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March 2025

March 25, 2025
In the strictest biological terms, sex is dichotomous (a person is either male or female),...

February 2025

February 16, 2025
There are few things more tribal than our political affiliations. Groupthink and confirmation bias thrive...

January 2025

January 25, 2025
The recent US election has left many Progressive believers with a difficult choice. For most...

December 2024

December 21, 2024
As a Progressive Christian, I often perceive a pressure to ‘progress’ in all the ways...

November 2024

November 02, 2024
In light of the upcoming election, there has been a heated debate around the topic...

October 2024

October 12, 2024
Mysticism is often misunderstood but is in fact very simple, whatever faith a person follows...
October 05, 2024
Deconstruction is unavoidable for the thinking believer, but it can also be hazardous. As someone...

September 2024

September 07, 2024
I recently asked friends on social media what they believe about ‘original sin’ and got...

August 2024

August 19, 2024
In military terms, surrender is failure – the vanquished power bowing to their vanquisher –...
August 10, 2024
Does God demand that we worship him? Is it a requirement for a believer? Wouldn't...

July 2024

July 28, 2024
When someone hurts us, the most complete expression of mercy has at least two moving...
July 20, 2024
Among the progressive community, there are many who now believe that Jesus was just an...

June 2024

June 25, 2024
Those of us who were brought up in church and later started thinking for ourselves...
June 15, 2024
In recent months, I’ve noticed that an increasing number of folk in the Evangelical community...

May 2024

May 21, 2024
If the Bible is read as a flat, literal text, it is a truly terrible...
May 13, 2024
As a child, I was taught that human beings are separated from God because of...
May 06, 2024
In the wake of scandals around large, informal churches and their worship juggernauts, there has...

April 2024

April 25, 2024
Over the course of our lives, we are exposed to damage that can result in...
April 21, 2024
I often look back on popular worship songs and wince, seeing the harm inherent in...
April 09, 2024
Deconstruction has become a major buzz word in Christian circles, whether progressive or conservative. For...

March 2024

March 31, 2024
After a day of horror and another of numbing shock, each of Jesus’ disciples was...
March 23, 2024
Sin is such an emotionally laden term, associated with heaviness and accusation – the angry...
March 14, 2024
In recent weeks, the Rich Man and Lazarus has become something of a ‘capture the...

February 2024

February 28, 2024
In the previous three instalments of this series, we established several key foundations:   Job...
February 15, 2024
A person who’s been burned by legalism is likely to associate any talk of discipline...
February 09, 2024
The common Evangelical interpretation of Job states that Job was a righteous man who refused...
February 03, 2024
When I look back at some of the dumb stuff I’ve said and done in...

January 2024

January 25, 2024
  The common Evangelical interpretation of Job is that God is responsible for our sufferings,...
January 14, 2024
The purpose of this article is to expose the devastating harm in the common, Evangelical...
January 09, 2024
In the church of my youth, I was told that Jesus was crucified in my...
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