If you have a chance, I highly recommend that you pick up Bart D. Ehrman’s latest book Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). Ehrman’s last book, Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible
The culture war over acceptance of gays and lesbians in society and the church is heating back up as the aftermath of the battle over California’s Proposition 8, that affirmed marriage between one man and one woman in that state, reverberates around the country. Religious
As I prepare to enter my mid-40s, my waist seems to have a mind of its own. I eat just like I’ve always eaten, yet my waist seems to grow at a faster pace than it did in my 30s. When asked what I wanted
I don’t care if Barack Obama changes the name of Bush’s “White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives” to a “Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.” I think most of the thirty evangelical leaders he sat down with in a private downtown Chicago meeting
Listen to the podcast interview Jesus didn’t have a statement of faith – and neither does the emergent church movement. “Emergent aims to facilitate a conversation among persons committed to living out faithfully the call to participate in the reconciling mission of the biblical God.
Listen to the podcast interview Becoming a transcended Christian “Religion is blowing up our world.” That’s how writer and psychology professor Daniel Helminiak characterizes the state of the world. Until we can come to grips with the pluralism of religious beliefs in our world, there
Do you believe in the virgin birth of Jesus? Do you believe Jesus literally rose from the grave? Do you believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God and must be read literally? Answer “no” to any of those questions and there are many
Listen to the podcast interview Schooling gays and lesbians on the Bible The next time someone uses Romans 1:26-27 to condemn you as a gay or lesbian person, all you have to remember is Cybele’s Temple. At the time Romans 1 was written (around 58
A queer Christ lives out the Easter story of death and resurrection in my new novel Jesus in Love: At the Cross. It is being released during the season of Lent when Christians remember the sufferings of Jesus to prepare for Easter. The following is
Listen to the podcast interview When it comes to transgender people and their issues, the media tends to portray them as either prostitutes or punchlines. Author and speaker Vanessa Sheridan believes being they are neither. Instead, for her, being transgender is a gift. “There was