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May 6, 2022
“Speaking Their Truth”? How conservative Christians make false claims to defend truth
In Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too, I rebut Alisa Childers’ erroneous attempt to claim that progressive Christians widely embrace a radical voluntarist relativism about truth according to which people can make claims true simply by willing that they be true. The example Childers cites is a person who wants bacon to be healthy by declaring “Bacon […]
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May 5, 2022
Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too: The Capturing Christianity Interview
Check out my discussion about Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too with Capturing Christianity: ?
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May 4, 2022
John Piper Recreates Christianity in his Image
In this video, I critique John Piper’s narrow, sectarian take on mere Christianity. ?
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May 3, 2022
Franklin Graham, Preacher of Hate
It looks like my new book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too came out at just the right time. Two days after its publication, Franklin Graham published a nasty screed called “The Eternal Peril of Progressive Christianity“. In this article, I’m going to offer an analysis. Graham begins with this line: “For decades, a war has […]
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May 2, 2022
Enjoying the Old Testament: A Review
Eric A. Seibert, Enjoying the Old Testament: A Creative Guide to Encountering Scripture. IVP Academic, 234 pp. Francis Bacon famously observed, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested…” For many Christians, the Old Testament is like spinach: we know it is good for us, but […]
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April 28, 2022
Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too Is Now Available in Kindle!
BIG NEWS! The Kindle version of my latest book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too is now available! The paperback should be available by tomorrow. Spread the word! Pick up your copy now!
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April 27, 2022
Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History: A Review
John Dickson. Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History. Zondervan, 2021, 328 pp. Historian Howard Zinn observes, “all history, while recalling the past, serves some present interest.” Anyone who has spent time on the interweb talking to skeptics and atheists has likely encountered Christian history told from the […]
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April 23, 2022
April 20, 2022
Sitting on My Hands
On Sunday night, I finished the typesetting for my next book, Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too. Now I’m sitting on my hands waiting for the completion of the covers and a few other details. Once that is all complete, the book should be available in hardcopy within a few days. Kindle will follow in about a […]
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