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Good Book: How White Evangelicals Save the Bible to Save Themselves by Dr. Jill Hicks-Keeton
"Readers who understand the Bible to be benevolent have a puzzle to solve, a problem to tackle: how to deal with what feels bad when it comes to scriptural texts deemed fundamentally good." ---Jill Hicks-Keeton
Brian Chilcote
Jul 1515 min read
It's All About Experience
How is it that we think we "know" things? Where does our knowledge of the world come from? What limits our confidence in being sure something is a fact?
Brian Chilcote
Jul 611 min read
To Question or Not to Question...
What happens when we question our core beliefs? Is it worth it?
Brian Chilcote
May 29 min read
Authors and Authority
Did Bible authors sign their names to their work? No? Then how do we know who wrote what?
Brian Chilcote
Feb 318 min read
Psalm 5
How long Lord till you clear our temples? The towering buildings, old and new Housing the manipulative, the abusive, the selfish.
Matt Kistler
Jan 21 min read
Agree or Disagree? Do your Beliefs Pass Inspection?
Who's in and who's out: a question for many faith traditions, especially evangelicalism. What do you think the standard should be?
Brian Chilcote
Dec 26, 202413 min read
The Problem with the Golden Rule
What could be wrong about treating others as you would like to be treated? Well, a few things...
Brian Chilcote
Dec 20, 20244 min read
Jesus's Unanswered Prayer
Can we really claim that we belong to a through-line of true believers that were committed to the exact same truths we hold in our day?
Brian Chilcote
Dec 6, 202419 min read
Jesus Under Construction: The Trinity
In which we explore the muddy waters of defining the Trinity
Brian Chilcote
Nov 21, 202430 min read
Jesus Under Construction: A Church Full of Heretics
Long before there was a centralized authority making doctrinal decisions for the entire church, rogue bishops could dig their dogmatic heels
Brian Chilcote
Oct 14, 202416 min read
Jesus Under Construction: Next Stop, Uncharted Waters
30 to 99 CE: Small Church, Big ideas  Before churches imported Roman hierarchical structures in an attempt to unify all believers under...
Brian Chilcote
Aug 27, 202417 min read
Jesus Under Construction: A Long Strange Theological Trip
Christological debates began with the earliest New Testament writings from the Apostle Paul
Brian Chilcote
Jul 24, 202419 min read
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