Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that never argues. It just explains why it’s always right. Alright, listen up. First, my new book drops in the spring of 2025. It’s called The Untold Story of the New Testament Church: Revised and Expanded. And let me be crystal clear: Do. Not. Buy ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that believes you really don’t need Google or AI; your spouse knows everything. Update: I’ll be taking the next two weeks off from sending these articles, but I’ll resume on Thursday, September 5. The good news is that our two podcasts and the YouTube channel ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that observes that some pastors are environmentally conscious. They recycle their sermons during the summer. Buckle up, Ragamuffins. We’re going to drop into a difficult rabbit hole of reality today. Christians love talking about spirituality (a.k.a. walking in the Spirit, being an obedient disciple, spiritually ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that isn’t young enough to know everything. Let’s be candid, humans love finding ways to justify the shoddy things they do. It’s the (fallen) human way, making ourselves feel better about being a jerk. And when it comes to rationalizing our sins, folks get super ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that believes if you feed a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. But if you feed a fish a man, the fish will spit him out so he can preach in Nineveh. Thanks to so many of you, the Insurgence continues to grow ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that thinks most of today’s worship songs give a broad range of self-expression to people who know seven words and like to repeat them eleven times. Quick piece of news: On episode 185 of the CHRIST IS ALL podcast, I participated in an interview focusing on church and discipleship. That episode marked the debut of a concept I’ve termed “The Industrial Religious Complex.” I intend to delve deeper into the Industrial Religious Complex in an upcoming episode of the show. To ensure you don’t miss this expanded discussion, I encou ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that always responds this way when its computer says, “Autosaved your file.” The response: “Aww, thanks. Now where is the file?” In last week’s article (The Message That Sparked a Revolution), I promised to give you an update. So here it is. We are finally close to birthing the new literary beast The Untold Story of the New Testament Church: Revised and Expanded into the world. On Monday, I’ll be sending the finished manuscript into my editor’s inbox like a desperate parent eagerly dropping off their kid at summer camp. (Yea, I ha ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that believes the inventor of pop rocks thought to himself, “Sugar isn’t good enough. It also needs to detonate.” We’ve all been there. You’re trying to stay tight with the Lord, but lately it feels like He’s blowing you off harder than your senile uncle at the family reunion. What gives? Well, here’s the deal. The solution is NOT to go AWOL on Jesus. Ignoring Him or going practical atheist isn’t going to fix the problem. The move is to act like Jesus is right there with you, even if you can’t sense His presence. Why? Because He I ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that always responds the same way when someone asks, “What the heck is wrong with you?” The response: “You mean today or like in general?” “The words ‘Behold, I make all things new’ (Rev. 21:5) highlight the preeminence of the category of the new in Christian eschatology. God’s future is not the eternal return of the same, but the new creation of all things.” ~ Jürgen Moltmann Let’s face it: we humans are a mess. Humanity is selfish, destructive, and violent. And yet, God, the creator of this chaotic bunch, chooses to love us anyw ..read more

Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that’s sad to announce that the origami business has folded. Update: The publisher is projecting a Spring 2025 release for The Untold Story of the New Testament Church: Revised and Expanded. We’re still in the editing cycle, and it’s been extremely difficult. So your prayers are appreciated. Now for today’s article. Let’s face it. Our brain is a lazy schlub. Its favorite activity is maintaining all the comfortable illusions we’ve gathered over the years. This includes our ideological fort made up of assumptions, beliefs, and half ..read more