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The Weight of Sin on Young Shoulders
The only time I ever wore ladies’ pantyhose was in church Now, you may be the kind of man who likes wearing pantihose, and if that’s the case, all power to you. As for me, when I was eight years old,...
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The Seven Reasons That Jesus Would Have Failed Seminary
Seminary. The place where aspiring ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ go to be trained and equipped for the good work they will do for the Lord. At seminary, budding pastors are taught to handle...
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The Question I Was Asked Most When I Was a Pastor
The trouble with being a pastor is that often, people expect you to have answers to life’s big existential questions. “What is the meaning of life?” “How do I know which religion is true?” “Did Adam...
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Dear Carrie Underwood, (From a Former Pastor and Father, Regarding the...
Dear Carrie Underwood, I hope this finds you well. I’m writing because I’ve heard you speak eloquently about your Christian faith in the past, watched you perform a song about the beautiful mystery of...
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Twelve Facts About Atheists
When I grew up in the Evangelical church, atheists were spoken of as if they were the very foot soldiers of Satan himself. Now that I think about it, the church attributed quite a lot to Satan back...
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The Updated Ten Commandments for the Modern American Church
Hear, O Evangelical Church: These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your homeschooled children. Talk about them when you sit at home watching Fox News, when...
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The Prayer I Just Can’t Pray Anymore
Despite no longer considering myself an evangelical, I still have many friends who do. So, I try to walk the line between respecting their beliefs and saying a firm “no” to the aspects of...
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How the Church Can Fill the Loneliness Void
I have a confession to make. Since walking away from the church, I have experienced some fairly significant bouts of chronic loneliness. It is quite a shock to the system when you go from attending a...
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Why Trump Can’t Handle Bishop Budde’s Gospel
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s homily at Washington National Cathedral was nothing less than a masterclass in Christian courage. It was the kind of homily that makes you sit up a little straighter and...
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Pay-to-Pray: $100,000 per Ticket to Attend Church Service for Trump
These days, I’m rarely surprised by anything in politics, but this one stopped me in my tracks. As Donald Trump prepares for his second inauguration, one story has emerged that left me shaking my...
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The Lies the Church Tells Women About Male Leadership
I was deeply troubled recently when I read a Facebook post written by a young Christian woman who was advocating for male headship. I’m astonished that there are still young women who believe God...
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F Is for Feathers
Metaphorically speaking, a feather is synonymous with the soul. Sacred since the beginning of time, feathers have symbolically represented spiritual evolution, truth, speed, lightness, ascension, and...
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Seven Tough Questions the Church Should Ask Itself
Every time someone left my church, the pastor had a way of apportioning blame to the departed church member. When we had a staff meeting, he would often update us on people who had left the church by...
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Understanding the Real Reasons Behind the Church Exodus
Are you among the growing crowd of church refugees who have abandoned institutionalized religion? You’re not alone. Around three and a half thousand believers walk away from the Christian Church...
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The Desert Is a Holy Place
Few people would name Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness as one of their favorite stories from the Bible. However, for me, granted I’m a peculiar breed of Christian, it ranks in my top three. Jacob’s...
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We Are Deporting Converts to Christianity Back to Iran Where They Will Be...
What is different about three children, their parents, and four more adults locked in the Decapolis Hotel in Panama, from hundreds of others waiting to be deported? They are Christian converts from...
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The Most Misunderstood Saying in the Bible
As I walked down the hallway, head down, trying to avoid any kind of confrontation, I felt a shove from behind. My books scattered across the floor, and laughter erupted from the group of bullies who...
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Women and Easter
Today our Pastor, who is a woman, preached a sermon based on the first verses of Luke. According to vs. 1–12, the women arrived at the tomb with prepared spices to rub on Jesus’ corpse. I can’t...
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If Your Church Won’t Speak Out About Unlawful Deportations—It May as Well...
As a former pastor of over two decades, I could seriously throw up right now. The Trump Administration wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father of four, to a brutal prison in El Salvador, and it...
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From Fear to Love: Rethinking the Christian Message
I stumbled across a post on Twitter/X today that, back when I was an Evangelical, wouldn’t have caused me to bat an eyelid. In fact, the average Evangelical might have given it a cheery “Amen!” But,...
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