If Anyone Is Going to Hell, It’s the Christians
MAY 22, 2018 BY MATTHEW DISTEFANO Although I no longer engage in theological discussions on Facebook all that often, I still get into it with folks from time to time. What…
Mel Gibson’s sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ’ unleashes hilarity
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE AT a time when there’s so little to laugh at in this crazy, COVID-19 afflicted, Trumpite world of ours, über-conservative Catholic actor and director Mel Gibson,…
Deep State, Deep Market, Shallow Jesus, Shallow Church
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 BY PAUL LOUIS METZGER Different attempts have been made to define and reflect upon “deep state”. Here are a few titles: “What Is the Deep State?”; “The Deep State Is…
Jesus Would Have Been the Worst Conservative Christian
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 BY SHERI FAYE ROSENDAHL For one, Jesus was never like, “Do you know where you are going when you die?” You know, the number one question of American…
Autopsy of a Deconstruction: Jon Steingard and the foundations of faith
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY ERIK STRANDNESS The former Hawk Nelson singer is gracious and vulnerable in talking about how his faith fell apart on Unbelievable?. He’s among a number of recent high-profile…
Jesus made to look ‘silly and vindictive’ by CBS
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE THE introduction of a cartoon Jesus poking at fun of VP Mike Pence’s faith in two episodes of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show on US channel…
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When the Bible is Not the Word of God
AUGUST 19, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN This month marks the eighth anniversary of this blog. It started on WordPress as an outlet for short essays that I had been writing for a…
Here’s How We Know Jesus Wasn’t White
BY HEMANT MEHTA JULY 28, 2020 The video below, from my YouTube channel (please subscribe!), discusses a question that we really shouldn’t have to ask: Was Jesus white? Somehow, this is a…
Christian Author Eric Metaxas: “Jesus Was White”
BY HEMANT MEHTA JULY 27, 2020 Christian author, Falkirk Center “fellow,” and failed racist comedian Eric Metaxas says Jesus is white. It’s a fact. Jesus was somehow the only Caucasian guy in the…
People Are Angry That the Archbishop of Canterbury Said Jesus Wasn’t White
JUNE 27, 2020 Following conversations (arguments) in the U.S. about whether “white European” Jesus statues ought to be torn down along with those of Confederate soldiers, the Archbishop of Canterbury…
Authorship of the Fourth Gospel Revisited
MARCH 5, 2020 BY MICHAEL F. BIRD Over at the White Horse Inn is a great discussion with Richard Bauckham, D.A. Carson, Craig Blomberg, Andreas Kostenberger, Lydia McGrew, and others on the authorship…
Father Found Guilty, Mom Takes Plea Deal After Starving Daughter For ‘Religious Reasons’
FEBRUARY 25, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Faith Healing Kills: Conservative Christian parents in Michigan who refused to get their dying daughter medical attention because of “religious reasons” now face 25 years…
9 Reasons I Probably Couldn’t Be Friends With Jesus
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 BY COURTNEY HEARD Yesterday morning I got this note in my inbox: Hello Godless, I saw you speak of your non-profit work on Instagram. I just thought I…
Evangelists Sometimes Didn’t Understand Jesus
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 BY FELLOW DYING INMATE Evangelists were elites representing two percent of the total population who could read and write—because their context was far removed from the Galilee, sometimes…