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What’s Gone Wrong With American Evangelicals? #3
What We Do With Jesus Determines Everything This installment in my What's Gone Wrong with...
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Why Nonprofits Must Step Up in a Changing America
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For the majority of American evangelicals, voting for any candidate but Donald Trump or being...
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My Pilgrim’s Progress In and Out of Christian Nationalism
This article is a near-verbatim transcript of a sermon I delivered on June 23, 2024,...
March 2024
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Trump’s Obscene Bible Hawking
Buzzing the Bible The country is abuzz with Bible talk. That's the best I can...
February 2024
February 26, 2024
Alabama Embryo Ruling and Theocracy
The implications of the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling on the legal child status of frozen embryos...
February 05, 2024
Religious Freedom Dancers Miss a Step
Unique Power of Religion Human history proves religion can be one of the most potent...
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Marking This Day of Light and Darkness
Wow—what a January 6. It seems fitting that January 6th is now (in the United...
December 2023
December 28, 2023
Trump as Our Example . . .
Throughout the 1980s and 90s, I used Donald Trump as an example in many sermons....
December 18, 2023
Court May Be Right, But Teacher’s Wrong
The Supreme Court of Virginia recently ruled in favor of a public school teacher fired...
November 2023
November 05, 2023
Would Republicans Welcome Jesus Christ And Mike Pence?
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence has been a curiosity from the time Donald Trump...
October 2023
October 12, 2023
The Imperfect Bonhoeffer: A Model For Prophecy In The Public Square
A Talk Delivered To The National Unity Gathering, National Council Of Churches, Nashville, Tennessee, October...
October 05, 2023
Trump: Emperor Of Conservative Donor World
The agonizingly unanswered question haunting so many Americans is, "Why do they stay with Trump?"...
September 2023
September 28, 2023
I’m Too Quick To Judge–how About You?
I'm biased and judgemental. There, I said it--and I feel crappy about it. Yes, I...
September 22, 2023
A Trumpian Form of Terrorism
Donald Trump and the extreme right wing of the Republican Party adhere to arbitrariness. It's...
September 15, 2023
Blame Or Bless Baptists For The Wall
Evangelicals must blame or thank the Baptists. I'm referring to the "wall of separation between...
September 07, 2023
Is the Government Hostile to Christianity?
Contrary to a popular evangelical myth, the U.S. federal government is not hostile to the...
August 2023
August 31, 2023
My Unwitting Nazi Bible College Education
My evangelical Bible college trained me to consult a Nazi propagandist. Worse, that propagandist used...
August 25, 2023
How Money Poisons Faith
Toxic Treasures For decades, I watched it happen. Worse, I participated in it by using...
August 18, 2023
Is Bonhoeffer Too Flawed To Bring Us Together?
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August 10, 2023
Does Dr. Dobson Owe Christians An Apology For Trump?
An Evangelical Indulgence Dobson owes Christians an apology. Dr. James Dobson has been a luminary...
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Should God (Or Anyone) Save the Supreme Court?
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Friendships Can Save Us
This Sunday, July 30, is the United Nations' International Day of Friendship. I think it's...
July 19, 2023
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The most difficult sins to name are our own. Pointing the finger at someone else...
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American evangelicals have a problem with the truth. That moral failing is more than scandalous;...
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