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Jesus wouldn’t vote for anybody
It never fails. It seems I can’t go anywhere, Internet or otherwise, without hearing some sort of political remark–despite being almost two years removed from an election season. And 95% of the time,...
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What Having Spiritual Authority REALLY Means
If I asked some of you to name the spiritual authority in your life, what would you say? Would you be confused that I only asked for one and give multiple answers? I ask, because the concept of...
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The Problem with Spiritual “Authority”
Trigger warning for victims of sexual assault and abuse. The other day, I published a post on what spiritual authority really means and how the evangelical church has abused the term. It seems rather...
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The Day I Encountered Ethnic Jesus
I was steeped in Christian culture from the womb, so I grew up surrounded by pictures of Jesus. One hung on a little plaque in my grandmother’s apartment, a Jesus looking mournfully skyward with blue...
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Your ‘Deeply Held Religious Belief’ Isn’t Biblical
Most of us know the story. Last year, a Colorado baker was taken to court because he refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, citing that such an act would violate his “religious beliefs”...
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The Biblical Counseling Movement: Bad Theology
This is Part 5 in my series on Biblical Counseling. Go here for Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. **Content Note: Victim blaming and abusive theology** Today, I want to highlight more of the theology and exegesis...
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Why I Don’t Follow Matthew 18 for False Teachers
My series on Biblical Counseling is coming to a close. But before I wrap up with the final post, I want to address what it means to deal with false teachers. Many times, when a Christian blogger...
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Complementarian Crimes: Erasing the Needs of Women
For a while now, I’ve wanted to do a review of the marriage book Love & Respect by Emerson Eggerichs. But that assumes I would actually have the time to read it. It may still happen one of these...
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On Chewing Up Meat and Spitting Out Bones
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my beef (no pun intended) with the book Love & Respect by Emerson Eggerichs. I wasn’t terribly surprised when a few commenters responded in favor of the book, saying...
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Fundamentalism and the Duggar Fantasy
I’m a writer, artist and poet, which means I fantasize quite a bit. Sometimes I fear I spend more time in my head than I do in the real world. In the recesses of my mind, anything is possible. The...
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God is Not Mocked: A New Series
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of...
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God is Not Mocked: Exposing the Authority Heresy
You may be wondering why I chose to reference Galatians 6:7 in the title of my series. Here is why: For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit...
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Why I Can’t Be Complementarian
Comp theology has some serious biblical and practical issues that need to be addressed.
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When Con Men Use the Bible to Sell Evil
Religious con men prey on people's ignorance of the Bible and manipulate them into supporting shady agendas. That ends today.
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