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2013-08-09T21:39:07-08:00

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Hears voices, fancies ladies, and enjoys cask ales too much: a kind word for this friend of Jesus?

Last updated on: August 9, 2013 at 9:39 pm By John Shore

I just got in the below email. I hope you can find it in your heart to offer our young friend here a kind word and a bit of fellowship, for which she had the courage to ask. (more…) Read more

Christian Spirituality

2014-02-28T06:27:39-08:00

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He hated himself because he couldn’t change himself

Last updated on: February 28, 2014 at 6:27 am By John Shore

I recently received the email below, and wanted to share it with you (with permission, of course). This is how the personal dynamics of this sort of affair are unfolding in families all across the country today. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-08-06T15:13:44-08:00

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The Head Covering Movement: Real, or What?

Last updated on: August 6, 2013 at 3:13 pm By John Shore

Here is the “promo video” for The Head Covering Movement (which I recently learned about via the excellent blog, Ain’t I a Woman?): (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-08-05T13:41:28-08:00

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“I lived 30 years alone”: A Christian lesbian grandmother tells her story

Last updated on: August 5, 2013 at 1:41 pm By John Shore

Here is a letter I got in response to the call I put out on my blog awhile back asking for the personal testimony of gay Christians: I am a 72-year-old Christian mother and grandmother. I had a wonderful career as a teacher for every age, from pre-school through college. I served as a member of our church council, as a Sunday school teacher, as a Vacation Bible School superintendent, and I have been on mission trips to every continent.... Read more

Christian Issues

2013-08-02T13:43:50-08:00

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To Pro-Lifers Who Believe Adoption is Always the Answer

Last updated on: August 2, 2013 at 1:43 pm By John Shore

On the group blog for Unfundamentalist Christians, we have published UCer Mindy Carney’s To Pro-Lifers Who Believe Adoption is Always the Answer, a letter she wrote in response to a man who, on the website for The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, wrote that it is essentially a woman’s duty to carry her pregnancy to term, since she can always relinquish her child for adaption. I think Ms. Brown’s letter is an important contribution to our national conversation about abortion, and... Read more

Christian Issues

2013-07-31T15:53:19-08:00

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Why am I still a Christian?

Last updated on: July 31, 2013 at 3:53 pm By John Shore

Got this in last week: Hi John, I’m writing to share a problem I have with being a Christian and confronting the anti-gay attitude of the Church. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2013-07-29T07:00:15-08:00

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She’s caring for their mother–and they’re angry about it

Last updated on: July 29, 2013 at 7:00 am By John Shore

Got this in: Hello John, I don’t know how I found your page, but I am glad I did. You are the only one who hit it on the money. (more…) Read more

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2013-07-26T10:24:00-08:00

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Yay for the new day’s new way!

Last updated on: July 26, 2013 at 10:24 am By John Shore

This week The Atlantic ran a story, The Rise of the Christian Left in America, the money quote of which is: (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

2014-03-06T12:15:51-08:00

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The triune nature of God explained in four perfect sentences

Last updated on: March 6, 2014 at 12:15 pm By John Shore

The idea that God is the ultimate hat trick—that he is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all at once—is something that has always confused and challenged Christians and everyone else with a normal, binary-style brain. But a look at the opening of the Gospel According to John perfectly explicates the triune nature of God: (more…) Read more

Christian Spirituality

2013-07-22T08:45:32-08:00

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Just Like You (From a gay Christian to an anti-gay Christian)

Last updated on: July 22, 2013 at 8:45 am By John Shore

The poem below is a collaborative effort between me and Ford, a friend of mine. It was inspired by this piece, which Ford published on his blog yesterday. (more…) Read more

Christian Issues

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