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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 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...

September 2010

September 07, 2010

Win Friends and Influence People by Condemning Others and Speaking for God

One of the absolute best things you can do for another person is to tell...

November 2009

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 19, 2009

There’s Nothing Natural About “Natural” Evil

Here's the big, hairy Christian theodicy (the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and...

September 2009

September 30, 2009

When Your Husband Derides Your Faith

In response to a recent post of mine entitled When You Love Someone Who Doesn't...

August 2009

August 23, 2009

“God Can Love Me or Send Me to Hell. But Not Both.”

Sitting at Starbucks yesterday I overheard the following exchange between two men I'll call Bob...

May 2009

May 13, 2009

Christians: Can We Please Stop Embarrassing Ourselves With the Likes of Carrie Prejean?

We Christians need to stop embarrassing ourselves with the likes of Carrie Prejean.

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,...

February 2009

February 10, 2009

Ten Ways Christians Tend to Fail at Being Christian

The essay is found in: Kindle Nook

February 02, 2009

Another Testimony of a Christian Woman Who Divorced Her Non-Christian Husband

Here's another Christian woman who responded to my post, Christian Marrying a Non-Christian? Marriage:...

January 2009

January 08, 2009

Sane Evangelizing 101

In response to my post Evangelist or Ego Driven Meddler?, a reader asked if I...

December 2008

December 16, 2008

Christian: Don’t Too Readily Dismiss the Rational Atheist

What might Christians learn from atheists?

December 11, 2008

Top 10 Signs I Might Be Gay

1. If while talking I was ever forced to sit on my hands, it's a...

July 2008

July 17, 2008

The Sexual Lives of Others: Like Catnip to Everyone—Even Christians

Two days ago I posted What Would Jesus Do if Invited to a Gay Wedding?,...

June 2008

June 03, 2008

Jesus the Decider: Do Only Christians Get Into Heaven?

Yesterday in a coffee shop I totally eavesdropped on a conversation between an Evangelizing Christian...

April 2008

April 01, 2008

Non-Christians: What If Christianity Taught Tolerance?

I'd like to ask non-Christians: If integral to Christianity was the belief that it was right...

February 2008

February 29, 2008

Atheists of America Agree: Christianity Makes Eminent Rational Sense!

As I'm sure my readers will agree, in my last post, There’s No Arguing It:...

February 28, 2008

Heads, God is Real; Tails, He’s Not

As we all know, the answer to the question of whether or not there's a...

February 26, 2008

What Does the Whole ‘Atonement’ Thing Actually Mean?

If you've ever wondered what exactly the Atonement of Christ MEANS, here you go.

February 25, 2008

Why did Christ have to sacrifice himself?

In response to my recent post, God is Love, Christ is Pain, an atheist reader asked...

January 2008

January 30, 2008

What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear

By way of researching a book of mine ("I'm OK - You're Not: The Message...

December 2007

December 31, 2007

An Open Letter to the Atheist Hacker of Christian Mega-site Crosswalk.com

Dear Finnish atheist who hacked Crosswalk.com: Hi, there. I'm one of the writers for Crosswalk.com.,...

October 2007

October 30, 2007

Christians, Non-Christians, and the “Fully Man” Problem with Jesus

If we Christians were a little more comfortable with Jesus being fully man, maybe we'd...

September 2007

September 18, 2007

Why We Christians Always Lose Debates with Atheists–Thank God

The other day I read the recent Newsweek piece in which Rick Warren (Purpose-Driven Life---like...

September 18, 2007

Christians and Atheists in Communion — in Harmony, I Mean! Now What?

I don't think it's going too far to say that my recent posts ("An Honest...