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November 2010

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 04, 2010

If Your Family Has Attitudes This Time of Year, Use the Beatitudes to Stay in Good Cheer

Dreading upcoming family gatherings for the holidays? This reading of the Beatitudes just might quell...

October 2010

October 23, 2010

What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear

Here's a small sampling of the responses I got when I asked non-Christians about being...

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...

August 2010

August 23, 2010

On the Christian’s Natural Sense of Superiority

Being close to God is something to be grateful for, not proud of.

August 10, 2010

An Atheist (And Her Atheist Husband) Visit Her Evangelical Family

Dear John [a woman wrote me yesterday], I'm an atheist who was raised in the...

August 06, 2010

Doubting Christ, Young Christian? Have At It!

Yesterday I received from a young man the following email: I was raised in the...

July 2010

July 30, 2010

Anne Rice: “I Quit Being a Christian!” Yaaaaawn.

As you've likely heard, renowned author of novels about vampires Anne Rice has boldly declared...

July 13, 2010

Does God Control or Persuade? (And Is His Future What We Make It?)

Remember my post "Waffles?" Me neither. Weirdly enough, hitting my blog's "Publish" button triggers a...

May 2010

May 27, 2010

The One Thing I Dreaded Most About Becoming a Christian

When I very suddenly became a Christian, I was in a supply closet at my...

May 14, 2010

Why Did God Choose Me (Instead of You)?

I recently received an email from one F. Stuart "Skip" Leeds, a physician and faculty...

May 03, 2010

My Conversion Experience: Real, or Synaptic Misfirings?

A recent article in "Scientific American" suggests my conversion experience had nothing to do with...

February 2010

February 26, 2010

You’re Not a Real Christian!

Can we all agree, when discussing religion, to refrain from being completely dickish?

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...

November 2009

November 12, 2009

Where (If Anywhere) Does Christ End, and Paul Begin?

It's been my experience that what the statement, "It's not Christ I have a problem...

November 05, 2009

I, a Christian, Admit It: Atheists Have Been Right All Along

Finally, the truth can be told: all we Christians are, in fact, ignorant, narrow-minded, self-righteous,...

November 03, 2009

The U.S. Christian Community Finally Returns My Calls!

After I posted yesterday's Why Won't the U.S. Christian Community Return My Phone Calls?, my...

October 2009

October 22, 2009

The Comfort of the Cross

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

September 2009

September 25, 2009

Conservative Christians: Quit Screaming. Liberal Christians: Quit Drinking So Much Wine.

I just put up a sweet Tweet: "Too many conservative Christians' lives are too limited;...

August 2009

August 27, 2009

“Born Into Sin” Just Means Born, Period

A reader wrote to me of her disdain for the Christian concept of original sin. "I...

August 20, 2009

No One REALLY Walks and Talks With Jesus

When speaking about matters of faith, we Christians use (duh: what else?) the only language...

May 2009

May 20, 2009

Forget Yourself to Save Yourself

When things get tough for us, we think we need to start watching out for...

April 2009

April 16, 2009

Make That Christianity: 95% Brains, 5% Emotion

Yesterday, did I say that Christianity is 5% brains and 95% emotion? What I was...

April 15, 2009

Christianity: 5% Brain, 95% Emotion. Yeah, Baby!

I think those of us who believe in God are sometimes too reluctant to acknowledge...

April 13, 2009

If Believing in the Resurrection is Dumb, Bring Me My Dunce Cap

Having, I am sure, read my post, Advent, Easter and Ordinary Time: Knowing the Christian Calendar,...

April 08, 2009

The Comfort of the Cross

Here are six truths about suffering that should prove comforting to any Christian in pain:...

March 2009

March 12, 2009

Doing Christianity vs. Being Christian

Sometimes I think that in our efforts to be all that we can be when...

March 08, 2009

Must God be a He-Man?

"Christians go crazy if you in any way suggest that God isn't a man," said...