Essay
Dangerous Empathy
A majority of white evangelical Protestants (54%) believe empathy can become dangerous. But the people who think empathy is dangerous are the ones who have abandoned God's truth.
Bible & Theology
Bible & Theology
The Bible and Theology are the things I'm most passionate about and write about the most often.
Essay
Way, Truth, and Life, in That Order
Jesus calls his disciples first to a way of life. The way we live shapes what we believe, and when we get the order wrong, things go bad.
Essay
The Google Box Is Not a Lexicon
A stranger on Threads tried to prove the Bible condemns premarital sex with a Google AI Overview. The Greek says otherwise.
Blog
Introducing Study
929 Bible notes, let out of my private folder and sorted by verse
Essay
Misused Scripture: Exodus 14:14, "The Lord Will Fight For You"
"Let go and let God" is a good way to end up on the bottom of the sea. In Exodus 14, the passive reading survives for only one verse.
misused scripture
Why Did God Kill Ananias and Sapphira? (Misused Scripture)
The text never says God killed them. What killed Ananias and Sapphira is stranger — and closer to home — than a smiting.
Essay
Jesus Is Lord, and I Voted for the Convicted Felon
The lectionary hands us the seven woes this week. Read next to a yard full of “convicted felon” bumper stickers and “Jesus is Lord” signs, they land on American white Christian nationalism.
The Perch
He Only Did It Once
Jesus flipped tables exactly once. He didn't build a brand around it. So why have so many Christians made righteous anger their entire personality?
Bible & Theology
Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, with Additions from Pangea Church
I came across the below versions of the Apostles' and Nicene Creed from the (unfortunately now closed) Pangea Church, who was pastored by Kurt
Bible & Theology
Who's *Really* A Christian?
It's not uncommon for someone to ask if a person is "saved" or "really a Christian" or "actually knows Jesus." You may hear claims that someone "can't be gay and a Christian" or that "there's no way Trump is actually saved."
Bible & Theology
“You are citizens of heaven…”
“You are citizens of heaven…” Paul’s Letter to the Church in Philipi For a Roman citizen, citizenship was not about longing to go back
Bible & Theology
The one time "authority" is used to describe marriage relationships
Conservative Christians love to obsess over who has the authority in a marriage between a man and a woman. They'll tell you about Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3. They'll talk about headship and wives submitting and the metaphor of Christ and the church.