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Cash Promise || Ben Tertin

Monkeys don’t make promises, and monkeys don’t use money. Neither do gators. No animal uses money because no animal makes promises. This crazy stuff is a uniquely human addition to the cosmos, and the...

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Trinitarian Universalism || Ben Tertin

Editor’s Note: The following is a letter written by Student Ministries Pastor and Unitive Contributor Ben Tertin. He recently took a group of his leaders and students to a retreat where he  was caught...

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Jesus Failed Christianity || Ben Tertin

Editor’s Note: The following satire intends to spark careful thought about the intensity — and specificity — of Jesus’ direct challenge to our popular religious paradigms, whether 2000 years ago or...

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Do Or Die || Ben Tertin

“Do this or die!” says yesterday’s New Testament writer. But today’s reader says,  “Where’s the love, baby? Can I get some compassion?” Whether  you’ve been batting on the Christian team for ten...

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Do They Really Love Me? || Tyler Gorsline

Isn’t that what we are always wondering? Do they? Do you….really love me? Is it just me that struggles with this? I feel like maybe I am not alone in this insidious curiosity. I recently ran across a...

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Put Up With Them || Ben Tertin

Who do you want to beat in the face right now? Who do you want to punch in the throat? Maybe ridiculous violence is not your modus operandi and you say, “My goodness! I could never do that.” Fair...

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Totes Unnatural || Ben Tertin

Sinfulness is part of our nature, yeah? “I am not perfect; I am only human!” we say on the back end of a blunder. Ten million times I’ve been taught that “human beings are inherently sinful.” At his or...

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Ganja Love || Ben Tertin

Any Christians out there want to puff some heady nuggets? Don’t worry, we’ll toke in moderation. Let’s score some of that sticky, stinky, skunky, outdoor, organic Kush and spark one up! Can’t afford 50...

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Scot McKnight & The Kingdom || Ben Tertin

Are you involved in the “kingdom work” of making the world a better place? Social justice work? Incarnational ministry? Yes! You’ve got your American evangelical sleeves rolled up, and you’re digging...

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Evangelism for the Non-Evangelist || Pete Tegeler

A friend recently told me, I don’t think I am gifted to be an evangelist.  I am more of the ‘discipleship’ type. To which I thought, Me too. Because, like many, the prospect of talking to a stranger...

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