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Attachment

When Attachment Strategies Become Our Identities

The tragedy for many of us is that our childhood survival strategies become subjective identities to be protected

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“Stay in your lane” regarding therapy and theology!

The easy answer is that Christianity lost its authority through abuse and the shift into post-Christendom. But there are deeper realities too.

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evangelical evangelicalism

Does the Truth of Christianity Correspond to Anything?

Seeking correspondence with reality might work for science. But it certainly doesn’t work for the most important truths in the world.

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Bible Faith

The Psalms: Overcoming Certainty Seeking

What cured me of my modern evangelical-fundamentalist certainty seeking?

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discipleship Fundamentalism theology

What would an integrated life of faith look like? An outline

After a lot of criticism of fundamentalist and progressive Christianity, here is an outline of a way forward.

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discipleship theology

Why this is the 1st Fundamental Decision You Already Made about God

In the Christian deconstruction & reconstruction process, you always make a fundamental decision about God, which leads to a decision about the Bible.

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Culture Deconstruction ecclesiology evangelical evangelicalism Fundamentalism theology

11 Reasons Why I Criticize (White Christian) Progressive-Liberalism

I was recently asked why I regularly “go after” Christian progressive-liberalism.  I was asked specifically what my “motivation” is. Short answer: Because progressive-liberalism repeats or is reactive to fundamentalism, and fails to be faithful to the truth entrusted to the church.

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Culture discipleship ecclesiology evangelical evangelicalism Fundamentalism

Why Do I Criticize Evangelical-Fundamentalism?

Short answer: Because they are my people and they are more liberal than they know, and it’s causing people to walk away.

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Four Definitions of the Radical Middle: Or, Why It Isn’t For Wishy-Washy Wimps

Should Christians even be moderate about anything, whishy-washy, watering-down whimps? Or should we take a stand?

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Do therapists have too much power?

Therapists are the new priests of our post-secular world. Are they tempted to work out their own agendas in the work of their clients (just like it is claimed that pastors do)?