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January 2011

January 23, 2011

“And Verily Did They All Then Shutteth the [Bleep] Up.”

Why Jesus never gets any credit for this miracle, I'll never know.

January 21, 2011

Jesus Christ: Not a Dick; Not a Social Worker Who Got Mugged

We ThruWay Christians are pleased the left has rushed to embrace us. But our issues...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Atheism’s Two Big Failures

Here are the two big ways in which atheism fails.

November 17, 2010

When Should Christians Start Pointing Fingers?

How do you know when it's time for you to get involved with the sinning...

November 15, 2010

Listen to God; Screw the Rest

You and God are co-stars in the only reality show you (or, surprise, He) will...

November 13, 2010

One Woman’s Conversion Experience (While Driving!)

A woman tells the story of her sudden conversion experience--which happened while she was driving...

November 08, 2010

Advent, Easter and Ordinary Time: Knowing the Christian Calendar

Since ancient times, Christians have used the Christian calendar (also called the liturgical year) to...

November 05, 2010

Agnosticism: The perfect answer that can’t deliver

As a rational response to the question of God, agnosticism is unassailable stance. So then...

October 2010

October 24, 2010

It’s Like You’re God — Except Really Different

Jesus turned dead people back into alive people. That gave him, shall we say, a...

October 20, 2010

What Atheists Have Dead Wrong About Religion

It's been my experience that a great many atheists are keen on claiming that religion...

October 16, 2010

Why God Allows Evil to Exist (in 300 Words)

One of the primary arguments atheists use in their case against the existence of God...

October 14, 2010

Constantly Living the Great Commandment is Impossible — And That’s Okay

We simply cannot love God all of the time in the kind of all-consuming way...

October 12, 2010

The Comfort of the Cross

Here are six truths about suffering---and four steps to relieve it---that should prove comforting to...

September 2010

September 21, 2010

The Curse of the Crappy Christians

Yesterday reader Mindy left a comment to The Laziest Christian in the World that I thought...

September 20, 2010

The Laziest Christian in the World

Everything about us is geared toward action. We are a busy, busy people. It's great!...

September 15, 2010

Doing Christianity vs. Being Christian

Here's an expansion upon my Tweet o' this morning that read: "Watch that you don't...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

Praying When You Have Low Self-Esteem

A thoughtful commenter to my post What Is Prayer? expressed his concern that he's essentially...

August 24, 2010

What Exactly is the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit is God--fully God, not any sort of partial, almost God sort of...

June 2010

June 17, 2010

When Bad Emotions Happen to Good Christians

Who said Christians shouldn't have negative emotions? Not God, that's for sure.

June 16, 2010

The Cross That Batman Bears

We tend to think of integrity as a quality that feels really good to possess...

June 07, 2010

Stars of the Old Testament

Here are some of the main stars, if you will, of the Old Testament, in...

June 04, 2010

What is the Latin Vulgate?

(To understand the "Okay, Fine:" part of this post's title, read yesterday's "What Am I...

June 04, 2010

What is the Latin Vulgate?

Oh, like you care. (Update: If you're suffering from insomnia, or whatever, and actually do...

June 03, 2010

What is the Septuagint?

The Lighthouse of Alexandria The Bible as we have it today wasn't simply handed to...

May 2010

May 25, 2010

We Do Know Jack. We ARE Jack.

What in the end proved most true for Jack is the same thing that in...

May 18, 2010

Good Art Is All About the Crazy

I'm in a hurry just now, but I wanted to throw this out there real...

May 17, 2010

From Station WGOD: Love, Love Me Do

The other day a reader wrote me the following: "John, would you comment on something...

March 2010

March 25, 2010

Four sure and easy ways to deepen your relationship with God

For those times when you're in the mood for a little Divine Interaction, may I...

February 2010

February 23, 2010

Once Upon Atone

Yesterday I looked at the Atonement at the micro/personal level. Here I step back to...

February 22, 2010

Christ and Your Guilt

Perhaps due to it being Lent, I've recently received a few emails from people asking...