Is Jesus a Revolutionary?
I’m starting to think that Che Guevara and the Jesus of the Gospel according to Mark have an awful lot in common.
Satan is a Theologian Who Doesn’t Love God
Satan is a master theologian. He’s talked to God, interacted with God, believes in God’s existence, and knows more about God’s attributes and abilities than most…
What Dance Moms Gets Wrong About God
Believe in something? Dance Moms is wrong. What saves us is not that we believe in God but that God believes in us.
WWJD?: Questioning Genocide and Slavery in the Bible
There are a number of things in the Bible that should trouble any reader. We find in its pages things like genocide, gang rape, and slavery -- not only sanctioned, but at times commanded by God.
Delighting in God's New Family
By bringing together the most unlikely of friends, God aims to embody this armor-piercing presence and love in hard places.
SCOTUS' Silence & the Way of Jesus
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) surprised the nation when it refused to further wade into the contentious waters of the debate over same-sex marriage.
From Tubal-Cain to Jesus: Waging Peace in a World at War
The recent movie Noah (2014) casts Tubal-Cain as the antagonist, organizing an army to take the Ark.
Superman is Great, But Jesus Is Better
Whether in the tales of ancient heroes like Alexander the Great and Caesar Augustus or in our portrayals of today's characters, like Barak Obama and Steve Jobs, our shared mythology teaches us that history is made by larger-than-life individuals, people who make earth-shattering decisions on a world stage.
Acting Like A State: ISIS, the US, and Jesus as Lord
But ISIS is different. It aims to be a state on the world stage and uses a Western name for its territory--the Levant. ISIS isn't subverting Western dominance. It's confronting it head on.
Doing Good Without Giving Up
Looking back over a decade of activism and advocacy, I wrote Doing Good Without Giving Up about the challenges I encountered and what I learned facing them.