiah College) on the...
February 07, 2013
Exploring Evolution and Christianity with an Agnostic
Over the next few weeks, I plan to host several interviews of authors who are...
February 05, 2013
Learning to Read the Bible Nonviolently
Today's post is the third and final one by Dr. Eric Seibert, Professor of Old...
February 04, 2013
When the Bible Sanctions Violence, Must We?
Today's post is the second of three by Dr. Eric Seibert, Professor of Old Testament...
February 02, 2013
Will God Be Tailgating at the Super Bowl? (I’m going with no)
Red Letter Christians recently posted the statistic that 3 in 10 Americans believe God will play a...
February 01, 2013
When the “Good Book” is Bad: Challenging the Bible’s Violent Portrayals of God
Today's post, the first of three, is written by Dr. Eric Seibert, Professor of Old...
January 2013
January 30, 2013
Guess What: Your Presuppositions Don’t Automatically Make You a Better or Worse Interpreter of the Bible
A couple of weeks ago I posted on "3 ways I would like to see...
January 28, 2013
10 “I-Can’t-Believe-What-I’m Reading” Lessons from Creationist-Inspired Textbooks
A couple of days ago, PBS.org posted an article, "10 Interesting Lessons from Creationist-Inspired Textbooks." The article...
January 25, 2013
The Deeper Scandal of the Evangelical Mind: We Are Not Allowed to Use It
Mark Noll's 1995 book The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind hit a raw nerve when he declared "The...
January 21, 2013
What’s God So Mad About, Anyway? (or, why is God so mad at an evolving creation?)
Here's something I've been thinking about for a while. How often do we read about God's anger,...
January 17, 2013
Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Handling Theological Disagreement I Learned in Kindergarten
1. Don't gang up on anyone. 2. Don't be a bully. 3. Don't scream or...
January 14, 2013
3 Ways I Would Like to See Evangelical Leaders Stop Defending The Bible
I posted last week on "3 Things I Would Like to See Evangelical Leaders Stop...
January 11, 2013
When Cute Little Bunnies Talk Theology
Though himself neither cute nor a bunny, my friend James McGrath over at Exploring Our...
January 10, 2013
3 Things I Would Like to See Evangelical Leaders Stop Saying about Biblical Scholarship
On occasion I come across some sweeping public claims made by Evangelical leaders about the...
January 06, 2013
“But While He was Still Far Off” (or, what if God actually loves us?)
But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with...
January 03, 2013
Can Evangelical Colleges and Seminaries Be Truly Academic Institutions?
Believe it or not, I'm not trying to pick a fight or be controversial here....
December 2012
December 31, 2012
6 Helpful Hints for Blog Commenters So You Can Avoid Looking Criminally Insane
I've been blogging for a couple of years now, and most of the comments I...
December 28, 2012
Jesus Himself Would Have Bought a Ticket and Waited on a Half Hour Line to See Les Miserables.
If you're not the church going kind of person, or if you were but left...
December 27, 2012
What do Turkey, Bethlehem, and Tennessee Have in Common? They Don’t Bode Well for the Conservative Christian Subculture
Today three pieces of news landed in my inbox that I wanted to comment on...
December 23, 2012
The Bible is a Smelly, Gross, Pile of Rotting Garbage.
The Bible is like a compost pile. I like this image and I wish I...
December 18, 2012
What You Say Seems Strange to Us, So You Are Wrong and You Must Die
I grabbed today's post, with full permission, from the blog of Craig Vick, a pastor,...
December 15, 2012
On God, Shooting Children, and Having No Answers
Who cares what I think about all this. I'm not really sure if I care what...
December 14, 2012
Adam and Evolution: Praying, Going to Church, and Ancient Creeds Won’t Help
No, I am not against prayer, Jesus, the Bible, etc., so you can delete that...
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