If you want to post the Ten Commandments in schools, you ought to learn more about them

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March…

Conservatives’ agenda for America is starting to read like my Bob Jones University student handbook

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On sitting in the shade of another’s tree

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February…

Of Elisabeth Elliot, Beth Allison Barr, Kristin Du Mez and Karen Swallow Prior and who gets a seat at the table

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February…

When it comes to child care costs, Dave Ramsey is the one who’s ‘dumber than crap’

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February…

Who is Alistair Begg, and why are American fundamentalists so upset with him?

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February…

Why are conservatives so afraid of Taylor Swift?

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What grief, denial and fear have to do with the evangelical fascination with Trump

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January…

As MAGA pastors gain influence, let’s talk about peace instead of power

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January…

Will Christian Trump supporters exchange their humanity for ignorance or for violent delights?

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January…

What is IHOPKC? Who is Mike Bickle? And what do I need to know?

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January…

Reflections on 2023 and a vision for the new year

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It's hard to believe it's been four years since I left my cleaning…

Pope Francis vs. John Piper: Two views of ‘masculinizing’ the church

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In dialogue with Doug Wilson and the ‘pop Calvinists,’ at least Wilson is consistent

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December…

How you connect apocalypse to Advent affects how you interact with the news

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December…

The horror of Let Us Prey may not be as far from home as you think

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November…

If Good News Clubs get access to public schools, so does After School Satan Club

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November…

Is it weird that Mike Johnson’s underage son is his porn accountability partner?

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November…

Association of Certified Biblical Counselors needs to look deeper than Bill Shannon to understand what ails them

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November…

You don’t have to demonize us just because we’ve left the faith as you believe it

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November…

Home: A Short Story

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Eden lay silent and still on her bed as the shadows watched…

Interview: “Rick Pidcock – Father Wounds and Andy Stanley’s Critics”

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I appeared on the Beached White Male Podcast this week to discuss…

Retributive theology opened the door to growth of the prosperity gospel today

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October…

‘The moment we allow our hearts to go numb to the deaths of any children is the moment we shut down our humanity’

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October…

Here are some ways to listen to Palestinian Christians

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October…

It’s Al Mohler vs. Andy Stanley, part two, with Christianity Today joining the fray

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October…

Religion’s Power: What Makes It Work (Review)

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What does Shannon Harris think now?

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October…

Criticism of Andy Stanley is rooted in father wounds

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September…

Must we change our language to reach climate change deniers?

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September…

What we should learn from Deion Sanders and Nebraska women’s volleyball

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September…

Why I reference evangelical women I disagree with in my writing

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One struggle I have as a religion writer is with how to cover…

The Director: A Tale of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

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"For example, a housewife in her backyard may be asked by a…

A new metaphor could change the views of white evangelical conservatives

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August…

Another C.S. Lewis knock-off letter shows what evangelicals get wrong about sex

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August…

Comedy or tragedy? The stories we tell ourselves about creation

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August…

Here’s how Fox News misled viewers in support of Kirk Cameron’s anti-woke book tour

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August…

Appealing to religious freedom is the way to counter Christian supremacism in America today

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August…

Why the patriarchy is hyperventilating over Barbie

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on July…

Interview: “Rick Pidcock – Eugenics, Tim Scott and Complementarianism”

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I appeared on the Beached White Male Podcast today to discuss…

Interview: “What You Need to Know About Bob Jones University — with Rick Pidcock”

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I appeared on the Full Mutuality podcast today to discuss the…

What’s really happening with the ‘never attenders’ and what does Donald Trump have to do with it?

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on July…

Interview: “Stay-at-Home Dads Sipping Patriarchal Tears — with Scott Okamoto & Rick Pidcock”

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I appeared on the Full Mutuality podcast today, along with author…

2023 was the year the evangelical obsession with Pride month turned violent

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on July…

Why I have empathy for Karen Swallow Prior

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on July…

Complementarianism may promote the death of the family

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June…

The influence of celebrity culture on the court, in the church and in journalism

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June…

How to connect the dots while watching Shiny Happy People

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June…

Three billboards outside Nashville, Tennessee

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June…