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Christianity: The Missing Years

Posted on April 28, 2023 by me

If you’ve been raised in the western world, chances are pretty good that you are completely unaware of 600 to 1,000 years of Christianity, even if you’ve gone to seminary. In the same way that conservatives don’t like to talk … Continue reading →

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Evangelical Shadow Games — Plato’s Cave Reimagined

Posted on April 21, 2023 by me

I was in the shower a while back thinking about Evangelicalism’s newest boogeyman, Critical Race Theory, and I thought of this analogy. (Yes, being pelted with steaming hot water can have revelatory effects.) Some of you will be familiar with … Continue reading →

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America’s acceptable human sacrifice

Posted on March 1, 2023 by me

Many years ago I knew this guy named Rodney who was killed at this particularly horrific intersection, where an earlier death had occurred. Everyone knew it was a crazy dangerous intersection. Sometime after Rodney’s death, they redid the intersection. It’s … Continue reading →

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When I read the Bible for the first time

Posted on February 20, 2023 by me

One morning a few years ago, I sat down on our couch and started to read the Gospel of Matthew from start to finish. I had, of course, read the book before, but perhaps not as one cohesive work. It … Continue reading →

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