Stephen Mattson is the author of “The Great Reckoning: Surviving a Christianity That Looks Nothing Like Christ.” Follow him on Twitter (@StephenMattson_)
Contributions
- March 30, 2014: Go Ahead Christians, Despite Fundamentalism, Promote God's Love and Grace
- August 17, 2013: When Worship SUCKS!
- August 25, 2013: Western Christianity's Biggest Problem: the Bible?!
- September 5, 2013: Christian Pacifism: Relevant Beyond Syria
- September 24, 2013: 4 Reasons Jesus was Millennial
- October 17, 2013: Churches are like Cities
- November 21, 2013: I No Longer Care What Kind of Christian You Are—As Long As You’re Christian
- December 10, 2013: 5 Reasons We Should Personally Help the Poor
- December 22, 2013: Six Things I Wish Christians Would Stop Doing
- January 5, 2014: 6 Bad Prayer Habits We're All (Mostly) Guilty Of
- January 18, 2014: Dear Christians, Before You Attack Someone’s Beliefs, Think About This…
- February 4, 2014: Ken Ham v. Bill Nye: If Only Christians Were This Passionate About Helping the Poor…
- February 21, 2014: This Is Not How I Imagined Christianity
- August 9, 2013: In God We (Don’t) Trust
- April 11, 2014: The Hardest Part Of Christian Parenting: Wanting Our Children to Actually Be Like Jesus
- April 25, 2014: Has Christianity Become Too Busy?
- May 14, 2014: Is it Sinful for Christians to Attend Church?
- May 27, 2014: 6 Things I Hate About Being A Christian
- June 24, 2014: Let's Stop Pretending Ministry is All Fun and Games
- July 3, 2014: When Christianity Causes More Division than Unity
- July 30, 2014: Is Christianity Getting Better or Worse?
- August 27, 2014: Why "Burn Out" Is Often a Falling Out (And What We Can Do About It)
- December 11, 2014: Two Torture Reports
- January 29, 2015: Satan is a Theologian Who Doesn’t Love God
- August 19, 2015: Jesus Valued Social Justice and So Should You
- February 2, 2016: Five Things I Wish Christians Knew About Politics
- May 9, 2013: The 6 Worst Things About American Christianity
- July 23, 2021: The Racist Policing of China and the United States
- February 25, 2021: The Idolatry of Christian Nationalism
- July 29, 2020: Political Propaganda is Destroying Christianity
- July 15, 2020: Christians Don’t Understand How Horrible Christendom Was (as Is)
- April 11, 2020: Abolish the Death Penalty
- March 5, 2020: Beware of Christian Gaslighting
- December 9, 2019: The Justice System is Broken
- February 12, 2019: The National Shame of Immigrant Detention Centers
- October 23, 2018: The Church’s Oppression of Women
- March 29, 2013: Am I a Christian Bigot?
- April 11, 2013: Was Jesus Efficient Enough?
- April 16, 2013: A Christian Response to Terrorism
- October 7, 2021: Bearing Witness as the First Step to Justice
- May 10, 2013: The 6 Best Things About American Christianity
- May 17, 2013: When Revolutions Become Religions
- May 29, 2013: Serving Beyond Structures: Ministering Beyond Ministries
- June 6, 2013: The False Idol of “Christianity”
- June 11, 2013: Entertainment Christianity
- June 17, 2013: The Disturbing Trend of Christian Self-Deprecation
- June 28, 2013: Should Christians Support Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning and Julian Assange?
- July 13, 2013: Stop Comparing my Christianity to Your Christianity!
- July 19, 2013: Christianity's 5 Most Popular Scapegoats
- July 25, 2013: Can Christianity Learn to Say, "I'm Sorry"?
- July 30, 2013: An Open Letter to All Christian Theologians

