One of the most common phrases Christians love is "the Bible is clear." I often hear Christians talk about how they "just read the Bible for what it says." The implication is that their conclusions from the text are the obvious—and only—conclusions in which to arrive.

One of the (many) problems wit...

There are certain words that elicit a quick reaction in people. Mention the word "deconstruction" to most Christians today, and you'll see what I mean.

I recently posted a video explaining why I don't think people pursue deconstruction as some sort of trendy thing to do. In response, one person com...

"We all have three voices: the one we think with, the one we speak with, and the one we write with. When you stutter, two of those are always at war." John Hendrickson

I don't personally deal with stuttering, but John's insight about our three voices hits on something any communicator knows well. W...

We're fresh off celebrating the resurrection of Jesus this past weekend. I shared a message on the question the angels ask at the tomb: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" (Luke 24:5). A lot of people are looking in the wrong places for God to move these days. As I reflect on the state ...

"The Edge of the Inside will save the faith of some, transform the faith of others, and spark faith in many for the first time." That's a line from Greg Boyd in the foreword to my book. I pray he's right.

Today, The Edge of the Inside has officially been released into the world.

If you could have ...

Recently, a video of fish raining from the sky in Georgia went viral on social media. If you were discerning enough, you could tell the video was AI-generated and not real. But what's unnerving is that if you did a quick Google search about it, the AI summary told you that this story was, in fact, r...

My friend Andrew DeCort recently wrote an article in which he used the phrase "the trauma of survival." He was writing about the attacks on Iran and our country's obsession with power over others through violence. Here was the sentence in which the phrase jumped out to me:

The dear people of Iran

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There's a significant difference between a cross on a shield, a cross hanging on the wall, and a real-life cross used for crucifixion. The first is an image to rally a fight, the second is an image to provide comfort, and the third is an instrument of suffering. And it turns out that the way we see ...

The name John Piper has, for years, been entwined with deeply conservative Christian theology and practice. He's an eighty-year-old Reformed Baptist theologian at the opposite end of the spectrum from me both theologically and in practice. I once quoted him in a positive way, and it literally snowed...

Is the Church more like a team, or a family?

If your church experiences have been similar to mine, you've likely heard far more talk of the church as a family. It implies something holistic, that we are together in a deeper sense. Especially when used in terms of salvation and inclusion, this image...