When ‘thy kingdom come’ is a threat more than a blessing

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November…

Deconstructing God as king

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August…

Watching SBC men posture for position is exhausting

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A pastor’s wife’s questionable suicide sparks suspicion and highlights the fruit of abusive theologies

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What happened when Mark Driscoll and Josh Howerton showed up at the Stronger Men’s Conference this weekend

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How evangelical and Mormon deconstruction is playing out on TikTok and YouTube

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Comedy or tragedy? The stories we tell ourselves about creation

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August…

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…

Why I have empathy for Karen Swallow Prior

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on July…

How to connect the dots while watching Shiny Happy People

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Three billboards outside Nashville, Tennessee

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June…

Why aren’t we talking about the theology that drives white Christian nationalism?

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February…

Interview: “Courage to Question” on the Divorcing Religion Podcast

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Last year, I covered the Conference On Religious Trauma in an…

del Toro’s Pinocchio is a tale of faith that is not wooden

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This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January…

Russell Moore and Mike Cosper almost get there: A conversation on theology and anger

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This article originally appeared on December 30, 2022 at Baptist…

What have we learned about Matt Chandler’s sin and restoration? Not much

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This article originally appeared on December 5, 2022 at Baptist…

On meeting death as a sister

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On Halloween, thoughts about passing from darkness into light

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This article originally appeared on October 31, 2022 at Baptist…

How Trump’s latest comments on Israel align with evangelical Zionism

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This article originally appeared on October 20, 2022 at Baptist…

The biblical view from the Tower of Babel

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This article originally appeared on September 15, 2022 at Baptist…

‘So you’ve been deconstructing, huh? What do you believe now?’

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This article originally appeared on August 23, 2022 at Baptist…

No, Dan Patrick, God did not write the U.S. Constitution

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This article originally appeared on August 15, 2022 at Baptist…

How the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy became a litmus test

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This article originally appeared on March 14, 2022 at Baptist…

Beth Moore is not the first Baptist to journey to the Anglican Church

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This article originally appeared on January 5, 2022 at Baptist…

BNG column sparks Thanksgiving Twitter war of words between complementarians and two female scholars

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This article originally appeared on November 29, 2021 at Baptist…

Interview: “Josh Harris, Evangelicalism, and Deconstruction, with Rick Pidcock”

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Check out my interview on the Full Mutuality podcast! EPISODE…

What if Thanksgiving were a time to celebrate the natural creation?

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This article originally appeared on November 23, 2021 at Baptist…

Reimagining the ‘kingdom’ of God as something other than an ancient hierarchy

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This article originally appeared on September 13, 2021 at Baptist…

Knocking down the straw man of theological liberalism

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This article originally appeared on August 30, 2021 at Baptist…

Seminary provides safe space to engage difficult questions

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This article was based on an interview I gave to Northern…

How could God command the violent murder and plundering of Israel’s neighbors?

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This article originally appeared on June 26, 2021 at Medium.…

The role of seminaries in guiding ex-evangelicals like me through deconstruction

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This article originally appeared on June 24, 2021 at Baptist…

With all this talk of UFO’s, what’s a Christian to think?

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This article originally appeared on June 8, 2021 at Baptist…

Interview: “Deconstruction: ‘Spiritual Growth or Apostasy?’ with Keith Giles”

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"A flurry of new books have hit the market to define the phenomenon…