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discipleship missional

On Distorting Sex, Marriage, the Gospel (Live Q&A w/ Dr. Beth Felker Jones)

Like Jesus, we need to overturn the tables of those peddling gender hierarchies within the temple of our bodies.

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evangelical

The Irony of Progressive Critiques of Revival

Is Christianity essentially individualistic or social? Is following Jesus personal or communal? Progressives can’t decide.

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Neuroscience

Why are therapists often the most popular “spiritual” writers?

Because therapists have taken over the role of pastoring, and pastors have gladly become teachings, managers, and leaders.

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discipleship politics

What’s Wrong with The Religion of American Greatness?

Interview with Dr. Paul D. Miller (Georgetown University) for the new Grassroots Conversations.

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Christian Nationalism politics

The 4 Assumptions of Nationalism (notes on Christian Nationalism)

We must look at the WHAT and the WHY of “nationalism” before we can look Christian Nationalism.

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Love

The Integration of Abiding: Feeling, Thinking, Doing

All the aspects of our lives, every part of us (and all the parts within us) are integrated in this abiding in the love of Jesus

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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.