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2022-03-22T07:44:33-08:00

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Breaking news: United Methodist Bishop drops all charges against Thomas Ogletree, calls for end of “disciplining” UMC pastors who perform gay weddings

Last updated on: March 22, 2022 at 7:44 am By John Shore

The Bishop didn't just drop the charges against Ogletree. He turned them into a huge brass bell he used to ring what will likely be remembered as the death knell of the anti-gay policy of the largest mainline Christian denomination in the world. Read more

Christian Issues

2014-03-07T09:18:57-08:00

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So beautiful. So simple. So right.

Last updated on: March 7, 2014 at 9:18 am By John Shore

Meet Brandon Towns, an eighth-grade science teacher from Dayton, Ohio. (more…) Read more

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2015-01-14T12:03:07-08:00

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Giving up myself for Lent

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 12:03 pm By John Shore

Along with meat and alcohol, this year for Lent I'm going to give up something else. Insofar as I can, I'm going to give up myself. Read more

Christian Spirituality

2015-01-14T12:03:42-08:00

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Forget “teaching.” Learn.

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 12:03 pm By John Shore

Is God asking you to teach someone, or to learn from them? Read more

Dear John

2015-01-14T12:04:09-08:00

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A new sexual alphabet

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 12:04 pm By John Shore

You've heard of LGBTTQQIIAA. Now meet the rest of the alphabet. Read more

Humor

2015-01-13T15:36:15-08:00

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Having a gay son got them booted from their church. But look at them now!

Last updated on: January 13, 2015 at 3:36 pm By John Shore

Her gay teen son, once so happy, had become depressed, self-cutting, suicidal. And then she got busy. Read more

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Dear John

2015-01-14T12:05:53-08:00

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Are you listening, Bob Jones University?

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 12:05 pm By John Shore

Here's hoping that God, through the voices of the people with whom GRACE spoke, speaks to the men who run Bob Jones University, and that they are wizened by His/Her counsel. Read more

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2015-01-14T12:06:29-08:00

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Christians: Be thee not discombobulated by transgender persons!

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 12:06 pm By John Shore

Transgender people are only trying to live into what Jesus said: "The truth shall set you free." Read more

Christian Issues

2014-02-20T17:38:42-08:00

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If you think John Shore is just another namby-pamby “Christian speaker” …

Last updated on: February 20, 2014 at 5:38 pm By John Shore

If you're in or near Louisville this weekend, come join us! It's a church! There's bound to be free donuts! Read more

Personal

2015-01-14T12:06:58-08:00

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The whole deal on the straight/gay/Christian thing

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 12:06 pm By John Shore

Straight people are freaked out by gay (to use a euphemism) relations—the same way gay people are freaked out by straight relations. Everyone fears everyone who is in some key or fundamental way truly different from them. And fear with no way out becomes anger. (more…) Read more

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