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*By “Top,” I mean things that just came to me off the top of my head in the past 10 minutes. With the release of my new book Love Matters More, I have been told that the title begs the question: more than what? Well, the obvious answer is: everything. […]
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White Privilege Is Actually a Thing
I’ve reflected on that moment a lot since. It dawned on me this was the first time I really saw and felt my white privilege. I have never in my life walked into any kind of store and had employees stop what they are doing, stare, and begin plotting what to do about me because of the color of my skin.
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The Great Unbiblical Political Error of White American Evangelicalism
White Evangelicalism’s overwhelming support for Donald Trump continues to be a source of bewilderment, if not exasperation, among Christians of […]
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Why God Isn’t Always Behind Our Successes or Failures (Thankfully)
There is a karma-like understanding in the Bible that we find particularly in the book of Deuteronomy. If you do […]
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Resources for Justice
Rather than air our regularly scheduled episode, we felt it was important to step back and promote educational resources by […]
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Author Spotlight: Zack Hunt
Today’s author is Zack Hunt and the book is Unraptured: How End Times Theology Gets It Wrong. Zack Hunt is […]
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Pete’s Bible Trivia Bonanza #12 — Jeremiah Didn’t Have a Pentateuch
The prophet Jeremiah lived during the time when the Babylonians invaded Judah (beginning in 597 BCE) and then captured Jerusalem […]
Continue ReadingI don’t know about you but I grew up with this nagging thought in the back of my mind when I read my Bible: am I doing it right? As a recovering perfectionist, I am learning that “doing it right” isn’t actually the point of reading the Bible. The challenge […]
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Rachel Held Evans and Her God
I am thinking about Rachel’s passing a year ago, along with many of you. I continue to mourn the tremendous […]
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Have you ever said to yourself, “AHHHHHHHHHH there are so many great books out there I want to read and […]
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Getting Back to Normal After COVID-19. Maybe. Maybe Not.
We all react to COVID-19 in our own way. Some hoard, some hide. Some fear for their own safety and […]
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Engaging the Bible as If God Were Out Ahead of Us
Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask […]
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What the Bible Says About Right & Wrong
On the podcast we are constantly exploring these two questions: what is the Bible and what do we do with […]
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Have you ever said to yourself, “AHHHHHHHHHH there are so many great books out there I want to read and […]
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What We Have Here is a Communication Problem
Years ago, my post on John Piper and his view on Canaanite genocide garnered a plethora of responses—specifically regarding his […]
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How to Respect Scripture
Back in 2016, Al Mohler wrote about “The Scandal of Biblical Illiteracy” and some of the statistics he cites are […]
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Year of the Bible: What is the Word of God?
The Bible is often called the “word of God,” which means, among other things, that it has final authority over […]
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Apparently 2020 is the Year of the Bible
2020 has the honor of being “The Year of the Bible,” at least according to Bible 2020, a global Evangelical […]
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Reading Someone Else’s Mail
We got a new mail carrier some time ago, and I keep getting letters that are clearly intended for someone […]
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Anti-Expertism: I Sort of Get It but I Don’t
I have a confession to make. I don’t always know how to handle over-confident, critical comments made to me online […]
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