In this article, I will outline a way how Christianity might regain a public voice and function. While the proposed changes are very drastic, they are deeply rooted in the...
Who Is Jesus Christ For Us Today?
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever, writes the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews (He. 13:8, NIV). What do we make of such a declaration...
Why I Dropped the Label of Evangelical and Why You Should Too
On January 17, Ron Sider, an evangelical theologian famous for his insistence that rich Christians make work of addressing poverty, posted on a piece on his blog titled “STILL EVANGELICAL...
Emotional and Spiritual Abuse in the Church (I): the Divine Authority Syndrome
Emotional and spiritual abuse in the church often results from wrong ideas about how Divine Authority functions within the faith community. It is often wielded as a tool to suppress,...
Faith In Secular Times: How to Repent of God in Order to Follow Christ
I sometimes bend over backward to find ways in which faith can still be relevant in our secular post-Christian society (just as I bend over backward to understand why I...
Capitalism as Divine Necessity: Toward A Political Theology of the Cross
I’ve been looking for ways to describe the current politico-economic order of Western capitalism in religious terms. The task of political theology is to bring theological thought and analysis to...
The Hollywood Evangelicalism of Pratt and Bieber: Same Old, Same Old.
A reasonably friendly article appeared on Vox: The rise of the star-studded, Instagram-friendly evangelical church: Chris Pratt, Justin Bieber, and the “cool” Christian celebrity. The article mainly discusses Pratt and...
“I Love Jesus But Not the Church” Means You’re On To Something
An article appeared a few days ago in the evangelical section of Patheos that really irked me. It has the rather nasty title: ‘I Love Jesus But Not the Church’...