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Martin Thielen
Martin Thielen is a retired United Methodist minister. His most recent book, An Inconvenient Loss of Faith, can be downloaded for free at his website, Doubters Parish.
Brian McLaren offers 10 solid reasons to abandon Christianity
And 10 reasons to stay.
Obery Hendricks condemns the sins of right-wing evangelicalism
If his book were a trial, the verdict would be clear: guilty.
John Pavlovitz’s bottom line: Faith should be a life of love
The popular blogger speaks to the pain of Christians who are disappointed with the failures of the church.
You don't have to doubt in secret anymore
Brian McLaren says religious doubt isn't the death of faith. It's the birth of faith beyond belief.
Marketing plan: A mainline church in the Bible Belt
I used to receive postcards from conservative churches
advertising their upcoming sermon series. Why, I asked myself, don't mainline
churches advertise like this? That question led
to an experiment.
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