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Why Jesus Would Get Kicked Out of the Church
Why Jesus Would Get Kicked Out of the Church
Ain’t no way Jesus would last in your congregation
Dan Foster
Jun 6
I Asked the Priest For Absolution: What He Said Shook Me to the Core.
I Asked the Priest For Absolution: What He Said Shook Me to the Core.
How to drop the façade and embrace our true selves
Cedric Johnson, PhD
Jun 6
The Definitive List of Reasons Why God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayers
The Definitive List of Reasons Why God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayers
It’s obvious, you stupid heathen…
Dan Foster
Jun 4
The Opposite Of Faith Is Not Doubt
The Opposite Of Faith Is Not Doubt
It’s something much more insidious
Nils von Kalm
Jun 4
Is It Time To Leave Your Church?
Is It Time To Leave Your Church?
Eight questions to ask yourself
Dan Foster
Jun 6
Jesus Declares to A Defiant Republican Base: “Lay Down Your AR-15s”
Jesus Declares to A Defiant Republican Base: “Lay Down Your AR-15s”
Conservatives abruptly leave Christianity, not wanting to follow someone who is unreasonable.
Dan Dore
Jun 4
Why Gentile Inclusion Does and Does Not Matter for LGBTQ Inclusion
Why Gentile Inclusion Does and Does Not Matter for LGBTQ Inclusion
Part 4: The Gospel Coalition and “polite discrimination”
Eric Sentell
Jun 3
Wrestling with the Reality of Miracles
Wrestling with the Reality of Miracles
Do They Really Happen?
Dan Foster
Jun 3
Christianity From the Heart
Christianity From the Heart
…or its general vicinity
Alan Tabor
Jun 4
I Spent 28 Minutes In Hell
I Spent 28 Minutes In Hell
It wasn’t what I expected
Nils von Kalm
Jun 5
What it Cost Me to Leave the Evangelical Tribe
What it Cost Me to Leave the Evangelical Tribe
And what price would I have paid if I had stayed?
Cedric Johnson, PhD
Jun 5
Like Israel of Old, Is The United States God’s Favored Nation?
Like Israel of Old, Is The United States God’s Favored Nation?
Christian Nationalism
Gary L Ellis
Jun 4
Five Things That Christians Should Stop Saying About the Bible
Five Things That Christians Should Stop Saying About the Bible
Rethinking Discourse About the Texts That Shape Faith
Evan LeBlanc
Jun 3
Faith, Doubt, and Dating
Faith, Doubt, and Dating
Confronting the black-and-white answers of my church upbringing
Cassidy McDonnell
Jun 3
Why I Am Still A Christian
Why I Am Still A Christian
And why the Man from Nazareth still fascinates me after all these years
Nils von Kalm
Jun 2
Blaming Eve: The Dangerous Legacy of Excluding Women from Leadership
Blaming Eve: The Dangerous Legacy of Excluding Women from Leadership
Dismantling the Church’s Patriarchal Past
Dan Foster
Jun 1
Paul’s Letters Revisited: Debunking the Myth of Substitutionary Atonement
Paul’s Letters Revisited: Debunking the Myth of Substitutionary Atonement
Paul’s writing has helped shape my current position that the cross of Christ has nothing to do with substitutionary atonement in any form.
James Gómez
Jun 1
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