Blurring Into Detail
An engineer’s confession: how stepping back from biblical inerrancy – letting the details blur – revealed a bigger, more loving God than precision ever could.
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O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
I’ve been quietly haunted by a fear: that I’m in my mid-50s, finally have something worth passing on, but have nobody to pass it on to – and that time is not in my favor. Then something cracked open for me. What if death doesn’t end the call to make disciples? What if it’s not even close to the end of my usefulness to the Kingdom – because eternity is embodied, on a restored earth, with real work still to do? “O death, where is thy sting?” hits completely differently when you realize the grave can’t stop what God is building in you.
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God Didn’t Answer the Prayer of Jesus Either
If you grew up in evangelical Christianity, you probably learned a version of prayer that treats God like a cosmic vending machine – put in the right coin, get out the answer you want. But what if that’s not how prayer works at all? This post explores two very different theologies of what Jesus came to do, and how each one shapes what we expect when we pray. If you’re deconstructing your faith but want to stay Christian, this might reframe the question in a way that actually helps.
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Heaven Is Not Your Destination
Is heaven really where you go when you die? A biblical and historical case that heaven is the source – not the destination – of God’s Kingdom.
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Tokenizing God
What if the very way your brain processes information is actively distorting your picture of God – and driving you to harm other people in God’s name?
It’s the Heart that Counts
Did you grow up feeling really squeamish about Jesus’ assertion that if our eye makes us lust, we are supposed to gouge it out? I sure did. But maybe He was talking about something much deeper.
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Kissing the Ring
I’ve been so deeply disappointed in watching famous preachers and worship leaders kissing the ring of this antichrist administration. The Pentagon worship services established by Pete Hegseth are not in keeping with the founding and the character of the United States of America, and the preachers and worship leaders supporting them have abandoned any pretense of serving the church universal, and have taken sides with the empire that stands opposed to righteousness.
Why Many Evangelicals Misunderstand Universal Reconciliation
Most of the time that conservative Christians encounter the doctrine of universal reconciliation, they usually describe it with a bunch of caricatures, and I thought it would be useful to discuss those caricatures and contrast them to the truth about this doctrine.
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What Can a Follower of Jesus Do When America Is Failing?
What do we do when our government becomes untrustworthy? I’ve been wrestling with this question for a while now. And everything I see coming convinces me that we’re in for a REALLY rough ride in the near future. So what do we do about it? I have some ideas that won’t fix any of our nation’s problems – but they will give us a roadmap for bringing the love of God to those around us, even as the darkness grows.
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A Seat on the Beast
Today’s American evangelical church is in deep danger, and doesn’t realize it. She thinks she is sitting astride the throne of power, finally able to impose her will on her society. But in reality, she’s sitting astride a filthy beast that is already turning to devour her, at the very command of God.
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