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What If the Bible Isn’t Always Right About God?

What If the Bible Isn’t Always Right About God?

Wrestling with Divine Violence, Sacred Scripture, and the God Revealed in Jesus
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Dan Foster
The “MAGA” Man Who Opened the Door

The “MAGA” Man Who Opened the Door

And What He Revealed
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Erick Sierra
Why the Bible’s Most Famous Screw-Up Might Be Its Most Honest Hero

Why the Bible’s Most Famous Screw-Up Might Be Its Most Honest Hero

What One Flawed Disciple Shows Us About Grace, Growth, and Getting Back Up
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Dan Foster
The Prosperity Gospel Is Just Capitalism in a Preacher’s Suit

The Prosperity Gospel Is Just Capitalism in a Preacher’s Suit

Looking at the megachurches and televangelists that turn prayers into profits
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Bri-anne Swan
12 Things I Thought Were Sins as a Kid (That Definitely Aren’t)

12 Things I Thought Were Sins as a Kid (That Definitely Aren’t)

How purity culture, fear, and shame shaped my view of God
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Dan Foster
Rethinking Transactional Christianity

Rethinking Transactional Christianity

Reclaiming the faith from an economic mindset
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Phillip T Stephens
Why Gen Z Men Are Flocking to Church

Why Gen Z Men Are Flocking to Church

How Grievance Culture, Gender Anxiety, and TheoBros Are Shaping Young Male Faith
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Eric Sentell
Why No One Came to Our ‘Cool’ Church Hangout

Why No One Came to Our ‘Cool’ Church Hangout

When We Built It… and They Didn’t Come: A Hard Lesson from a Failed Ministry
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Dan Foster
Evangelical Purity Culture Got It Wrong

Evangelical Purity Culture Got It Wrong

The story of my friend, Linda, someone who lived it, wore the ring and has the spiritual bruises to prove it
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Gary L Ellis
Does the Bible Have the Final Say?

Does the Bible Have the Final Say?

Rethinking Authority, Interpretation, and the Power We Give Away
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Paul Clarke
The Violence We’d Rather Skip

The Violence We’d Rather Skip

Why Some Bible Stories Repel Us — and Why That’s the Point
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Paul Clarke
How To Love Others When You Don’t Feel Like It

How To Love Others When You Don’t Feel Like It

The ultimate test of giving
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Nils von Kalm
Heaven is Not a Gated Community — How Exclusive Religion is Just Plain Wrong

Heaven is Not a Gated Community — How Exclusive Religion is Just Plain Wrong

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
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Cedric Johnson, PhD
Spiritual Healing and the Meaning of ‘Treatment’

Spiritual Healing and the Meaning of ‘Treatment’

From Duality to Oneness in healings
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Jon Canas
Not Every Bible Verse Is Equal — And That’s Okay.

Not Every Bible Verse Is Equal — And That’s Okay.

I knew the pushback was coming before I even hit “publish.”
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Dan Foster
Why I’m No Longer A Biblical Christian

Why I’m No Longer A Biblical Christian

And how it’s freed me from defending the indefensible
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Nils von Kalm
Before AI Redefines Us, Let’s Ask: What Makes Us Human?

Before AI Redefines Us, Let’s Ask: What Makes Us Human?

How an Ancient Story Holds Clues for a Future Shaped by Artificial Intelligence
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Paul Clarke
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