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February 21, 2009
What Others Might Think: Reason #3 Women Stay in Bad Relationships
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...
February 19, 2009
Women In Bad Relationships: Eve’s Curse Isn’t Yours, Pt. 2
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...
February 19, 2009
Why Have People Started Using the Word “Tribe” So Much?
Dear John, It seems like everywhere I turn these days, someone is talking or writing...
February 18, 2009
Who Was Timothy Leary?
Dear John, Who was Timothy Leary?---Curious and Totally Not Trying to Get You to Do...
February 17, 2009
Women in Bad Relationships: Eve’s Curse Isn’t Yours
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...
February 16, 2009
Presidents Day: Don’t Work; Don’t Imagine George Washington in Drag
Is it just me, or is Presidents Day easily the least emotionally inspiring of our...
February 15, 2009
John 1:18: Bring on the Stupid
John 1:18 says: No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,...
February 12, 2009
No Fair Heeding Paul on Gays, But Not Jesus on Wealth
The reason conservative Christians invariably give for asserting that homosexuality is an egregious sin against...
February 12, 2009
Women in Bad Relationships Need Not Fear Fear
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...
February 10, 2009
Ten Ways Christians Tend to Fail at Being Christian
The essay is found in: Kindle Nook
February 09, 2009
The Fear Factor: Reason #2 Women Stay in Bad Relationships
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...
February 08, 2009
John 1:17: Where “Truth” Depends on Your Translation (!)
Today we're considering John 1: 17, which reads (in the NIV translation): "For the law...
February 07, 2009
Proof People Get Stoned at Work
Here's an email I recently received: Dear John: The other day a co-worker of mine...
February 06, 2009
From Selflessness to Selfishness: Go, Xena, Go!
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...
February 05, 2009
How To Dial a Rotary Telephone
In response to a few notes I got in from younger readers of yesterday's Why...
February 05, 2009
From Selfless to Selfish: 1 Reason Women Remain in Bad Relationships
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...
February 05, 2009
Up Next: 7 Reasons Women Stay in Bad Relationships
(Update: All the posts of this series have been collected into one piece, Seven Reasons...
February 04, 2009
Why Do Numbers Go Up on Phones, But Down on Calculators?
"Jess" (who clearly has too much time on her hands) wrote to ask why on...
February 03, 2009
Why Is Coffee So Popular? WHY? WHO WANTS TO KNOW?!
Coffee makes me so social. I think. I guess. I don't know. Go away.
February 03, 2009
Is Being Sad Being Ungrateful to God?
A young Christian woman sent me an email in which she wrote: I do not...
February 02, 2009
Another Testimony of a Christian Woman Who Divorced Her Non-Christian Husband
Here's another Christian woman who responded to my post, Christian Marrying a Non-Christian? Marriage:...
January 2009
January 31, 2009
John 1:16: It’s All Groovy Like a Movie
John 1:16 reads: "From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing...
January 31, 2009
How To Get Out of Jury Duty
It's a privilege and even honor to serve on a jury. But if you ever...
January 30, 2009
Christian Actor in Upcoming Super Bowl Commercial Reveals Desire to Play Satan!
(Part 1 of this interview is Interview with an Actor in an Upcoming Bud Super...
January 30, 2009
A (Woefully Naive) Reader Asks: “Aren’t Famous People Just Like Everyone Else?”
Today's question ("Why does everyone go nuts over famous people, when they're just like non-famous...
January 29, 2009
Do Pigs Sweat?
A reader named Jess wrote to ask, "Mr. Answers, do pigs sweat?" Good question, Jess!...
January 29, 2009
From a Christian Woman Whose Marriage to a Non-Christian Failed
I thought worth sharing was this reader's response to my post, Christian Marrying a Non-Christian?...
January 29, 2009
Interview with an Actor in an Upcoming Bud Super Bowl Commerical (Part 1)
This interview is long---so lemme keep this intro short. A little while back I met...
January 28, 2009
Agnosticism: The Perfect Answer That Never Delivers
Based on the enduring lack of conclusive, objectively verifiable, purely empirical evidence, agnostics claim to...
January 28, 2009
What does “echo rand (0,5)” mean?
Thanks for the question, Daniel Gurtner! "Echo Rand" was a favorite game of children in...
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