Lighten Up: Who Does Jesus Support in This Election?

Shouldn’t preachers rally Christians to fight political injustice? August 1, 2012

Question: My pastor has publicly supported your book The Myth of a Christian Nation. But he’s recently called on the church to take a stand against the injustice of our local government cutting funding for inner city recreational facilities. This seems right to me, since we’re suppose to defend the cause of the poor and oppressed.…

Lighten Up: Head and Heart November 13, 2015

Lighten Up: I’m Not Worried Frank June 7, 2013

Well, my dear friend Frank Viola has been spouting off again about how my “logic will be shredded, excoriated, and turned into confetti before a watching world” when we host our debate on Open Theism this fall. I’m not too worried though, since Frank studied the art of debate in the clinic featured in the…

Lighten Up: Something Deeper Than Membership February 28, 2014

It shouldn’t be this weird.

Christian Utopia November 5, 2012

Fergal of Claddagh, OP via Compfight A little meditation on Christian Utopia and the Body Politic as we stand poised on the eve of the election in America. We affirm that Jesus will indeed “establish His kingdom on earth” but it won’t come through the exercise of power. Rather, God’s kingdom will come as his…

Lighten Up: And So It Began December 20, 2013