In this video, I offer a response to Christian apologist Alisa Childers’ article “5 Signs Your Church Might be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity.”
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Five Signs that You Were Raised Fundagelical
Is Progressive Christianity Worse Than Atheism? My Response to Alisa Childers
The Top Three Problems with William Lane Craig’s Apologetic
William Lane Craig is widely considered to be the leading Christian apologist in the world and for good reason. The guy straddles two worlds like few others. On the one hand, he is head of a very influential apologetics parachurch ministry (Reasonable Faith), a fixture at church events and lay apologetics conferences, a podcaster and […]
Is Michael Brown a Bigoted Homophobe? You Decide.
Michael Brown has responded to my subtly-titled article “If Hypocrisy were an Olympic Sport, Evangelicals would get the Gold” in which I argue that his support for Donald Trump coupled with his moral censure of Pete Buttigieg exhibits hypocrisy and provides evidence that he is bigoted and homophobic. Brown begins by quoting his tweet that […]
May the 33,000 Be One: Debriefing a Catholic/Evangelical Dialogue
Last night, I participated in a dialogue between Roman Catholics and evangelicals at Taylor Seminary in Edmonton. The main speakers were Dr. Brett Salkeld (Catholic) and Dr. Jo-Ann Badley (evangelical). I was one of two respondents. In my comments, I echoed a point touched on by Salkeld, namely that while “Roman Catholic” is a clearly […]
My Monday Morning Rant Against Evangelicals Who Undermine the Bible
This morning, a tweet from Fuz Rana got under my skin. I should begin by saying that he seems like a nice chap and Reasons to Believe is less bad than Answers in Genesis. However, being nice and less-bad cannot save one from the fundamental error of treating the Bible as a confirmatory textbook for […]
On Evangelical Triumphalism
Evangelicals often take pride in the fact that they are growing and mainline churches are shrinking. But it is worthwhile keeping in mind that the reasons for expansion or recession are complex. I know many churches that grew because they conformed to the culture and many that shrank because they didn’t. I’m not saying that […]
Should Christians engage in boycotts?
This morning, I was interviewed on a Florida radio station regarding my recent article “Screwtaped: On the misguided Christian boycott of Netflix.” I recorded it with my phone. Alas, the sound isn’t great but it’s listenable. (Also note that I edited out a bit where the one host segues to the break along with an […]
Screwtaped: On the Misguided Christian Boycott of Netflix
A few weeks ago, I heard that Netflix has a new comedy show featuring a gay Jesus. So I said, “Yeah, no thanks,” and got on with my day. Yesterday, I learned that a boycott of Netflix was trending on Twitter spurred on by Christians outraged at that show. So I tweeted: So now #cancelonetflix […]
Five reasons that Christians unnecessarily experience a crisis of faith
Every day, some Christian somewhere is in the depths of a crisis of faith created by a weight of doctrine that they are not obliged to bear. In this article, I will briefly summarize some of the main culprits. 1. Young Earth Creationism and a worldwide flood When I was in high school, I lent […]
Blame the Victim: Conservative Christianity and a culture of shaming women
Yesterday, The Christian Post published my article “John Crist sinned, but did he also commit sexual assault?” I don’t know if those who commented on the article were conservative Christians, but they certainly fit the patriarchal stereotype of conservative Christianity. A fellow named Charles Baker wrote: “I think Crist is probably guilty as sin but […]
Fundamentalist Biblical Interpretation: A Critique
Millions of conservative Protestant Christians (fundamentalists and evangelicals) believe that the Bible should be interpreted “literally where possible”. But is this a defensible interpretive principle? Does it even make sense? In this short lecture, I offer four objections to the Literal Where Possible Principle.
