So we believe Christianity is true. Cool. Now what? Do we just import our current version of Christianity?
All in Church
The Essence of the Christian Worldview
If Paul had written Mere Christianity, what would be in it?
Moving Forward 11: Act on Your Beliefs
When you pray for patience, God will teach you patience by making your life difficult. So, why don’t we pray for patience?
Moving Forward 10: Apologetics
Thinking through faith rationally is really important if we don’t want to have blind faith. That’s what apologetics is all about.
Moving Froward 9: Praxis - Christianity IRL
Theology is great, but you’ll never truly understand it if you don’t live it out in real life.
Moving Forward 8: Reacting Instead of Thinking
We’re going to make a lot better progress if we stop shutting down conversations and think through where we’re headed. We need to stop reacting and start thinking.
Moving Forward 7: Reducing Theological Vocabulary
Christianese needs to stop being a thing. But, we should also think about dropping a lot of our other big theological words.
Moving Forward 6: Crossfit and Church
What is it about Crossfit that makes people pay a lot of money to get pushed to their absolute limits? And why can't church be like that?
Moving Forward 5: Dealing with Problems
If we're going to make progress, that means we're going to have to deal with some obstacles in our way. Ignoring problems doesn't make them go away.
Moving Forward 3: Purity Culture
"You have to keep yourself pure!" This is a hot topic in a lot of Christian circles. But, what's REALLY going on here?
Moving Forward 2: Spiritual but not Religious
More and more people are walking away from organized religion. Is this really a problem?
Moving Forward 1: Exploring New Ideas
It can really rock your boat to look at the world from someone else's perspective. So, how can we do that effectively?
Catholic n' Stuff
Ben's bio: "I'm a complete mystery even to myself. How the hell could I write a bio?"
American Christianity Is Broken 6: Christian Nationalism
I’ve saved this topic for last - not because I think it is the least important, but because I think it is the natural result of all of the problems we have talked about for the last five weeks.
American Christianity Is Broken 5: Moral Hypocrisy
Christians treat members of the LGBT community very badly, and we have no right to.
American Christianity Is Broken 4: Racial Tribalism
We are all broken people who need help. That is one of the foundational points of Christianity. Therefore, it is impossible to live a Christian life and at the same time think one race is better than another.
American Christianity Is Broken 3: Forgotten Purpose
What is that one thing that will upset church people more than anything else? What is the one thing that if you do it, there will be no forgiveness?
American Christianity Is Broken 2: Poor Leadership
The only question that really matters when hiring a pastor is: “Does this person know God?” Instead, we’re trying to find rock stars who can bring a bunch of people in the door. With all the Christian leaders who have been falling lately, I think we’re finding out how well that strategy has been working.
American Christianity Is Broken 1: Willful Blindness
2020 was awful. Now it's 2021, and we're beginning a new year. How about instead of trying to put a bright face on everything we simply acknowledge some realities? In this series, I'm going to talk about some of the major things wrong with American Christianity.
Simple solutions are usually not good solutions. So, if we want a good solution, then we need to address the real problems.
This Is Who I Am
This video tells you a little bit about who I am and why I do what I do. For further information, see links below:
Conversations with atheists:
- Problem of evil/God's actions in the OT - https://youtu.be/qxgUg_hYyew
- Naturalism vs theism - https://youtu.be/4RY0G3SNG8w
My thoughts on things:
- Liberal or conservative - https://youtu.be/ldEYxCHTul8
- Why do bad things happen to good people? - https://youtu.be/5_YOK-C-ujs
- Christianity is not a sports team - https://youtu.be/pKGc3QD2Rxo
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