Tag Archives: New Testament

Why I’m Going to Spend a Week Ripping “God’s Not Dead” to Pieces.

Posted on March 29, 2015 by

We’re about to take a quick break from our other projects to talk about this movie I blogged about watching last week, God’s Not Dead, which is a horrible movie in every single respect. There is a long list of … Continue reading →

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The Vast Comfort of Literalism.

Posted on March 13, 2015 by

Ever wonder how someone converts into fundamentalist or evangelical Christianity? Here’s how I ended up there. Continue reading →

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Attack of the Mini-Jesuses.

Posted on February 6, 2015 by

I was thinking today about the various ways in which Christians keep trying to do stuff they think Jesus did in the Bible–and failing miserably. I really wish they’d stop, because it is simply cringe-inducing to behold. Today I’m going to … Continue reading →

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The Most Misunderstood Word (Isn’t Kingdom, Sorry).

Posted on October 22, 2014 by

I saw this interview on Religion News Service with Scot McKnight, who argues that Christians talk a big game about this idea of “kingdom,” but don’t really understand what it means in the Bible or how it should play out … Continue reading →

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Shane Hayes, Part 5: A Short Definition of Apologetics and, Apparently, Theism.

Posted on September 26, 2014 by

Hi again! We’ve been discussing a new apologetics book by Shane Hayes and today we’ll be starting to get into the meat of his argument–the one he thinks is “a new approach to the question of God.” Here is the … Continue reading →

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How Historicized Mythology Works.

Posted on September 2, 2014 by

Sorry about yesterday; I was laid up with one of those fun migraine-and-nausea episodes I get sometimes. All better now! On to today’s topic: the historical Jesus. We’ve talked about him before here, but some new stuff’s happened in the … Continue reading →

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Out of the Fullness of the Heart.

Posted on July 30, 2014 by

Well, those computer problems are totally worse than I’d initially thought (“so that’s what a crashed hard drive smells like!”), so I’m at that borrowed computer again to write–but glad to do it, because I noticed something yesterday that really … Continue reading →

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The Unequally Yoked Club: Dale’s New Book

Posted on July 27, 2014 by

Good news for folks in the UYC! Dale McGowan’s newest book, In Faith and In Doubt: How Religious Believers and Nonbelievers Can Create Strong Marriages and Loving Families is coming out soon. I wanted to start talking about it, since … Continue reading →

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The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Stop Defending Slavery.

Posted on May 29, 2014 by

Seriously, folks, we’re going to have to be really careful about how we present atrocities to Christians. We thought bringing up slavery would get them to see that the Bible isn’t an eternally-valid prescription for human societies. We were wrong. Continue reading →

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He’s Not a Zombie. Or a Lich.

Posted on April 21, 2014 by

I need to clear up a small gaming-related confusion. See, we may joke about Jesus being a Jewish zombie, but I’m sorry to tell you: he’s not a zombie. That meme running around Facebook is right–sort of. It is however wrong about him being a lich. So here is how I figured out what the character of Jesus really is. Continue reading →

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