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Episode 052: Is Your Nationalism At Odds With God’s Kingdom? (w/ Giles Parker)
By Steve on July 26, 2017
Show Notes Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured Music: Real Real Real Jesus Jones Hi Pilgrim, For many Americans, nationalism and patriotism are as much a part of their Christianity as any teaching…
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5 Reasons American Evangelicals Are Going To Vote For Trump Again
By Steve on June 14, 2017
In November 2016 Donald Trump defied the predictions of pundits and pollsters alike to become the 45th President of the United States. Evangelical Christians were largely responsible for this upset with the 81% support they…
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Episode 030: “…And Living Without Faith” With David Young
By Steve on November 4, 2016
Show Notes Intro music: Ventura Tyler Bates Featured music: Why Does The Sun Shine They Might Be Giants Hi Pilgrims, David Young shares how his evidence based skeptical worldview shapes his life as well as…
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“God’s Not Dead 2” Perpetuates a Cycle Christians Are Supposed To Break
By Steve on November 9, 2015
Back in 2011 I wrote a post promoting a Christian film company that seemed to be taking faith based movies into a welcome new direction. I had just watched Pureflix’s film Hidden Secrets about a group…
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Think You “Get God”? Think Again…
By Steve on August 25, 2015
One of the common threads running through the Bible is the consistent habit we humans have of assuming we have God figured out…only to be surprised that we don’t. This happened a lot… But…
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American Sniper: Why Christians Want Their Jesus To Be Chris Kyle
By Steve on February 17, 2015
American Sniper, the Clint Eastwood film starring Bradley Cooper as Navy Seal Chris Kyle, has been the topic de jour among many bloggers since its recent premier. My Facebook feed has been littered with diverse opinion…
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Mike Huckabee & Gay Weddings: or How Not To Be A Christian “Tribesman”
By Steve on February 4, 2015
Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee defended Christians who refused services (like baking wedding cakes) to the gay community based on their convictions saying, “it’s like forcing Jews to serve bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli. Both foods are violations…
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Mick Mooney’s Huffington Post Piece Is Way To “Liberal”
By Steve on November 6, 2014
Apparently Mick Mooney’s recent HuffPost piece, WWJD: What Would Jesus Do? Do You Really Want to Know? has caused a bit of a stir in certain circles. In the post Mooney has a bit of…
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A Texas School, Christian Plaques, And How Fox News Gets It Wrong…Again!
By Steve on October 30, 2014
In Midlothian, Texas a school is under fire for displaying a dedication plaque stating the following: Dedicated in the Year of our Lord 1997 to the Education of God’s Children and to their Faithful Teachers in the…
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Can Someone Who Is Not A Christian Be More “Christian” Than A Christian?
By Steve on October 15, 2014
Can someone who is not a Christian be more “Christian” than a Christian? In my last post I noted that recent Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai’s “way” imitated that of Christ. A friend commented…