Unfundamentalist Christians
Great thinkers, across the centuries, have always used inquiry to understand the world. It doesn’t mean that nothing can be believed, but it does mean that skepticism and doubt are human inclinations that lead us toward growth. Read more
Great thinkers, across the centuries, have always used inquiry to understand the world. It doesn’t mean that nothing can be believed, but it does mean that skepticism and doubt are human inclinations that lead us toward growth. Read more
I was born and grew up in Europe. Now, in April 2016, I have been in this country for nearly seven months. During this time at least two people who identified somewhere on the LGBT spectrum were killed in hate crimes in the United States. Read more
What can Jesus teach us about appropriating scripture for the purpose of discovering and fulfilling God’s will today? Read more
I've been involved with the abortion issue since the early 1980s and my views have changed over the years. They changed because I spoke respectfully with people and listened to what they had to say. Read more
If you’ve ever had doubts about your faith, if you’ve never had doubts your faith, or if you’ve always had doubts about your faith — and that should include pretty much every Christian ever — then The Sin of Certainty was written for you. Read more
A good number of evangelical Christians self-identify as Bible believers. It’s a peculiar way for a Christian to self-identify when you think about it. Read more
I cried tears last Wednesday because the legislature of my state, North Carolina, passed a bill which legalizes discrimination against my LGBT friends. Read more
A year ago, my wife and I stepped back from our faith tradition. Read more
Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice said, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Luke 23:46). Read more
The resurrection of Jesus is too often either co-opted for conservative Christian triumphalism or reduced to a magic trick that proves Jesus's divinity. The actual accounts of the resurrection in the synoptic gospels are odd and beautiful and full of unexpected details. Read more
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