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January 2009

January 21, 2009

Atheists: To Whom (If Anyone) Are You Ultimately Grateful?

A while ago I posted An Honest Question: Atheists, How Do You Process Your Guilt?. The...

January 18, 2009

John 1:5: The Archer’s Grief

Today we're considering John 1:5, which reads: "The light shines in the darkness, but the...

January 10, 2009

I’m Shallow, Untrustyworthy, Un-Christian, and Devil-Duped. Mark Me Well!

So lately we've been having some fun discovering fellow Christians out there who've decided...

January 09, 2009

“You’re Not A Real Christian!”

Whenever Christians engage in an exchange on the Internet about anything of almost any substance...

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...

November 2008

November 23, 2008

Blogging—at WARP SPEED!

Hello, friends! Me: Speed blogging. When: Now. Why: Wife off work entire forthcoming week. Whoo-hoo!...

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...

July 2008

July 14, 2008

From Station WGOD: Love, Love Me Do

Yesterday a reader wrote to ask, "John, would you comment on something I heard last...

June 2008

June 26, 2008

To Sex and Power, Add Constancy

I believe the most consistantly compelling motivation, the most determining factor in the human experience, is the...

June 09, 2008

One Woman’s Conversion Experience (While Driving!)

Candace, a reader from Wisconsin, wrote to tell me of her conversion experience. It's as...

May 2008

May 31, 2008

Certainty in Christ: A Blessing–And A Curse

How can being absolutely certain of Christ's reality and sovereignty be a curse? Because the...

May 21, 2008

My Point: Reject EVERYTHING, So God Can Arrive

Yesterday I posted a piece called Unhappy? Reject Your Parents. As I understood beforehand would happen,...

March 2008

March 07, 2008

Do You Think Satan Is Real?

Before I was a Christian, I just assumed that all Christians believed in Satan. Now...

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...

January 02, 2008

New Year’s Resolution: Take Over the World

My New Year's resolution this year is to take over the world. Whoo-hoo! I can...

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.,...

December 30, 2007

#1 Christian Website Hacked By Atheist!

Update: To read my An Open Letter to the Atheist Hacker of Christian Mega-site Crosswalk.com, click...

December 25, 2007

Whad’ya Get For Christmas?!

Sure, it's shallow. It's embarrassingly shallow to ask people what they got for Christmas. It's...

December 21, 2007

Faith, Hope, a Chair With Little Claw Divots

If you're reading this, you're surprising me. I won't post this on Crosswalk or Christianity.com....

December 17, 2007

Why I Prefer Not to Give Advice to Women with Jerk Husbands

A while ago I wrote a post entitled, "Surprise (Or Not!) Men Are Spoiled!" in...

December 07, 2007

Why Would God Create Humans?

There are only two reasons anyone ever does anything: because they have to, or because...

November 2007

November 22, 2007

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Ahhh ... Turkey Day. I'll be having salami, but still. It's good to have a...

November 17, 2007

The Wondrous Mystery of Dreams

A while back I wrote this, which pretty much no one read. Then, this morning,...

November 16, 2007

The pain of the improving Church

In few respects [did Protestantism differ from Catholicism] more than in its establishment of the...

November 01, 2007

Why Jesus Didn’t Date

"How can Jesus be fully man without a sex drive? And if he has a...

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...

October 27, 2007

The Play’s the Thing

Last night, at the San Diego Repertory Theater, I had the almost disturbingly pleasurable...

October 16, 2007

John, Delayed

I'm not a Bible scholar. I'm not a seminary student or graduate. I used to...