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November 2010

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 29, 2010

Protection from a witness program

Shame on this Christian---and on any Christian who does what he did.

October 14, 2010

Constantly Living the Great Commandment is Impossible — And That’s Okay

We simply cannot love God all of the time in the kind of all-consuming way...

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...

September 2010

September 15, 2010

Doing Christianity vs. Being Christian

Here's an expansion upon my Tweet o' this morning that read: "Watch that you don't...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Sarah Palin and Lady Gaga: What They Have in Common, and Why (Hallelujah!) They’re Both Right

[Update: Just to be clear---because there seems to be some misunderstanding about this, for which...

August 20, 2010

Is Christianity the Right Religion? Is Hell Real?

Lately I seem to have become Answer Guy. Which is cool, of course. More than...

August 11, 2010

“Is the Devil Making Me Believe in a ‘Liberal’ God Who Isn’t the True God?”

"My problem is that on a deeper level, something inside of me is saying that...

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 17, 2010

Those Ignorant, Laughable Fundamentalists. Right?

I just got in a comment to yesterday's A Christian Reader Asks: “They’re Doing Yoga...

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...

June 2010

June 15, 2010

An interview about my book “I’m OK — You’re Not.”

Below is an interview done with me by ChristianBook.com upon the publication of I'm OK....

June 14, 2010

How Is “Convert, You Sinner!” Loving?

There's just no way, "I love you; now completely change" is a good message to...

May 2010

May 28, 2010

Sorry!

I'm sorry, but I've had to temporarily unpublish this piece--the one about evangelizing. In the...

May 24, 2010

Should Christians Care About the Old Testament?

A young Christian guy wrote to ask, "Do I really have to care all that...

May 17, 2010

From Station WGOD: Love, Love Me Do

The other day a reader wrote me the following: "John, would you comment on something...

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...

March 2010

March 16, 2010

Original Sin: Thanks, Mom and Dad!

A young man wrote me yesterday to ask me what exactly the phrase "original sin"...

February 2010

February 19, 2010

Can the Christian and Muslim Both Be Right?

In yesterday's Religious Tolerance: Lack of Conviction, or World's Only Hope? I asserted that ultimately...

February 16, 2010

I Don’t Let Go; I Don’t Let God

Think you're willing to "Let go and let God"? Think again.

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 11, 2009

Holiday Family Gathering Coming Up? Here’s How to Let the Beatitudes Quell Your Attitudes

Here's how to use the Beatitudes to this year be a blessing to yourself and...

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...

October 08, 2009

Can Christians Lose Their Salvation?

Some of my fellow "fellows" over on Boar's Head Tavern (the group blog run by...

April 2009

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 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...

October 2008

October 01, 2008

Evangelist or Ego-Driven Meddler?

If you're a Christian driven to evangelize, beware of the devilishly smooth transition between glorifying...

February 2008

February 08, 2008

God is Love; Christ is Pain

We who are Christian believe that God is love. We believe it with our souls...