Feeling scorned by my lapsed allegiance to conservative evangelicalism and the Republican Party, a family member dismissively impugned, "If you're not a conservative and you're not a liberal, then what are you? You're trying to carve out a middle-ground that doesn't exist!" Though clearly intended as a rhetorical question, I decided to answer. "The English language has a word … [Read more...] about Beatnik Christianity Affirms A Robustly Nondualistic Perspective
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Wrong from the Start: How Christian Culture Keeps Pulling Us Away from Jesus
I love Jesus but loathe most elements of Christian culture. The reason is that Christian culture usually has little to do with following Jesus and when there is a direct connection it is often in direct conflict with The Way of Jesus. The more I study it the more I become convinced it's more influenced by Screwtape than the Holy Spirit. Let's be clear. This isn't about … [Read more...] about Wrong from the Start: How Christian Culture Keeps Pulling Us Away from Jesus