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Do I Still Believe In God? The Journey Is The Destination!
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No Longer a Christian…Here’s Why…
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Christian Nationalism is Idolatry
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Why Conservative & Progressive Don’t Belong With Christian
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Spiritual Warfare in Congress?
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A Christian Nationalist-Zionist in Sheeps Clothing
No Religious Test for Office Let me be clear! I do not criticize the new...
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The Not So Good News of the Gospel
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has...
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The History Wars – Why So Much Is At Stake
The History Wars When I taught history in the 1980s, '90s, and 2000s, I remember...
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Detaching from Religious Belief
The Art of Detachment I have been practicing the art of detachment from religious beliefs...
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Close Encounters of the Spiritual Kind
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Sorry Evangelicals, You Don’t Get to Own Jesus
Who Owns Jesus? I recently wrote an article called “Evangelicals Are Still Missing the Point,”...
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Evangelicals Are Still Missing the Point
I read a blog that was recently posted on Facebook by a good friend of...
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“Love My Enemies? Sorry Jesus We Just Don’t Do That Sort of Thing Here”
I had no idea this quote that I posted on Facebook would be shared by...
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Antiracism as a Spiritual Practice
“To be antiracist is a radical choice in the face of history, requiring a radical...
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“Confessions of a Recovering Evangelical” by Daniel Henderson
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The Narcissism of Evangelical Christianity – A Lesson From Ebenezer Scrooge
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The Ten Commandments of Christian Nationalism (Part 2)
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The Ten Commandments of Christian Nationalism (Part 1)
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A while ago I was at a Bookstore in Des Moines and did a public...
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