Hell and the Love of God (Pt. 2 of 2) – Exploring Sheol, Hades, Tartarus and Gehenna

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What the misunderstandings of our favorite characters and locations of hell reveal about the character of God

‘Jesus the Homeless’ Sculpture Causes Controversy

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It’s the gaping wounds in the feet that reveal the subject, whose face is draped and barely visible, as Jesus the Homeless.

Cousins Talk God

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Why do boys sometimes have an easier time being direct about the tough questions than grown men?

Taking Cues on Immigration from Jesus

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it’s difficult to modulate the imprecation to “Get the hell out of my country” into anything that sounds even remotely loving to the stranger.

To Be Like Jesus, Does Meekness Mean Weakness?

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Gil Flores shares his thoughts on the Christmas season and what the way of Jesus shows us about meekness.

Jesus—An Accessory to Murder?

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“…because school sponsored prayer was deemed unconstitutional decades ago, Jesus got really pissed off last Friday—so pissed that he decided to play accessory to the murder of 20 children and 7 adults… “

Why Blood Atonement Theology Weakens God

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Below are a few reasons in particular that I don’t ascribe to the idea that Jesus died for the sins of humanity.

What Does Male Evil Look Like?

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I keep coming back to the question of men who just want to watch the world burn.

The Doctor who Went to Heaven

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Did Jesus and Einstein describe the same universe? A neurosurgeon undergoes a near-death experience and emerges a believer.

Romney’s Bull

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Obama’s maneuvers in the first presidential debate leaves his supporters spoiling for a real knock-down, drag-out fight to the finish.

True American Gods

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Carl Pettit explains how Superman, Iron Man, Batman, the Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Man became the American Titans.

Whose Abortion Would Jesus Support?

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When Christians and feminists enter the abortion argument focused on rights, they disregard their own defining values.

Five Reasons Why Failure is Awesome

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I think we’re terrified of failures for the same reasons we’re scared of death, or any type of palpable ending, for that matter. Failure, at its heart, really is a small death.

Should Christianity (as we know it) Survive?

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As the prophets and Christ himself said: there will come a day when not one stone will be left, one on top of another.

Ten More Cliches Christians Should Avoid

Ten more things Christians say too much but shouldn’t After writing up my first list of Ten Cliches Christians Should Never Use, some folks wrote me with other suggestions. After simmering on it for a while, I came up with a second list of ten to supplement the first. And as there was some confusions [...]

An Introduction to In Good Faith

Welcome

A little about where we’re coming from, and where we hope to go.