Coming Untrue

The day of the Lord remains a touchy subject among Christians. Some believers (I among them) look for its fulfillment at a future date. ...

“Is born-again virginity possible?” Infogalactic says, “A  born-again virgin is a person who, after having engaged in sexual inter...

I was sure I had written at length some time recently about King Saul’s attempted ethnic cleansing of the Gibeonites and the grisly comp...

We all know people who we think work too hard. But what is “too hard” really? If we are honest, it’s a bit of a subjective call. Joh...

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With Christmas over for another year, it’s time for the usual abrupt swerve. Christianity Today ’s December 19 online edition contai...

There’s a fair bit we know about Christmas. We know it’s the celebration of the day that the Savior of the world was born. We know h...

I really don’t care for Christmas plays. Choral programs are tolerable because they at least have Christmas carols, and no matter ho...

“How is it fair that God tested Adam in Eden when he knew Adam was destined to fail?” I am indebted to my co-writer Immanuel Can for...

Last week I spent a torturous hour and a half completing an online job safety training module. Since the company I work for has more th...

The expression “keeping up with the Joneses” may have originated with the 1913 comic strip of the same name, but more likely was coined ...

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Chris Hall of AlterNet has a special announcement to make: “ Hitchens, Dawkins and Harris are old news . A totally different atheism is...

I’m not sure we need another ongoing series of posts at the moment, but a couple of friends have been after me for a while to do a serie...

“Is God mad at me?” Hmm. The doctrinal portion of the apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans begins with these words: “The wrat...

It’s the fiftieth anniversary of the Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar in 2020. Bet you didn’t know that. ...

There is a certain apparent randomness to hurricanes, cancer and car accidents. There is nothing at all random about oppression. Oppress...

In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Tom : Immanuel Can is sending me bad things aga...

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