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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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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“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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Leaving Our Fathers & Mothers: A Dilemma of Fear and Faith
At the end of Genesis 2, right before the shrewd serpent enters the next chapter, it states, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast…
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Faith Redefined & The Evangelical Disconnect
Faith is a pivotal point in Evangelicalism. Recently, I was working on a client website, an Evangelical organization I have personal experience with from my time as a pastor. In…
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Rethinking The Samaritan Woman: Part One
When you think of the Samaritan woman from John 4, how do you perceive her? What kind of person do you think she was?
For many, she was a promiscuous woman who had been shunned by her community. For much of church history, this is how she has been taught: a woman whose sexual escapades had been exposed in the public spotlight. This is how I had been taught my whole life, from middle school Sunday school lessons through bible college courses. I've heard it preached this way in 2024. You will find no shortage of commentaries and blog posts affirming this conclusion
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Questioning Divine Intervention: A Critical Examination
Did God Save Trump? Was Trump’s assassination attempt divinely prevented? Not in the way American Protestant heretics are claiming. Nero and Cyrus could have both made such claims while Jesus…
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