A seriously thought provoking reflection from the flaming heretic on Tony Jones’ presentation from Theology After Google.  Had to share it…Enjoy!
I’m attending the Theology After Google conference at Claremont School of Theology, and there have been many thought provoking sessions. One of the speakers used an illustration from baseball to explain postmodernism, which was intriguing, [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home
Lesson 9
Embrace Universal Life
Before I went to Malawi and early on in my evangelical walk in 1982 I got one major thing right. Faith in Jesus includes emulating his concern for the poor. I packed my bags, joined an evangelical relief agency and [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home
Lesson 8
Science vs. Religion – Go Where the Evidence Leads
Us vs. them attitudes are in the science vs. religion and creation vs. evolution debates. Typically, the people debating are the extremists, who only see things in black and white. There can be no mixing of [...]

Do you believe in God?  Is it because your brain or genes tells you to?  Is it natural to do so?  Did it serve an important part in our evolution as a species?  Do we need to evolve past it?  Is religious belief a by-product of the structures of our brain?  Would it bother you [...]

“God?”  Who or what is God?  That was the most popular question for my interviews with the’ Transforming Theology’ theologians.  Here are their answers.  I am sure the diversity of answers will get your brain a movin’.  It may inspire you to attempt to answer the question yourself.  If so check out the 100 word [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home
Lesson 7
Support Gay Rights Not Wrongs
Most of my evangelical friends thought I went off the deep end when I changed my view on this issue. I have to admit, for years I had wondered how anyone could defend homosexuality in light of certain [...]

You may not be exactly sure what ‘progressive theology’ entails, but a pretty easy way to figure it out is listening to ‘progressive theologians’ tell you what they think is wrong with it. Here are a bunch of notable theologians answering the question. Check them out and let me know what you would [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home
Lesson 6
Have Sensible Sex
By now, I’m sure some have declared me a full-fledged heretic. Brace yourself, there’s more. Now for something totally uncomfortable—the subject of religion and sex. In my experience, with some noble exceptions (there are some excellent evangelical marriage manuals on [...]

I Survived the Christian Right: Ten Lessons I Learned on My Journey Home
Lesson 5
Don’t Be Seduced by Political Power
I learned one of the warped mindsets of heavily financed political activism is an us vs. them mentality. Today, this attitude continues to fuel the Christian Right in their quest to save America from moral depravity and reclaim [...]

Here’s my attempt to stream this conversation.  It should go live right before 2pm on the West Coast.

Here’s Clayton’s Pre-Debate Post \ John gives a super recap \ Philip’s post-debate reflection \ Bob Rhodes reflects on the conversation \ newspaper writeup