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2013-11-09T00:00:54-08:00

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Awesome post alert!

Last updated on: November 9, 2013 at 12:00 am By John Shore

I can totally, 100% recommend that you read When Jesus and Satan shared a name, which I co-wrote with Dan Wilkinson. Read more

Christian Issues

2013-11-09T00:05:15-08:00

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Five reasons why “God works out all things for those who love him” is awful advice

Last updated on: November 9, 2013 at 12:05 am By John Shore

I recently received this letter: John, I am a follower of your blog as well as a huge fan of Unfundamentalist Christians. I was raised in an Evangelical home and was schooled at an Evangelical Christian school for most of my life. I have slowly begun to discover my own faith, as opposed to just simply believing what I had been told all my life. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2021-09-24T16:37:00-08:00

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The moment what you love begins to disappear

Last updated on: September 24, 2021 at 4:37 pm By John Shore

Halloween! Hal. O. Weeeeeeeeeen! I’m so desperate to get outside it feels like my guts are going to burst out and bolt off without me, leaving behind nothing but a sack of my empty skin. (Awesome! Happy Halloween, family!) Meanwhile, God has decided to torture the universe by stopping the setting sun in the sky. That stupid yellow orb hasn’t moved for hours. It’s going to be six o’ clock forever. It’s never going to get dark! (more…) Read more

Personal

2013-11-15T03:39:00-08:00

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Pastors who re-victimize survivors of abuse

Last updated on: November 15, 2013 at 3:39 am By John Shore

Got this letter in. If you’re a Christian pastor who ever counsels women who have been abused, please read it. If you’re the kind of pastor this survivor writes about—the kind who, one way or another, blames the victim—either change, please, or do the world a favor and find yourself another vocation. (more…) Read more

Dear John

2013-11-09T00:12:49-08:00

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The three-letter word that causes wars

Last updated on: November 9, 2013 at 12:12 am By John Shore

The truth of God is the truth of God. In order to communicate, share, and pass on the revealed truths of God, we are compelled to give those truths form and structure: a process of worshipping, an organization, a book. Ultimately, inevitably, a religion. (more…) Read more

Christian Spirituality

2013-11-09T00:14:06-08:00

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In landmark move, Methodist bishop defies church law and colleagues to marry gay couple

Last updated on: November 9, 2013 at 12:14 am By John Shore

In landmark move, Methodist bishop defies church law and colleagues to marry gay couple. The Methodist Council of Bishops told Bishop Melvin G. Talbert that he must not marry this couple. But Bishop Talbert decided to take his orders from a higher authority. (Sorry to again send you to the UC’s blog on Patheos. Will explain.) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-11-09T00:19:07-08:00

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Seven ways Christians blow it

Last updated on: November 9, 2013 at 12:19 am By John Shore

Hi, guys. I suddenly got crazy busy this morning, and so did not have time to finish the post (about old people) that I’d planned to publish here today. I did, however, spend a few hours this morning writing a piece for our Unfundamentalist Christians blog over on Patheos. If you’d like to read that piece, I certainly invite you to do so at Seven ways Christians blow it. (And if you like it, please share it from there, if you... Read more

Christian Spirituality

2013-11-09T00:20:05-08:00

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I wish I could feel God

Last updated on: November 9, 2013 at 12:20 am By John Shore

Got this in: So I’m filled with a lot of questions. You probably get these all the time. I honest-to-goodness wish I could feel God. I feel as if something’s wrong with me since I’m unable to feel him. How can we be certain that Christianity is the correct religion, since all religions claim to be the right one and claim the other religions to be wrong? (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-11-09T00:23:08-08:00

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To the would-be Christian not quite feeling it

Last updated on: November 9, 2013 at 12:23 am By John Shore

In the comments section of my last post, To A Gay Anti-Christian Who Suddenly Converted, something beautiful happened. It started when long-time reader (and always awesome commenter) Jill wrote this: (more…) Read more

Christian Spirituality

2013-10-15T13:00:50-08:00

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To a Gay Anti-Christian Activist Who Suddenly Converted

Last updated on: October 15, 2013 at 1:00 pm By John Shore

A friend of mine is a gay artist who, up until a few days ago, was a tireless and fairly high-profile opponent of Christianity. His world recently changed when he realized that, despite his “hard-won atheism,” he was rapidly becoming a Christian. “I’m sitting here listening to Jars of [bleeping] Clay and weeping,” he wrote me. “Mother[bleep]er! Where is this [bleep] coming from? And why am I okay with it? God[bleep] it.” (more…) Read more

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