Jason’s House Youth

March 19, 2026

In the basement, they gathered around pizza and silly games, sang songs and discussed ancient wisdom and timeless truth. There was laughter and seriousness, but mostly laughter. The junior high gathering drew in a random smattering of faces who heard about it through the grapevine. We call the gathering Jason’s House, and here’s why. … More Jason’s House Youth

CrossRoad: Lent Video Series

March 12, 2026

Join me on a 3-week journey to a fuller understanding of the Cross and the Christian life. My foundational “CrossRoad” sermon series from 2019 has been distilled into six short beautifully illustrated videos. This was a defining moment for me as a pastor and teacher, when I drew a line in the sand and decided that the only Christianity worth our time is one that takes Jesus’ most scandalous teachings seriously. … More CrossRoad: Lent Video Series

Twisted Love

March 11, 2026

This Gospel text thrusts us back into that darkened upper room where confused disciples hang on their teacher’s every last word. Ominous feelings fill the room and haunt every heart trying to make sense of this perplexing last meal together. How can such beauty come out of a situation so ugly? How can grace withstand such a tidal wave of heartlessness? How can love flow so freely between these river banks of betrayal? … More Twisted Love

NEW! Visual Sermons & Articles

March 3, 2026

For 20 years, I’ve been writing on the Christian life. Over 2,000+ articles published and 40 volumes of writings fill my shelves. What if there was a way to repackage my favorite articles and give old sermons a second life in a new digital form? Introducing my latest project: short visual summaries of some of my most thought-provoking articles, sermons, essays, and teachings over the years. … More NEW! Visual Sermons & Articles

Dilexi Te: On Love For the Poor

February 27, 2026

Scot McKnight is walking through the encyclical by Pope Leo XIV, “Dilexi Te: Apostolic Exhortation on Love for the Poor.” The universal church can learn much from the thinking of the Roman Catholic Church on what the Bible demands pertaining to the poor. Unfortunately, these Biblical ideas have been branded “marxist” or “socialist” or “woke” or “anti-American” or worse in our day. … More Dilexi Te: On Love For the Poor

N. T. Wright: Heaven Isn’t the Endgame (Good Faith Podcast)

February 26, 2026

Heaven isn’t the point of the gospel—and N.T. Wright challenges the “accept Jesus and escape earth” narrative of Christianity. Curtis Chang talks with Wright, leading theologian and prolific author, about New Creation and his latest book asking whether the Bible’s promise is the Kingdom of God on earth—or simply going to heaven when you die. … More N. T. Wright: Heaven Isn’t the Endgame (Good Faith Podcast)

Why New Atheism Crumbled

February 20, 2026

American church attendance might be in decline, but spirituality is up. And, according to Nick Pompella, this is likely surprising for the onetime followers of New Atheism. New Atheism was an explosive social trend that ran rampant in the 2000s and early 2010s, defined by its most popular intellectuals and a fire-eater style that attracted young people as New Atheists actively picked fights about religion. … More Why New Atheism Crumbled

Rep. James Talarico Talks Christianity & Politics on Colbert

February 19, 2026

Stephen Colbert hosts outspoken Christian seminarian and Texas State Rep. James Talarico for an online-exclusive interview that touches on the issues raised in Talarico’s campaign for the Democratic nomination for Senate including the separation of church and state, the dangers of consolidated corporate-owned media, and the fabricated culture wars pushed by Republicans in states like Texas. … More Rep. James Talarico Talks Christianity & Politics on Colbert

Ashes and Armpits

February 18, 2026

I’m (blessedly) trapped in a blizzard in Two Harbors watching angry waves crash onto the shore of Superior. The 60+ mph wind gusts are ominous, but the snow piling up reminds me of the Lenten truth that “Though our sins be as scarlet, [God] will make us white as snow.” I’m reposting this piece to kick off Lent where I ask the same question as Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Ooh, What’s that Smell?” … More Ashes and Armpits

Ethnicity and the Church: A More Excellent Way

February 17, 2026

Introducing a short video and podcast conversation that revisits my urgent 2019 theological essay arguing that ethnic diversity should be viewed as a spiritual gift essential for the health and witness of the global Christian community. I challenge believers to move beyond nationalism and tribalism toward a “most excellent way” (1 Cor. 12:31) defined by suffering in solidarity with marginalized groups. … More Ethnicity and the Church: A More Excellent Way

National Prayer Breakfast: A Den of Thieves

February 10, 2026

What we are witnessing is not merely a political failure. It is a spiritual crisis. Why isn’t every Christian in the United States asking with a broken heart, how has the church arrived here? It reveals how easily American Christianity is tempted to trade its witness and its integrity for proximity to wealth and power. We are watching faith be hollowed out and repurposed, not to follow Jesus, but to shield cruelty, excuse racism, and sanctify domination. … More National Prayer Breakfast: A Den of Thieves

The Moral Collapse of White Evangelicalism

February 9, 2026

Tripp Fuller, born and raised a Southern Baptist with a love for Jesus and the Bible, like many, has watched in disbelief as very same people who taught him that “character counts” have become the most willing to defend and rationalize the immoral behavior of Trump and his movement. If you want to make sense of how we got here, this is one of the clearest and well-researched presentations I have seen. … More The Moral Collapse of White Evangelicalism

I Stand with the NAE

February 6, 2026

I intentionally seek out and share sources that cannot be simply be dismissed as woke, mainstream media propaganda, and here is another example. I stand in support of the National Association of Evangelicals’ statement, “Standing With Our Immigrant Neighbors in a Time of Crisis” and invite you to do the same. … More I Stand with the NAE

Being a Neighbor, Showing Mercy in Minneapolis

February 4, 2026

Jesus is meddling in politics again. Why doesn’t he just preach the gospel? To “go and do likewise” in this moment for many Jesus-followers in Minnesota means moving toward those who are being harmed and mistreated, showing mercy and standing in solidarity with them, being the healing presence of Jesus and bearing witness to those being left devastated (and sometimes dead) by the side of the road. … More Being a Neighbor, Showing Mercy in Minneapolis

Help Heal Our Hurting Body

February 3, 2026

We have set up an Immigrant Neighbor Crisis Fund to collect donations to go directly to the immigrant families in our partner church. Why? Because we are part of them, and they are part of us. To continue applying the metaphor, “The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” just as the white part of the Body cannot say to the black or brown part, “I don’t need you.” “All of you TOGETHER are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it” (12:27). … More Help Heal Our Hurting Body

Casting Pearls

January 23, 2026

today I began my campaign of flooding the Facebook zone, not partisan talking points or angry rants, but the words of Jesus with a bit of commentary. We’ll see what becomes of these gospel pearls as they land on the wet, mucky ground of the Facebook pigpen. Here’s my first post. … More Casting Pearls

Planet of the Apes & Politicians

January 22, 2026

I’m not prophesying the imminent downfall of the political establishment or the nation as a whole. I am offering a timeless warning that reckless, animal-like behavior and a lack of “humanity” in places of power and influence can set in motion a slow downward spiral into self-destructive chaos—personal and societal. Exchanging “the mind of a man for the mind of an animal” is, after all, Paul’s diagnosis of sin-infected humanity in his great letter to the Christians in the capital city of Rome. Where does this lead? Read on. … More Planet of the Apes & Politicians