It’s been over five years since that morning at my kitchen table when I closed the Bible and pushed it away. Three years since announcing here that I had left evangelical Christianity and was embarking on a Truth quest. And in that time I’ve given dozens of media interviews, recorded lots of episodes of the Freevangelic Podcast with Hubs, and shared countless texts, calls, emails, and cafe meetings with people…
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What’s Happening in Evangelicalism – And Beyond
It’s Been a Minute… I haven’t posted in a long while, violating all the standards and rules for building a brand. That’s okay. Freevangelic isn’t a business or a brand. It’s an honest journey of being. I’m not here to post for algorithm’s sake. When I arrive at something that feels worthy to share, I know the time has come to type. That time is now. how this awareness came…
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Breaking Free of Purpose-Driven Shackles
“God made you for a purpose,” my mama assured me. “A big purpose. He has something special just for you to do.” Just like that, the purpose-driven shackles clicked over my wrists. I know my mama meant well. She loves Jesus like nobody’s business – more than anything or anyone else alive or dead. Her highest life aim is to please Jesus, to “lay up treasures in heaven” purely so…
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How I Got Past a Difficult Experience
Have you ever had to go through a difficult experience not of your making? Something that could negatively impact your personal and/or professional life, but in which you felt powerless or unsure? I recently did. My difficult experience Just before my difficult experience unfolded, I read Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People for a writing assignment. The underlying premise of Carnegie’s rules is to always put the…
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Why Christians See Environmentalists as Enemies
When I lived in Christianity’s community, it often puzzled me why we weren’t a part of the environmentalists. If we believed all of creation was God’s, shouldn’t we want to care for it? I’ve recently learned why Christians see environmentalists as enemies, though. As with everything else, it starts with the Bible. Genesis Broke the Bond Regardless of whether you believe Moses wrote Genesis or other scribes assembled it after…
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