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If Your Wife Says She Wants A Puppy
If Your Wife Says She Wants A Puppy
Here is what you say: A guide for husbands
Dan Foster
Jun 24
Why the Ten Commandments Won’t Save Louisiana’s Schools
Why the Ten Commandments Won’t Save Louisiana’s Schools
Thou Shalt Not Pander to the Conservative Vote
Dustin Arand
Jun 23
If I Had Written the Bible, It Would Be Very Different
If I Had Written the Bible, It Would Be Very Different
It would be much clearer… and much worse.
Peter Mansfield
Jun 23
A Closer Look at the Saddest Story in the Bible
A Closer Look at the Saddest Story in the Bible
A Biblical lesson on what all children need from their parents
Dan Foster
Jun 22
Discovering the Joy of Being Loved for Who We Are
Discovering the Joy of Being Loved for Who We Are
The way of Jesus is beyond good and bad
Nils von Kalm
Jun 21
Discovering Truth and Hope in Biblical Myth
Discovering Truth and Hope in Biblical Myth
How exploring the Bible for what it is can show how God meets us where we are
Mark Hackett
Jun 20
The Top Ten Questions People Would Ask Me When I Was a Pastor
The Top Ten Questions People Would Ask Me When I Was a Pastor
And what it reveals about being human
Dan Foster
Jun 20
When Love Shines Brighter Than Sexual Orientation
When Love Shines Brighter Than Sexual Orientation
What I learned at a deathbed
Judy Hansen
Jun 20
A Brief History of Sacrificing to Gods
A Brief History of Sacrificing to Gods
Animals, Gods, and the Evolution of Sacrificial Practices
James Alexander, MATheol, MA, PhD
Jun 23
Teachers Now Forced to Explain Adultery to 5-Year-Olds
Teachers Now Forced to Explain Adultery to 5-Year-Olds
“Don’t Raw Dog” Added to Kindergarten Lessons
Dan Dore
Jun 22
A Pastor, a Psychic, and Psychologist Walk into a Bar
A Pastor, a Psychic, and Psychologist Walk into a Bar
And order a beer. Then, with hunched shoulders to shut the rest of the world out, reflect,
Cedric Johnson, PhD
Jun 22
Can You Be A Christian Without Believing in Heaven or Hell?
Can You Be A Christian Without Believing in Heaven or Hell?
Rethinking the Afterlife
Evan LeBlanc
Jun 19
Why Talking About Social Justice Gets Me Labeled ‘Woke’ by Christians
Why Talking About Social Justice Gets Me Labeled ‘Woke’ by Christians
When Jesus’s Message of Justice Is Lost in Modern Labels
Nils von Kalm
Jun 19
The Good Samaritan
The Good Samaritan
A Poem
Dan Foster
Jun 18
How Our Perceptions Shape Our Reality
How Our Perceptions Shape Our Reality
Insights from Mysticism, Philosophy, and Quantum Physics
Jon Canas
Jun 18
Reconstructing Faith: Who or What Is God Anyway?
Reconstructing Faith: Who or What Is God Anyway?
What do we mean by “God” and why does it matter?
Eric Sentell
Jun 18
Nine Church Traditions That Need To Die Immediately
Nine Church Traditions That Need To Die Immediately
Killing the Sacred Cows of Church
Dan Foster
Jun 15
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