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On purity and getting the wrong idea
Evangelical purity culture promises an alternative world view without challenging our assumptions. Jesus goes after those very assumptions
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Oversimplifying the problem is killing us
We are fond of the dialectic method of arguing. In this, there is always “us and them” and things are always “black and white”. We assign sides and it is simple and clean. Life is never so simple and clean. Those raising concerns about systemic violence in the criminal justice system, particularly toward young, unarmed, black…
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there is no freedom to convert
Check out Christian Piatt’s post: If Cheerleaders Don’t Convert You, Chuck Norris Will. Piatt’s argument of a Texas school being allowed to evangelize strikes the exact right note. It is hard to claim freedom from oppression when one’s own expression is oppressive.
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The Evangelical Brain
Conversations about evangelicalism and intellectualism are decidedly lacking in both. This post is about living with a full brain.