UNvangelicals
As an EXvangelical myself, I find these comments on NPR from Ed Stetzer of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College an EXcellent balance to the trumpery and nonsense coming…
Happy Heretic, Friendly Freethinker
As an EXvangelical myself, I find these comments on NPR from Ed Stetzer of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College an EXcellent balance to the trumpery and nonsense coming…
We Don’t Need a Candle to See the Sun Rise In October 1832, several years before he gained fame as a writer and lecturer, Ralph Waldo Emerson jotted down something…
I may do my best to encourage folks to be Freethinkers, choosing to face difficult questions and reflections about faith, but I’ve never tried to convert anyone to my way…
Was Gandhi a better Christian than many Christians? Or, was he a wise Hindu who had a higher view of religion itself? Maybe he was “just” a wise person? Most…
This concept of “Christian Supremacy” came to me this morning as I was contemplating (with agitation) several of the latest Supreme Court decisions that seem, on the surface, to be…
This essay was just published on Patheos. Mature Christians and Grown-Up Atheists Your thoughts?
Continuing this week’s “gospel” according to Secular Jesus. . . Note: As I mentioned on FB, those who studied in liberal seminaries, as I did, wouldn’t be too surprised or…
Continuing the Secular Jesus* Series … *Why Secular Jesus? The “Spiritual Jesus,” exalted Lord, Savior, Son of God, is the object of belief for millions. But is that really who…