Emperor & Pyre: A Caesar & Naked Monk Walk into Eleusis Together…
“Be shrewd as serpents but innocent as doves” has always been a favorite verse of mine. So, my devil horns poked up when I heard last year was the Year…
THROWBACK: Strangers in the Kingdom of God
*AUTHOR’S NOTE: Originally posted October 9, 2017, on www.validambiguity.com. Throwback posts are Patreon exclusives, but there have been two Patreon posts recently, more coming, and recent drafts and leftovers on Patreon. Plus, this…
What Really Matters: Red Letter Commandments We Missed
“The ‘vampire Christian’ is one who wants a little of Christ’s blood for their sins but doesn’t want any of His life for their life.” — Dallas Willard There’s a…
When Salvation Needs Enemies, It Isn’t Jesus
Last week wasn’t an easy one, and there was stuff from normal life and recovery. While preparing for the Bible in Context, Genesis 2:24–25 kept coming up in life too:…
Demons We Don’t Name: Scapegoating Halloween by Modern Christianity
“It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.” — Carl Jung Last October,…
The Myth of Ministry & The High Calling We All Forgot
“We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” — C.S. Lewis When I was still an Evangelical pastor, a common idea was that ministry was…
Proving Modern Jesus Freaks Wrong: How Faking the Gospel Gets People Killed
….No duh! America is a circus. Sorry that a former Evangelical pastor, recovering alcoholic, and cis-white male, with no functioning party to be loyal to, has something to say that’s…
The Death We Fear: On Resisting Change in Others
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” — Pema Chödrön The way we resist change personally and in our own lives is a…
Luke 16, Trump, and the Theology of No More Kings
Luke 15 is the most well-known chapter of Luke’s Gospel. The chapter has all three parables in rapid succession: the lost coin, the lost sheep, and the prodigal son. Even…
The Empathy Debate: Biblical Definitions, Misconceptions, and the Cultural Struggle in Our Time
In today’s media maelstrom, empathy stands at the center of an ideological battle. Across headlines and social media, pundits, scientists, and church leaders fiercely debate whether empathy is a vital…
