Humor

Every Time a Christian Laughs an Angel’s Wings Drop Off

Jan
14
2009

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The post you are looking for is included in HA!, a full-sized collection of five years worth of my best humor. If you are a Kindle owner and a member of Amazon Prime, you can borrow HA! for free, with no due dates. (If you don’t own a Kindle, here’s where to get one. To [...]

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

Jan
10
2009

  So lately we’ve been having some fun discovering fellow Christians out there who’ve decided that I’m … well, as in yesterday’s case, an Actual Heretic. Now here’s another guy! (Thanks, You Know Who You Are, for sending me this link. Some friend! You know you bite soggy figgies.) This one, typically, declares right off, [...]

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My NEW New Year’s Resolutions

Jan
03
2009

My first set of 2009 resolutions was such a bust. “Intellectually mesmerizing.” Right. Meanwhile, I think Columbus discovered Ohio. Forget it. Here are my new 2009 resolutions: 1. Gain about 15 pounds. 2. Drink so much coffee every morning that by the time my wife gets up I’m like a rabid werewolf in the throes of an [...]

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Joseph and Mary at the Inn

Dec
23
2008

Joseph: How do you feel, Mary? Mary: Pregnant. Very pregnant. Joseph: Are you comfortable? Do you have enough hay? Mary: I do, thank you. And thanks for doing such a thorough job cleaning that feeding trough. I can’t believe our baby’s first crib will be a feeding trough. Joseph: No, no: it’s not a feeding [...]

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John Notes for “Introduction to Western Philosophy”

Sep
25
2008

Here are your John Notes for some of the major honchos in Western philosophy: Socrates: Liked to call himself a “gadfly.” No one argued it. Turned unceasingly asking annoying questions into the basis for Western civilization. Plato: Believed knowledge was more about remembering than learning. Yet founded the first college in the Western World. Been [...]

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John Notes for Western Lit 101

Sep
24
2008

The Odyssey: A hairy guy who yells a lot floats around in a boat. Oedipus the King: A guy marries a girl a little too much like the girl who married dear old dad. (When this play opened at the Viennese National Theatre in 1901, Freud, in attendance, died of an asthma attack.) The Apology [...]

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Christian Issues

The Best Case For the Bible NOT Condemning Homosexuality

Apr
02
2012

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No Christian has to choose between their compassion and their faith in the Bible.

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Relationships

Joseph to Mary: “Who could believe such a thing?”

Dec
16
2011

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A conversation between Mary and Joseph the night before Jesus was born.

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Christian Spirituality

What Jesus Left Out of The Great Commandment

Oct
31
2011

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Here’s what Jesus left out of the Great Commandment—and why.

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Humor

Worst Trucking Slogan EVER

Oct
08
2010

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Truck drivers are so weird.

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Pastor Bob's Corner

A Primer on Islam: The Basics (Lesson 1 of 6)

Sep
30
2011

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Hi. I’m Pastor Bob. This is the first lesson of a multi-week class on Islam I taught for a large gathering of folks from multiple congregations: Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Catholics, recovering agnostics, etc.

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Personal

When Etta James had her way with me

Jan
23
2012

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Right there, in front of all sixteen of us, Etta James became Etta James.

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