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Interfaith Volunteers Needed To Guard Nonwhite Churches
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"Rescue those being led away to death, hold back those staggering toward slaughter."
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"I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery again; and if I could think up anything worse, I would do that, too; because as long as I was in, and in for good, I might as well go the whole hog."
on Feb 16
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“Everything Happens For A Reason”
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“Everything happens for a reason” is technically true, but in the context in which it is usually uttered it is blatantly and harmfully false.
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Mike Huckabee Uses Christianity To Justify Ethnic Cleansing
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Confirmation hearings began this week for President Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee. "Huckabee uses his Christianity to Christian Zionism has no place in government. Neither does Mike Huckabee, whose ideology and bias make him unfit for leadership.
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We Have Made A Terrible Mistake In America
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Abuses of power, illegal detentions, and reckless war talk—how American leadership is failing and why the cost could be catastrophic.
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Popes, Prophecies, And The Apocalypse
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We are running out of prophecies. Let me explain. I have been writing about what seems to be the near-future likelihood of a Papal conclave, and the
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Examining Your Worldview Is Dangerous – And Necessary
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A fundamentalist Christian group said “a biblical worldview applies to every area of life.” We know the problem with that. I want to discuss the matter of worldview: what it is, why everyone has one, and why most people need to examine theirs more carefully.
on Mar 26
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March 23 is the Feast of Cernunnos. I hope you’ll join me in celebrating the Lord of the Animals, the Lord of the Hunt, and the God of the Wild.
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When You Call The Gods… And They Show Up
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Do the work to examine your unstated assumptions now, so that when you FAFO it will be a confirmation that all you’ve wanted is real and not something that sends you running back to a religion you left for very good reasons.
on Mar 19
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Comfort The Dying; We're All Dying
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It's a simple syllogism: Comfort the dying. Everyone is dying. Therefore, comfort everyone. In this time of increasing anger towards the "other" -- whether the "other" for you is the blue-haired non-binary person or the red-hatted MAGA voter -- it seems a radical idea.
on Mar 17
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In these difficult times, it's natural to find yourself feeling ungrounded and out of sorts. You may want to hunker down and hide. You may want to rage, fight, and keep going until you drop. Likely you feel some of both - and it can be difficult to strike a balance between taking care of your...
on Mar 13
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Is The Star Trek Future Is Dead?
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The Star Trek future isn’t really dead. It may be dormant, but it’s still possible because we’ve imagined it. We are human and therefore perpetually imperfect. But we don’t have to build a perfect world. We just have to build a better world. Star Trek says we can, and we will.
on Mar 9
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Avoid Christian Nationalism: Be A Little Bit Sectarian
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When the End of Time comes, it’ll be other Christians who do the persecuting during the Time of Trouble before Jesus’s Second Coming. And the United nationalism
on Mar 7
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I Promise You Don’t Have To Read Tarot To Be A Witch
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The right deck for me is no deck at all.
on Mar 7
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The Urgency Of Celebrating The Spring Equinox
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We urgently need to celebrate the Spring Equinox. In a country where the government is repressive and authoritarian, the rebel celebrates the joys of life, freedom, self-expression, and the sacredness of nature.
on Mar 4
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I Quit My Church Because Of Trump
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I quit my church because of Donald Trump and stepped down from the pulpit. After four years of being the pastor of a loving and supportive church, I
on Mar 1
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Be The Eight Of Cups, Not The Four Of Pentacles
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Basic defensive magic is both essential and effective. But a “raise the drawbridge” approach to life is likely to be counterproductive, even in these difficult times. Be the Seven of Swords or the Eight of Cups, not the Four of Pentacles.
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Liberals don't like Bad Bosses. Conservatives don't like bad bosses. It's one of the very few things that unites all of America.
on Feb 26
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Between Two Worlds: Gender Non-Conforming Deities
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I'm of the opinion that if more people would understand that there are more than binary people in this world, it would be a better and safer place for all. I think the ancients got it right in their beliefs. People were just human beings, and not judged only on their biological sex.
on Feb 24
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"Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
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Are You Tired Of Being Angry Yet?
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Paul writes "do not let the sun go down on your wrath." Easier said than done these days.
on Feb 23
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Republicans aren't allowed to sing along to "Pink Houses" any more. There's a LOT there's not allowed to do -- or to think -- any more.
on Feb 19
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Pastor Mark Driscoll Called Women "Penis Homes"
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The fallen pastor made sexist online comments
on Feb 17
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This Is A Time For Dangerous Magic
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You can wait until things get truly desperate and then start working magic. Or you can start now, before things get too desperate, while you still have time to build some magical capabilities under circumstances that aren’t yet do or die.
on Feb 12
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Pagan Unity In The Face Of Christian Nationalism
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As Pagans and Witches we stand at a moment where we either put aside our differences and work together, or ...
on Feb 11
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From Hurry To Holiness: Living Unhurried In A Rushed World
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As we move from hurry to holiness, we find that the unhurried life sees every ordinary moment as pregnant with the possibility of declaring that the Kingdom of God is at hand in extraordinary ways.
on Feb 7
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Faith, Football & The Super Bowl: A Game Bigger Than Sports
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Super Bowl LIX features coaches and QBs whose faith fuels their game. Discover how belief shapes their leadership on and off the field.
on Feb 6
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Paganism In A Time Of Intolerance
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In this time of growing intolerance, the best thing some of us can do is to be as openly and loudly Pagan as we can be.
on Feb 5
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One of the most persistent stumbling blocks to dynamic faith is the continuing attempts of religious folks from all sides of the spectrum to codify, systematize, and clarify that which, by its very nature, is resistant to all of the above.
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Reading In A Streaming Age—On Limits And Academic Publishing
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Today I have a guest post by Cade Jarrell, who is the Assistant Director of Baylor University Press. Baylor runs an excellent press mainly focused on
on Feb 4
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The Greek Philosopher You've Never Heard Of
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Let me introduce you to a Greek philosopher whose influence over the centuries has vastly exceeded his ability. Introducing "Mediocrates"--the patron saint of averageness.
on Feb 4
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The story in Gen. 18 is famous for various reasons, not the least of which is the Orthodox commentators have suggested that Abraham entertained the Holy
on Feb 1
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Gen. 17 is both rich and complex, and pushes the story forward. Here for the first time we have the institution of required circumcision on the eighth
on Jan 31
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The Beatitudes: A Radical Call To Change Everything
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The Beatitudes are not about transformed social institutions. They are about a transformational way of being in the world. The Beatitudes are far more than a beautifully poetic literary statement. They are the road map for how to carry faith into the real world.
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You Don't Have To Stay Inside Of That Machine
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"When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them," Merton said. "And that is of course because they fully accept the system and identify themselves with it."
on Jan 31
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"AGI Is Just Around The Corner" Is Marketing Hype, Not Reality
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LLMs do a convincing imitation of human reasoning but cannot keep up the illusion. "AGI is just around the corner" = marketing hype not fact.
on Jan 30
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By Gen.16 Abram and Sarai are already antiques-- very old indeed. And clearly Sarai hears the clock ticking for God's promise to come true, though it is
on Jan 29
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I think the best way for me to help my fellow human beings understand what LLMs are and do, and what they are not and cannot be, is to engage in
on Jan 29
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Exorcists, Omens, And Heretics: Religion Horror In The 2020s
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As a genre, horror cinema has always spoken to the broader fears and values of cultures and societies at particular moments in time. During the 1950s, the As a genre, horror cinema has always spoken to the broader fears and values of cultures and societies at particular moments in time. During...
on Jan 29
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What A Humble Presidential Inaugural Address Looks Like
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I found myself thinking about presidential humility once again after I heard last week’s inaugural address. Its tone and pronouncements, of course, were
on Jan 29
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Wearing The Gospel On Your Sleeve
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Over the past week I have seen two examples, one on a national stage and one local, of exactly what a person of faith wondering how to negotiate the coming weeks and months might do.
on Jan 29
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Resentment Vs. Gratitude: From Parking Spaces To ASL
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Put in that work, do the training, and practice hard every day and, eventually, you too can be an ungrateful jerk who resents deaf people just for existing.
on Jan 27
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Was Carter A Progressive Evangelical Or Centrist Politician?
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When President Jimmy Carter died on December 29th, 2024, almost every obituary on the 39th president made some mention of his deep Christian faith. A New When President Jimmy Carter died on December 29th, 2024, almost every obituary on the 39th president made some mention of his deep Christian...
on Jan 27
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Mississippi's Bill: A Step Towards Modern-Day Slavery?
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Slavery has never been completely eliminated in the United States; Christians now must stand up against it and its expansion.
on Jan 27
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From Sodom And Gomorrah To Today: The Struggle For Justice
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The spirit of Sodom and Gomorrah is the spirit of unrestricted, uncharitable passions which destroy all things which get in their path.
on Jan 26
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Evangelicals, Charismatics, And Reformation Roleplay, Pt 1
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Evangelicalism and ecstatic Spirit-filled movements have long had an uneasy relationship. The inclusion of Pentecostal denominations into the newly-formed Evangelicalism and ecstatic Spirit-filled movements have long had an uneasy relationship. The inclusion of Pentecostal denominations into the...
on Jan 25
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LBCF: The Antichrist Checklist
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A few chapters in, the authors and their characters are bored with the Rapture. So now this isn't a Rapture story anymore. It's an Antichrist-rising story. These stories are unrelated.
on Jan 25
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Rethinking The Atonement: An Interview With David M. Moffitt
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It is my pleasure to introduce David Moffitt, author of Rethinking the Atonement: New Perspectives on Jesus’s Death, Resurrection, and Ascension (Baker Academic). Dr. David M. Moffitt is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews (Fife, United Kingdom).
on Jan 24
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This coming Sunday is Epiphany 3; the appointed readings include two of my favorite passages from scripture. The opening verses of Psalm 19 invite us to
on Jan 24
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How NOT To Count American Religious Extremists
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The current Atlantic has an interesting piece by Stephanie McCrummen with the scary title “The Army Of God Comes Out Of The Shadows.” As the subtitle
on Jan 24