Power Is Opposite the Gospel: IHOP, Intolerance and Personal Repentance
When you enter into a liberal arts degree you suddenly learn that the teeny-tiny world that you thought was so completely right is but a speck, a tiny worldview amongst so many others. It doesn’t...
View ArticleI’ve Got a Problem and it’s Name is “I Am”
Upon looking at the beliefs of ‘the church’ again today, I can’t help but feel that my real problem is the Bible. (Confused about what I’m talking about? Read my previous blog in this series.) The...
View ArticleIs Charity Truly Christ-Like? David Moore and Peter Rollins on Justice vs....
“What concerns me as a pastor is we have merged religion with hyper-capitalism to develop a sacrosanct and unassailable construct, and if anyone questions it, they are dismissed as un-American, a class...
View ArticleBumper-Sticker Christians and Fake Friendships: on Conversion and Theology
This weekend I helped work at a Christian conference. I work for a non-profit and part of the deal is that about 20% of my job is helping run this annual gathering, ensuring it runs smoothly from an...
View ArticleSubvert That Norm
I can’t manage to make this conference, but some of my favorite thinkers are going to be there. If you can, you should make a trip out of it! What is Subverting the Norm? SUBVERTING THE NORM is a...
View ArticleThe Lies of the Bible
I’ve been spouting and ranting about Biblical inerrancy and how silly I believe it is for a long time. As a student of literature in college, with a major emphasis on literary theory, I learned about...
View ArticleA New Ritual, An Old Worldview: The Jesus of History vs. The Jesus of the Story
There were a few comments on yesterday’s blog that made me want to unpack some ideas a bit more. If you didn’t read the blog, I wrote about how maybe we need to get away from viewing the Bible as a...
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