There Is No Christian Position For Abortion
Evangelicals might be taken back by the pro-choice position of Progressive Christianity. Indeed, the conversation is difficult when it’s with someone in the church who uses a similar moral framework. Scripture is thrown around, presuppositions are questioned, and long-held beliefs are challenged. The pro-choice position mostly concludes in either of two ways; the Bible teachesContinue Reading
Making Room For Doubt
Does anyone else feel like you’ve watched more people walk away from faith in the last 2 years than at any other time? Whether it’s close friends and family, social media connections, or more high profile voices, there definitely seems to be this wave of deconstruction and even deconversion. I don’t know if this seasonContinue Reading
Christian Nationalism: The Sin that Unifies Us All
I wrote this some time ago and my thoughts have changed some, but ultimately have the same sentiments. I hope you do not hear what I am not saying. I am very grateful to live in America. In my opinion, It is the best country to live in as of right now, but I thinkContinue Reading
Morality: The Question?
“A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality.” ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton The Idea of morality has been a topic of discussion for many years, by many people, and people groups. We can all agree that morality is a theory of how we determine what is right andContinue Reading
Faithful Evolution And The Static Man
by Sam Stoddard It has been said that faith is a journey and not a destination. While the intention of this sentiment is true, the language of it can be misleading. Allow me to clarify my intentions concerning it. When I use this axiom, I do not, in any way, mean to suggest that thereContinue Reading
General Revelation and What About Those That Have Not Heard of God?
I have recently discovered a love for hunting. If you know me this may seem crazy, but I really like being out in the woods with my dad, brother, and my rifle. This past weekend I went hog hunting with my dad. We got to drive and be in the most beautiful land and justContinue Reading
Learning To Talk Not Yell: 3 Ways to Talk to Progressive Christians
I remember sitting in the pews of churches hearing the pastor talk about ideas like homosexuality and liberal Christianity that I was going to meet in college. I remember being warned against their ideas and that they were the enemy, powers of darkness. I don’t think my pastor’s purpose was to make me look atContinue Reading
Rob Bell and Gems Need to Meet at the Table
Turning the Gem Rob Bell wrote a book a few years ago called, “What is the Bible? How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything”. Yes, it’s really is a long title. In the book Rob states, “In rabbinic tradition, they talk about scriptureContinue Reading
God Is Love: Why The World Needs to Define Terms
Downtown Street Preachers and Pridefest I work part time in a coffee shop in a downtown city in middle America. I used to close the shop late at night on the weekends. This is when downtown would come alive. You would have college kids hanging out, friends going out, and street preachers either standing solemnlyContinue Reading
Ex-Progressive: The Ignorant, The Wanderer, The Saint
The Family My dad and mom have been married for 31 years. I have an older brother and a younger sister. We grew up as a typical lower middle class family in the American south. My dad is a pastor so we grew up surrounded by the evangelical church. Every time the doors were open,Continue Reading
Pascal’s Wager
Blaise Pascal in Pascal’s wager states that we may know God without very well knowing him. He compares this to the number infinity and how numbers have to be even or odd and how we know there is infinity of numbers we just don’t know what that number is. Numbers are not finite like humans;Continue Reading
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