If you are visiting this site for the first time because you saw my article called “Why are Christians Unoriginal?” at Relevant Magazine, thanks for checking in! Here’s some articles to start with: You Might Be An Evangelical Reject If… Coming Out of the Theological Closet I’m Done With Living Like a Christian God’s Middle Finger – When the Divine Says “Up Yours”! The New “War” on Terror – 9/11 and Jesus’ Approach to Enemies of the State Sign My... Read more
Check out my first ever contribution to Relevant Magazine’s blog! Please share it with FB and Twitter like crazy! ————————– Faith doesn’t have to be defined by second-rate alternatives. Christian culture is known for its alternatives. For any student in high school ministries around the turn of the millennium, posters in the youth room gave a clear indication of this. If you like Tupac, then you will like the Gospel Gangstas. If you like Brittany Spears, then you will like... Read more
The New Perspective on Paul has been an important discussion that has been taking place in theological circles in resent years. Here are two of the leaders speaking into the issue, NT Wright and James Dunn. (more…) Read more
I loved the following quote from Dallas Willard. The transformation we undergo through the character shaping realities of connecting with God will naturally lead to a public life of service and mission. What are your thoughts on the following “quote to ponder?” Holiness and devotion must now come forth from the closet and the chapel to possess the street and the factory, the schoolroom and boardroom, the scientific laboratory and the governmental office. Instead of a select few making religion... Read more
If you grew up in the church, there’s a chance that the Four Spiritual Laws were presented as the Gospel. When I decided to be baptized at the age of 12, the class for church membership involved using the old yellow tract as the textbook out of which I was affirmed as saved. There’s nothing wrong with this sort of a Plan of Salvation, but this is not the Gospel. When I was in college my study requirements included a... Read more
I love these thoughts from Shane about reading Scripture in community, the importance of good theology, and the politics that flow out of such… Check out this brief video: (more…) Read more
This past weekend, I had a moment where I got P.O.’d. If you’re human, you can probably relate. It was over something that wasn’t even a big deal, yet my blood started boiling and I felt like hitting a wall. But then I realized that such an action would let anger win. So I sat in my devotional chair and started the process of “cooling off.” Jesus says: 21 “You have heard that it was said to the people... Read more
I was born into an Irish Catholic family. Large and church-going it was, though I was (am) an only child. Thus it was expected of us that I would be raised religious, with outdoor nativity sets, angels, and trumpets, oh my. So I was. I was baptized, had my first communion, was confirmed into the church…and walked away. This is something that (I think) we are seeing with a lot of young people today – being raised religious (whatever religion... Read more
Surprise surprise. Christians once again have Pat Robertson to thank for a ridiculous comment. Watch this video: (more…) Read more
I love what Greg Boyd says here… (more…) Read more
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