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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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Recent Posts

“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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critique Culture

Are Memes Making Us Stupider?

I’m not talking about jokes memes, or cat memes, or memes about ordinary life. Because those are hilarious. I’m talking about biting political memes. And polemical theological memes. The gotcha meme, the hasty dismissal, the absurdity of it all kind of memes. These memes… have no context invite no conversation and create no community A […]

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Neuroscience

Sharing Attention with God; Or, the Shema according to Neuroscience

Why do children want to show you everything? And what’s it got to do with ancient Israel confession of faith—the Shema? Like I said yesterday, the prophets of distraction (paying to make you pay attention to what they are selling) are trying to gain, and hold, and direct your attention.   But how do you […]