Show me someone who's sure what political party God belongs to, and I'll show you someone so dumb they shouldn't be allowed to vote. Read more
Show me someone who's sure what political party God belongs to, and I'll show you someone so dumb they shouldn't be allowed to vote. Read more
Ah, Monday. It’s just like Friday or Saturday—if you strapped on a backpack full of rocks and put an anvil on your head. But enough about me. Let’s talk about you. Wait: let’s talk about you and me. Have you gotten your entrance into the Photoshop Gesturing John contest? Don’t forget the deadline is … well, it was noon today, but let’s make it at midnight tonight. That’s better. So. Midnight tonight it is. Voting begins tomorrow (assuming I can... Read more
Ah, Halloween. The name is derived from the Latin word hollow—meaning temporary, fleeting—and ween, as in, “How are we gonna ween our kids off all that sugar?” So we combine “fleeting sensations” with “how will this ever end?,” and what do we have? But of course: life itself. (more…) Read more
Shame on this Christian---and on any Christian who does what he did. Read more
Far be it from me to in any way try to influence the extraordinary creativity some of you are showing via your entries in the Photoshop Gesturing John contest. But here’s a note I just got in from the pastor of the church I was speaking at when the very photos of me were taken that are now providing so many of you with the kind of fun that (and I’m sure this is probably just rumor) attracts Satan. (more…) Read more
Okay, fine. I wanted to innocently share a bit of what it was like during my talk this past Sunday, so I posted these pictures of me doin’ my thing. And then you guys started being … well, you guys. First (from Ben Husmann), I got in this: (Man, that is awesome.) Then I received this, from reader Leslie M.: Which I must admit I’m mad for. Then, today, reader Kara sent me this, which actually kind of took my... Read more
Curse you, Ben Husmann! (And I’m not thrilled with you either, Don Whitt! You started the whole … sandwich routine.) Read more
Sure, we all had some fun yesterday with the pictures I put up of me speaking. (Some of us you had a little too much fun.) Oh, you jokesters, with your funny photo captions! But about the talk itself. Without question, I’m a Christian. I believe in the core stories of the gospel: that Jesus Christ was God incarnate; that he performed (what from our point of view we’d have to call) miracles; that as a means of providing for... Read more
Here are a few photos snapped of me snapped yesterday morning during my talk at Gloria Dei Lutheran church in Dana Point, CA. Hey. No one said religion was pretty. I see. So some of you thought it would be “funny” to write faux-captions of the pictures above. Fine. You leave me no choice but to also show this picture, which I am confident cannot possibly be captioned: Read more
Jesus turned dead people back into alive people. That gave him, shall we say, a certain amount of authority. When you, too, can raise people from the dead (or, take a stroll across the surface of a lake, or instantly transform tap water into an ambitious yet insouciant little cabernet), then you too will have every reason to expect people to readily accept your truth as theirs. Until you’re so gifted, though, do your best to understand why claiming to... Read more
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