Read more Uncategorized Rob Bell & 9 Things Evangelicals Should Never Do: A Response To R.C. Sproul By Steve on February 22, 2015 Bloggers love Rob Bell and Mark Driscoll. Whenever either of them do anything whatsoever all we have to do is write a blog post commenting on their latest statement, decision, or action and sit back and… Read more Uncategorized Top 5 Posts of 2014 By Steve on December 29, 2014 Well another year of blogging is winding down and I can hardly believe I’ve managed to keep Beyond the Pale going for more than six years now. Over 525 posts! People often say to me “Where… Read more Uncategorized 9 Warning Signs Your Pastor May Be Building His Own Kingdom By Steve on July 11, 2014 Control! People like to be controlled! People want to be controlled! In a recent post I raised the question of why Christians would allow themselves to be abused in church systems that wreak havoc in their lives and… Read more Uncategorized Mark Driscoll’s House of Cards and How My Atheist Brother Was Right All Along By Steve on July 9, 2014 More than 5 years ago I wrote a blog post on Mark Driscoll when he and his Mars Hill Church were at the height of their game. If you read the post you can see I… Read more Uncategorized Mark Driscoll’s Open Letter Apology: Has the Mars Hill Pastor Finally Heard the Singing of the Whos Down in Whoville? By Steve on March 18, 2014 I was a Mark Driscoll fan…and then I wasn’t! Back in 2007 I didn’t know much about Driscoll other than he was that “swearing” pastor Donald Miller mentions in Blue Like Jazz. Then a friend suggested… Read more Uncategorized Ghostbusters: or How Christians Should Behave With “Portable Nuclear Reactors” On Their Backs By Steve on February 14, 2014 You remember Ghostbusters right? Three guys with portable nuclear reactor laser like weapons on their backs that they would use to blast the demons, ghosts, and goblins invading New York City. The one rule they lived by… Read more Uncategorized John Piper’s God Looks More Like “Dexter” than Jesus By Steve on August 14, 2013 After reading my post yesterday on the great lengths God will go to for his children my brother Andy commented: I just did a post about a John Piper video that is making a resurgence on the… Read more Uncategorized Jay Bakker and Learning To “Smell” Like Jesus By Steve on June 14, 2013 I’m reading a lot of Christian books lately and some of the best books I’ve read have stemmed from hearing an interview with the author beforehand. Someone just intrigues me and I think, “I gotta… Read more G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Mark Driscoll’s “Obama Tweet”: How Should We Pray For Our Leaders? By Steve on January 24, 2013 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. I was disturbed this week to see a tweet which has gone viral by Pastor Mark Driscoll in which he calls into question… Read more Grace of God “Does God Really Not Like Me?” By Steve on January 3, 2013 Just before the Christmas holiday I wrote a piece on Christ as “God with us”. I’ve been mulling that idea over in my mind through endless renditions of Silent Night and Hark the Herald Angels…
Read more Uncategorized Rob Bell & 9 Things Evangelicals Should Never Do: A Response To R.C. Sproul By Steve on February 22, 2015 Bloggers love Rob Bell and Mark Driscoll. Whenever either of them do anything whatsoever all we have to do is write a blog post commenting on their latest statement, decision, or action and sit back and…
Read more Uncategorized Top 5 Posts of 2014 By Steve on December 29, 2014 Well another year of blogging is winding down and I can hardly believe I’ve managed to keep Beyond the Pale going for more than six years now. Over 525 posts! People often say to me “Where…
Read more Uncategorized 9 Warning Signs Your Pastor May Be Building His Own Kingdom By Steve on July 11, 2014 Control! People like to be controlled! People want to be controlled! In a recent post I raised the question of why Christians would allow themselves to be abused in church systems that wreak havoc in their lives and…
Read more Uncategorized Mark Driscoll’s House of Cards and How My Atheist Brother Was Right All Along By Steve on July 9, 2014 More than 5 years ago I wrote a blog post on Mark Driscoll when he and his Mars Hill Church were at the height of their game. If you read the post you can see I…
Read more Uncategorized Mark Driscoll’s Open Letter Apology: Has the Mars Hill Pastor Finally Heard the Singing of the Whos Down in Whoville? By Steve on March 18, 2014 I was a Mark Driscoll fan…and then I wasn’t! Back in 2007 I didn’t know much about Driscoll other than he was that “swearing” pastor Donald Miller mentions in Blue Like Jazz. Then a friend suggested…
Read more Uncategorized Ghostbusters: or How Christians Should Behave With “Portable Nuclear Reactors” On Their Backs By Steve on February 14, 2014 You remember Ghostbusters right? Three guys with portable nuclear reactor laser like weapons on their backs that they would use to blast the demons, ghosts, and goblins invading New York City. The one rule they lived by…
Read more Uncategorized John Piper’s God Looks More Like “Dexter” than Jesus By Steve on August 14, 2013 After reading my post yesterday on the great lengths God will go to for his children my brother Andy commented: I just did a post about a John Piper video that is making a resurgence on the…
Read more Uncategorized Jay Bakker and Learning To “Smell” Like Jesus By Steve on June 14, 2013 I’m reading a lot of Christian books lately and some of the best books I’ve read have stemmed from hearing an interview with the author beforehand. Someone just intrigues me and I think, “I gotta…
Read more G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Mark Driscoll’s “Obama Tweet”: How Should We Pray For Our Leaders? By Steve on January 24, 2013 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. I was disturbed this week to see a tweet which has gone viral by Pastor Mark Driscoll in which he calls into question…
Read more Grace of God “Does God Really Not Like Me?” By Steve on January 3, 2013 Just before the Christmas holiday I wrote a piece on Christ as “God with us”. I’ve been mulling that idea over in my mind through endless renditions of Silent Night and Hark the Herald Angels…