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Known Is Scarier Than Loved
On Genesis 3, fig leaves, and the fear of being known
Aug 17
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Jacob R. Ray
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Betrayed On Purpose
Judas chose it freely. God planned it fully. Both, all the way, in the same breath.
Aug 10
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Jacob R. Ray
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The Altar We Bought Tickets To
Noah Kahan has spent the last three years telling us he’s just a guy from Vermont. On Monday night, 40,000 people sang those words back to him, and it…
Aug 3
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Jacob R. Ray
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July 2026
A God Who Asks Nothing
The Gospel according to Christian nationalism, secular patriotism, and the god both tribes built
Jul 27
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Jacob R. Ray
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The Chase We Called Sanctification
Matthew McConaughey has been chasing himself for 30 years. I started at 15.
Jul 20
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Jacob R. Ray
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The Comfort We Mistook for the Cure
The Gospel According to Brené Brown — Functional Gospels #2
Jul 13
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Jacob R. Ray
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The Conspiracy We Want To Be True
Functional Gospels, pt. 1 — what The Da Vinci Code got right about the hunger, and wrong about the answer.
Jul 6
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Jacob R. Ray
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June 2026
Orthodoxy Needs a Discipline
The church has plenty of doctrine. It's missing something else.
Jun 29
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Jacob R. Ray
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Nothing Left to Raise
For four weeks I've watched the church lay down one hard truth after another. This is what's left standing when the last one goes — and the verb we lost…
Jun 22
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Jacob R. Ray
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You Are Not the Sum of What You Want
The most ordinary spirituality of our age is the oldest sin in Scripture, wearing new clothes.
Jun 15
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Jacob R. Ray
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How to Read Yourself Out of the Bible
The most ordinary sin in Scripture is reading it for the exemption. I'd know — I've been doing it for years.
Jun 8
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Jacob R. Ray
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Hell Bent: When Deconstruction Runs Out of Scripture
A review of "Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love" by Brian Recker
Jun 1
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Jacob R. Ray
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