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10 Days till launching our very exciting project 26 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
Hi! Well . . . bye! From now until Wednesday, Sept. 4, I will not be posting anything on this blog. (But on Monday, Sept. 2, the front page of this blog will suddenly look a lot different. That’s not...
What does it really mean to believe? 24 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
Dear John, I came across your website a while ago and have been impressed and sometimes moved by the wisdom you show in your responses to people. I wonder if you might offer your opinion to a questio...
Sinfulness, fear, and the toxicity of faux-Christianity 21 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Dear John: I was wondering how you deal with the concept of original sin. I believe it is a corrupting idea that has led to much misery. Being gay, I have experienced being on the receiving end of t...
Like playing God’s symphony on one string of an out-of-tune violin 19 Aug 2013 | 08:34 pm
I got this in, and just couldn’t resist sharing it with you. I just love the spirit of this letter, don’t you? I’m so grateful to have found y’all! I feel like I have been holding my breath for the ....
When the passion for God passes 15 Aug 2013 | 10:28 pm
Dear John: What are the best things to do when you feel far from God, besides praying and reading the Bible? I’ve been going to church my whole life, but it was three years ago when I actually asked ...
Boys and girls sharing school bathrooms! Alert God! 13 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
Yesterday Governor Jerry Brown of California signed into law Assembly Bill 1266, which alters the state’s education code so that all K-12 student are “permitted to participate in sex-segregated school...
Hears voices, fancies ladies, and enjoys cask ales too much: a kind word for this friend of Jesus? 10 Aug 2013 | 09:39 am
I just got in the below email. I hope you can find it in your heart to offer our young friend here a kind word and a bit of fellowship, for which she had the courage to ask. I’m not sure why I ended ...
He hated himself because he couldn’t change himself 8 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
I recently received the email below, and wanted to share it with you (with permission, of course). This is how the personal dynamics of this sort of affair are unfolding in families all across the cou...
The Head Covering Movement: Real, or What? 7 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
Here is the “promo video” for The Head Covering Movement (which I recently learned about via the excellent blog, Ain’t I a Woman?): Take Our Poll Also: True or False: Dinosaurs Lived with Peopl...
“I lived 30 years alone”: A Christian lesbian grandmother tells her story 6 Aug 2013 | 01:41 am
Here is a letter I got in response to the call I put out on my blog awhile back asking for the personal testimony of gay Christians: I am a 72-year-old Christian mother and grandmother. I had a wonde...
