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One year ago, on January 19, 2017, my book "Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics To Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb" was published. It quickly became the #1 best-selling book on Amazon in its c...

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Hey everyone, the day is finally here! My new blog at Patheos - where I will be blogging from now on - is now live! PLEASE: Go to the blog now and subscribe! This is the only way to kee...

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“As for you, you were dead in our transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air…All of us also li...

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The Greek word for “worship” is proskyneō and it is translated as “to kiss, to lower oneself in humility or reverence, to adore, to surrender completely to another”. So, when Jesu...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-god-who-worships-us.html

Another day, another mass shooting in America. Once more, a white man with an assault rifle opens fire on innocent people. Most people say there’s nothing we can do . Others insist t...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/11/help-america-is-caught-in-feedback-loop.html

After more than 10 years blogging here on subversive1 and the Blogger platform, I've decided to move my blog over to Patheos. Here's what that means: First, this blog will continue to rema...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/10/big-blog-news-were-moving.html

Several years ago I was writing a column for Relevant Magazine called "Subversive" which featured interviews from various voices in the Emerging Church Movement. One of those voices was Sp...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/10/god-doesnt-have-penis.html

LISTEN: Sirius XM Radio Host John Fugelsang interviews Keith Giles about his new book "Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics To Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb". Recorded live on Tuesday, Oct...

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As part of my new job, we’re encouraged to read through the book, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and reflect on each of the habits together in scheduled weekly meetings. Hone...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/10/my-personal-mission-statement.html

Not only am I really tired of all the so-called end times prophets picking dates for the End of the World based on some obscure Bible passage, a few wonky mathematical equations, the alignme...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/10/jesus-returns-today.html

This week I launched a brand new podcast with some friends called "Heretic Happy Hour" and so far it's performing better than we expected. In our very first episode we talked about the wor...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/09/whos-real-heretic.html

"Burning questions, not people." Starting tomorrow, Tuesday September 25, the brand-new podcast I've been working on with Matthew Distefano and Jamal Jivanjee will launch on iTunes. The f...

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In my previous post I asked the question: "What if no one had a Bible?" The point of asking that question was to get us to consider what our faith would be like without depending upon wha...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/09/knowing-jesus-without-your-bible.html

Try to imagine it: No Bibles anywhere. No King James. No NIV. Not even a paperback copy of "The Message". What would that be like? Regardless of how such a thing might happen, try to ima...

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Learning to discern the voice of God is challenging, and we don't always get it right.  Sometimes we get it very, very wrong, in fact.  In those moments it can be difficult to maintai...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/09/all-i-really-know.html

The more I talk to Christians the more I start to notice how often certain phrases reveal a belief system that’s just under the surface. For example, the other day I shared something on ...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/09/bible-believing-christians.html

“When tell me that I am wrong for saying that is a sin, in the simplicity of my faith in the Holy Scriptures, I point him to this sacred record , and tell him, in all candor, as my text ...

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For those who embrace – even insist – on the inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible, there emerges a very odd version of a God who simply cannot make up His mind about things. As an ...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-schizophrenic-god-of-inerrancy.html

The first real "heretic" of Christianity was a man named "Marcion" who saw the radical difference between the God of the Old Testament scriptures and the God revealed by Jesus. But this wa...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/08/literal-heretics.html

If you and I read the Old Testament scriptures the way Paul the Apostle did, we'd be called heretics. For example, if you read Psalm 18:40-49, the passage is all about how God will destroy...

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Our house church family met yesterday at Tent City - a homeless encampment of around 300 people that has grown up in the shadow of Angel Stadium, only a few blocks from my house. We brough...

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Jesus is famous for his list of blessings found in the Sermon on the Mount. You know, "Blessed are the poor for they will inherit the earth" and "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall b...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/08/old-beatitudes-vs-new-beatitudes.html

Inevitably, whenever I engage with someone over the issue of whether or not the Word of God is Jesus or a Book about Jesus, the argument is always raised that “All scripture is God-breathe...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-problem-with-saying-bible-is-word.html

New Covenant Theology was the "new thing" a few decades ago and many were called heretics for defending and promoting it. Previously, the two main theologies were Covenant Theology and Dis...

http://subversive1.blogspot.com/2017/08/from-new-covenant-theology-to-jesus.html

1) You magnify the sins of others and minimize your own 2) You spend more time talking about what you are against rather than what you’re for 3) You don’t feel like you have any real �...

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