FBI Report: Hate Crimes Against Gays Outnumber those Against Religion
BY: MICHAEL KIMPAN -- Incidents of Religious bias previously outnumbered incidents of sexual orientation bias – but not any longer. Hate crimes...
This is Pure — A Tax Collector and Sinner who shouldn't be Here
BY: MICHAEL KIMPAN -- News of the rabbi who taught a radical redemption was spreading well beyond the religious...
Possibilities: Is this what got Jesus killed?
BY: MICHAEL KIMPAN -- Jesus revealed God in a way that had not been seen or imagined before - and encouraged those...
(Un)Patriotic – Politics are Ugly
Politics are ugly. Especially in an election year.
Recent polls show this election is heating up, and the fury with which each side expresses their views seemingly deepens every day. Our Twitter feeds are over...
Me Neither: Jesus Draws His Line in the Sand
It seemed no matter how they tried to trap Jesus, he always managed to weasel out of being embarrassed in front of the crowds.
Attempts by these students and teachers of the law to expose his heretical teachi...
Learning to Speak: Chick-fil-A & our Inability to Dialogue
The culture wars wage on. It seems just about everyone has an opinion on Chick-fil-A these days. The "Do you like their chicken sandwiches and waffle fries?" discussion has been traded for asking whether or n...
'Pray Away the Gay' No More?
Late last week, Paul Burkhart jumped into the fray of online conversation surrounding Alan Chambers and Exodus International’s recent significant change in philosophy regarding ‘reparative therapy.’ On my pers...
On justice, marriage, and Obama
…because not quite enough has been said about this yet.
If you’ve read a news magazine, been online or watched CNN in the past week, you know that May 9 President Obama finally came out and declared he was f...
Offensive Jesus?
Nobody's perfect. We all make mistakes. I've made plenty. I'll make plenty more.
And in the future, when i err, I'd like to err on the side of grace.
We've heard it said many times before by trendy autho...
Jesus for Prez
Last Monday was Presidents day.
So I tweeted, 'Jesus for president.' on my facebook wall, and with several followers on twitter, this generated some discussion. Some were in support of Jesus as a candidate...