“Fearing Church Planting” – A Drunk Pastor REWIND
Before moving to Missoula to plant a church, and ruining everything through my addiction, there was this personal blog called Valid Ambiguity. Looking for a throwback post for some easy…
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Witchcraft, Pharmakeia, & the Christian: Let’s Calm Down This Halloween
A growing paranoia among Christians today centers on witchcraft—and it’s not new. We’ve been here before. Ancient Romans feared witchcraft and “foreign” influences on their virtue and honor, just as…
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You Already Have Everything – An Addict’s Reflection on 2 Peter 1:3-10
2 Peter 1:3-10 is a passage that smacked me in rehab three years ago. It’s one of those where the writer of Scripture lays out a big picture, offering a…
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Evangelical Gnosticism:The American Church’s Dualistic Worldview
I know you are super interested in Gnosticism and have a perfect understanding of it (in my mind, I’m visualizing the typical American Evangelical vocational pastor). The rest of you…
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The Book on the Samaritan Woman at the Well: Updates and Reflections
A bit ago, I posted about writing a book on the Samaritan Woman at the Well. It’s underway but has evolved, grown, and shifted. I need more time with her.…
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Blinded by Planks: How We Hide Heaven Behind Judgement
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your…
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The Good Samaritan: A Updated Reimagining
Based On Luke 10:25-37 ESV And behold, a seminary professor stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What…
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Don’t Vote Trump: A Counter-Voice to Evangelical Propaganda
Welcome, especially to those who already have their hackles raised and their Bibles ready for some “thumping.” Genuinely glad you’re here. If you’re voting for Trump, you likely have more…
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“Do Not Let Your Left Hand Know…” – Secret Acts and Public Faith
Jesus still goes a bit further with "Do not let your left hand know what your right is doing." At least, my brain thinks he did. Of the other measures Jesus called you and me to take to ensure that we don't mess it up, this one is pretty messed up and borderline impossible.To do this, literally, you have to ensure that all the thoughts and thinking involved in moving your right hand don't even cross to the other side of your brain. Our brains have two hemispheres, and each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body. These hemispheres are bridged through the corpus callosum, lobes, brainstem, cerebellum, and others.
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Agapology: The Theological Absence of Love
Over a decade ago, while serving as a youth pastor in Eastern Montana, I read Greg Boyd’s The Myth of A Christian Nation. Boyd pointed out a striking irony: despite…
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