(Although this was originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal. With the dawning of the Deconstructing from Christianity movement in the mid 2010s, this article was a mere precursor to what we see today! Approx. reading time, 25 minutes) Though I no longer consider myself a Christian, I’m still keeping a […]

As we approach Independence Day, this question about this American celebration and its meaning is very important to explore. It will be puzzling to some, perhaps to many, especially since our answer to “political or religious” is “yes.” Many today are illiterate in history and somewhat at the mercy of the “spin” in many of […]

Recently, a comment on Facebook by “TheKing Childof” caught my attention with a post titled, “TheKing Childof – The 144,000 This 👇 is my understanding too…. | Facebook.” It began with a statement and a question: I am one of the 144,000, I have been shown that repeatedly and been given a dream confirmation about […]

There is often a conflation of mysticism with Christianity and with the Bible, so that many believe that Christianity is mystical, or that the Bible speaks of mystical events. Is this the case? And what is mysticism anyway? The reason this question is important is due to the surge of Contemplative Spirituality in the church […]

This is the second article in a multipart series (see part 1 here) on Matt Smallbone, who is the pastor of Church Of The City (COTC) in downtown Nashville and cousin to Joel Smallbone of the band for KING & COUNTRY. This article will continue to discuss my concerns with Smallbone’s panentheism (God in all […]