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Christians at this point have no idea what tolerance really actually is.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. . . Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:1-6 Read more

Last night I was talking to someone about advanced theological concepts while he was trying to kill zombies in Borderlands 2. What can I say? I’m a glutton for punishment. But there was one point at which he paused the game and turned to look at me and said, “Wait, Read more

Ephesians 6 makes a startling declaration for Christians, and one that most of them totally ignore. We’re going to talk briefly today about what it means to be an ambassador. In this chapter, the author (believed by most–but hardly by all–to be Paul) talks about dressing up like an old-school Read more

Settle in and get the popcorn out for this very special episode of Amazing Pulpit Stories! I guess it was about 1990 or 1991. There we were on a Missions Night, me and Biff, sitting in the way front-left section of the church that normally only the hoity-toity pastors’ families Read more

Recently, Ball State University came into the spotlight when their administration had to rein in an associate professor who decided to teach Intelligent Design in a class called “The Boundaries of Science,” and in coming into the spotlight, BSU has illustrated one of the most pernicious redefinitions the modern fundagelical Read more

The argument is very simple: If you’re not a Christian, then–GASP!–where on earth do you get your morality from? Aside from being a downright insulting insinuation about my moral integrity, the question is also a clutch-the-pearls gasp of horror about the implied society that would result if everybody abandoned Christianity. Read more

Recently, a Christian blogger wrote a piece for CNN about why young people seem to be fleeing Christianity. Her conclusion: “What millennials really want from the church is not a change in style but a change in substance.” She thinks that if churches become more ritualistic (an appeal to nostalgia Read more

One of the more aggravating redefinitions toxic Christians regularly pull involves the word “convenience.” Like their other redefined words, this one’s been so stretched and warped it barely looks like its dictionary definition or common usage. Of course, not just Christians do it. Shortly after dumping Biff, I dated an Read more