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August 15, 2022
Did Brian McLaren Stay Christian? A Review of Do I Stay Christian?
Brian McLaren, Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned. MacMillan, 2022. Since the publication of his first book, Church on the Other Side (Zondervan, 1998), Brian McLaren has been on a very public journey to figure out what Christian faith means today. Over the years, I have read several […]
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August 13, 2022
Is Hell God’s Punishment or Ours?
A short overview of two different ways to think about hell inspired by a warning sign in a bathroom. ?
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August 12, 2022
Should You Sign a Card for a Gay Marriage? The Conservative Christian’s Dilemma
A conservative Christian told me he was invited to sign the card for a newly married gay couple in his office. He avoided doing so because he doesn’t believe in gay marriage. I suggested just signing “Best wishes!” because Christians are called to wish the best to everyone. He was worried that this would be […]
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August 6, 2022
Should Christians Accept the Trinity? A Conversation with Dale Tuggy
Should Christians accept the doctrine of the Trinity? Not according to philosopher Dale Tuggy. In this episode, Tuggy explains and defends his unitarian understanding of the doctrine of God. Check out Dale’s book What is the Trinity? https://amzn.to/3QFu4Pp (promoted link) ?
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Are Progressive Christians Christian? My Debate with Doug Groothuis
I was really grateful for Doug Groothuis’s willingness to debate the topic of progressive Christianity with me on Unbelievable though I was admittedly disappointed (but not surprised) that he declined to defend Alisa Childers’ thesis that progressive Christianity is another religion. ?
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August 4, 2022
Are Progressive Christians Non-Creedal? Debunking Alisa Childers’ Misinformation
In two minutes, I rebut the notion that progressive Christians are non-creedal. ?
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No, the “Mainstream Media” is Not Trying to “Gaslight” You
One of my Twitter followers, Matthew, directed me to a new article posted yesterday by Christian apologist Natasha Crain titled “How Mainstream Media Gaslights Christians (and Everyone Else Who Disagrees with Them).” In the article, Crain points out that the “mainstream media” is biased. While that is true as far as it goes, Crain doesn’t […]
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August 3, 2022
Progressive Christians Don’t Care About Doctrine? Rebutting Evangelical Misinformation
There is arguably no religious community that talks more about “truth” and “defending truth” than evangelical Christians. And yet, from Trump’s big lie and QAnon to the ubiquity of urban legends, evangelicals have shown themselves to be fatuous and often culpably complicit in spreading harmful misinformation. Alas, the falsehoods they spread about progressive Christians are […]
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August 1, 2022
Why Alisa Childers’ Slurs Against Progressive Christians Deserve No Charity
Someone asked me: “taking Childers’ claim that ‘Progressive Christianity is another religion,’ do you think it’s possible to ‘fix’ it somehow to make it something you could agree with?” I understand the spirit of the question: we should definitely strive to find agreement where we can. However, Childers’ thesis is not salvagable. As I demonstrate […]
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July 29, 2022
What is Wrong with the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy?
According to Article IX of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, the human authors of Scripture were fully trustworthy in all that they “were moved to speak and write” and were wholly without “distortion or falsehood.” But is that true? ?
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