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September 2008

September 16, 2008

Where Does God Being Love Leave Us? (And Get Back Here, Atheists!)

“God is Love.” Great! It's the richest philosophical/religious proposition possible. What it means to us...

July 2008

July 17, 2008

The Sexual Lives of Others: Like Catnip to Everyone—Even Christians

Two days ago I posted What Would Jesus Do if Invited to a Gay Wedding?,...

July 16, 2008

“The Dumb Soldier” / “George W. Bush Thinks Of His Soldiers”

The other day I was reading through Robert Louis Stevenson's classic book of children's poems,...

June 2008

June 06, 2008

Mr. “Wasn’t Having Any” Responds to Christians

The other day I posted a piece called Jesus the Decider: Who Gets Into Heaven?,...

June 03, 2008

Jesus the Decider: Do Only Christians Get Into Heaven?

Yesterday in a coffee shop I totally eavesdropped on a conversation between an Evangelizing Christian...

April 2008

April 19, 2008

Zealots, Unite! No, Wait! Don’t!

To read this post, go here.

April 16, 2008

If My Gay Loved Ones Go To Hell, I’m Going With Them

In case anyone's interested, the impetus behind my writing my last post, "Christians: When It Comes...

April 11, 2008

How I Broke My Lesbian Friend’s Heart

I became a Christian very suddenly (and out of freakin' nowhere) when I was 38...

February 2008

February 29, 2008

Atheists of America Agree: Christianity Makes Eminent Rational Sense!

As I'm sure my readers will agree, in my last post, There’s No Arguing It:...

December 2007

December 31, 2007

An Open Letter to the Atheist Hacker of Christian Mega-site Crosswalk.com

Dear Finnish atheist who hacked Crosswalk.com: Hi, there. I'm one of the writers for Crosswalk.com.,...

December 30, 2007

#1 Christian Website Hacked By Atheist!

Update: To read my An Open Letter to the Atheist Hacker of Christian Mega-site Crosswalk.com, click...

October 2007

October 30, 2007

Christians, Non-Christians, and the “Fully Man” Problem with Jesus

If we Christians were a little more comfortable with Jesus being fully man, maybe we'd...

August 2007

August 25, 2007

A Reader Asks, “Why Do I Need Jesus to Change My Life?”

In response to a piece of mine (The Happiest Ending Ever), in which I told...

June 2007

June 05, 2007

Is a world without religion really more peaceful?

One often hears the assertion that religion causes war: that if people would only stop...

May 2007

May 30, 2007

Adults Aren’t Children–and None of Us is God

I get a lot of the same argument against my idea that we're working against...

May 25, 2007

More on The Great Commandment vs. The Great Commission

It's been so great to see how thoughtful and kind everyone's been about this post....

May 24, 2007

Are The Great Commandment and The Great Commission Incompatible?

I have a question I'd like you to consider. I raise it because yesterday I...