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The Learning Human Jesus and the Human Bible
I am especially delighted to write this piece for the Bible for Normal People social media outlet, since there is […]
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Rainbows, Gold Lamé, and Jesus
What This Evangelical Mom Learned at her First Pride I attended my first Pride festival in 2019, and no one […]
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Top 10 B4NP Podcast Episodes of All Time
As you’ve probably heard, we’re moving to our bi-weekly podcast schedule for the summer. Just in case you’ll miss us, […]
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A Missing Angle on the Evangelical Struggle with Evolution
Protestant Evangelical theology continues to struggle with the fact of evolution. Why? One reason is that the groundwork of Evangelical […]
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Relationship Status with the Rules in the Bible: It’s Complicated
I find so many Christians who have a complicated and inconsistent relationship with moral rules. I have found that’s partly […]
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Does Your God Recycle?
This blog post is taken, more or less as is, from my book How The Bible Actually Works. You can […]
Continue ReadingBeing “saved” by God is an ongoing process of growth and transformation, of dying and rising, of being “conformed to the image of his [God’s] Son,” as Paul puts it (Rom. 8:29). Following Jesus means experiencing the taste of resurrection and ascension now—whether doing laundry, paying bills, or leading nations. […]
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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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Author Spotlight: Melissa Florer-Bixler
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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Author Spotlight: Karen Gonzalez
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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