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September 2019

September 05, 2019
Last week, McKrae Game (who founded a "conversion therapy" org) publicly renounced his past actions....

July 2019

July 15, 2019
It is a painful truth, one that causes to examine your motivations and your commitment...

June 2019

June 18, 2019
According to the Gospel accounts, there are three apocalyptic moments in the Life of Jesus—three...
June 10, 2019
Mere charity is a band-aid that cannot bring liberation. Neither can ardent calls for justice...
June 09, 2019
Often, when talking to someone about the radical implications of the way of Jesus, my...
June 03, 2019
On Sunday, Donald Trump showed up to McLean Bible Church unannounced. Trump skipped most of the...
June 03, 2019
The prophets call us to worship the God who is the source of life, the...

May 2019

May 28, 2019
Ours is a civilized god. He is distant, floating high above the world, refusing to...

April 2019

April 24, 2019
An Excerpt from Matthew 5-6, American Dream Version (ADV) The Beatitudes  5 Now when American Jesus...
April 15, 2019
Yesterday, Christians around the world celebrated Palm Sunday. A day when little kids wave around...

March 2019

March 25, 2019
America's largest Christian charity is funnelling millions of dollars to hate groups. In a story...
March 18, 2019
One pathology of political liberalism is to equate calmness with maturity and anger with immaturity....
March 13, 2019
Our first intensive is at Tettegouche State Park on the North Shore of Lake Superior....
March 13, 2019
What is Radical Discipleship? This used to be a fairly simple question to me. Now?...
March 11, 2019
We're well past the half-way mark into Donald Trump’s presidency. Progressives have seen, and continue...
March 05, 2019
I know these are contested terms. And that such categorization often falls short and becomes...
March 04, 2019
In the beginning, we find the Spirit hovering over the unformed deep. There, at the...

February 2019

February 26, 2019
Last week, USA Today published an article listing the 20 companies most profiting from war....
February 20, 2019
I'm sharing the third lecture from the Spirituality of Empire series to my Patrons. Enjoy!
February 18, 2019
A Roman coin. There remain many open questions. My point here isn’t so much to...
February 17, 2019
Let’s jump right into the origin story. Luke tells the story of Jesus birth. Jesus'...
February 16, 2019
For most Christians, the Bible has a fundamentally conservative emphasis. A superficial reading of the Bible reveals a...
February 15, 2019
In my last post, I shared a very brief sketch of the history of those...
February 13, 2019
Christian history is filled with radical expressions. For most of these groups, radical tendencies were...
February 13, 2019
Traditional kingship (with absolute power, hoards of wealth, and power over the weak) has nothing...
February 12, 2019
Last week, award-winning actress Ellen Page made the news by calling out her colleague Chris...
February 08, 2019
When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him,...

November 2018

November 07, 2018
Usually, we talk about the Risen Christ around Easter. But it is perhaps more fitting to explore the...

April 2018

April 16, 2018
In this episodes, Mark tells the story of Benjamin Lay. Benjamin was a radical Quaker,...

March 2018

March 19, 2018
This episode remembers the beguines–a medieval lay women's movement that that stressed imitation of Christ's...
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