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Can people get a new God by switching religions?

I just read this headline about lots of people changing religions. They want something different from what they have. But what’s really behind it? Can people get a new God by switching religions? No, I don’t think they’re switching to the pink bunny religion. Although, I could be wrong. Who knows? I might surprise you here by saying, yes, people can actually get a different god by switching…

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Why pray to God when people don't listen anyway?

Why pray to God when people don’t want to listen anyway? Seriously, why would a Christian Pastor say, “We ought to pray as if it all depends on God”? And to make it worse, follow it up with, “But we have to work as if it all depends upon us”? At least the monkeys in the image have a common theme. One doesn’t say anything.One doesn’t see anything.One doesn’t hear anything. That’s supposed to…

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Christianity and politics make strange bedfellows

You’ve probably heard it before – Religion and politics make strange bedfellows. Today though, we’re going to narrow it down to Christianity, rather than religion as a whole. So we end up with Christianity and politics make strange bedfellows. And when we narrow it down like that, the combination of Christianity and politics is even more strange than religion and politics! Why? Because some…

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Should grade school children learn battlefield trauma care?

Is that headline for real? Should grade school children learn battlefield trauma care? Why even ask this shocking question? Because this is already the law in Texas for 7th graders and up. Now there’s a bill to propose this training for 3rd through 5th graders as well. Seriously. Third grade! Learning battlefield trauma care techniques! That frog in the adjacent image is the kind of toy a third…

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An after school Satan Club. What could go wrong?

An after school Satan Club. It’s not in “the classroom”. It’s not about religion. It’s only about free speech. So what could go wrong? Even the headline on msn.com tells us this is no big deal. No, Satan isn’t coming to your classrooms. A judge’s ruling allowing an after-school ‘Satan Club’ is all about free speech. Everything we read on the internet is true, right? That image of Satan is…

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Make earth day a religious holiday? What could go wrong?

Seriously, the headline on Time.com is The Case For Making Earth Day a Religious Holiday. What could go wrong with that? How about, plenty! The article starts off: Earth Day is upon us—that forlorn little non-holiday that some years sandwiches itself between Easter and Passover, or other years trails in the wake of those “real” holidays. If the Super Bowl is America’s unofficial national day of…

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The Ten Commandments in school classrooms - what could go wrong?

Some Christians want the government to force the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all school classrooms. What could go wrong? I must say, it’s probably easier to consider, what could go right! The stone in the adjacent image doesn’t exactly quote the Ten Commandments. But then, different denominations don’t even agree on what they are! Plus, different Bible translations don’t use the same…

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Do some people deserve to be homeless?

Do some people deserve to be homeless? And do some people deserve to live in nice homes? While we’re at it, do the people in nice homes deserve to have the homeless people kept away from them? For sure, there’s a lot of NIMBY. Not In My Back Yard. But sometimes it’s just amazing how far people go with it. And how open they are about it. They’re honest. But are they right? And what are the…

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What is church? Buildings or people? What do you think?

What is church? Buildings or people? What do you think? First, what does church mean to you as a person? Second, do you know what the Bible says about church? If the two answers are different, does that matter to you? Why or why not? The adjacent image has a building with some people in the building. There’s a Christian service going on. Which part of that is “church”? Is it the building? Or…

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How many souls will be saved by a mifepristone ban?

How many souls will be saved by a mifepristone ban? Wait. Souls? Isn’t the question how many lives will be saved? Uh, no, I’m really asking how many souls will be saved. After all, isn’t that important to Christians? I get it, non-Christians maybe don’t care about saving souls. People who don’t care about God, or deny God, almost certainly don’t care about saving souls. But hey – this is to…

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Do entitled Christians make you want to avoid church?

Do entitled Christians make you want to avoid church? What if you go to church to serve God. And you run into a bunch of people who feel like they’re entitled to have the church serve them? Does that turn you off? Or does it make you want to be like them? It doesn’t feel like serving and entitlement should be used together in this context. Sure, there are “entitlements”, like welfare for poor…

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Will we ever stop gun violence in America?

It happened again. Gun violence in America. In a school. Today, it’s about Nashville. Tomorrow? It’ll be another school. Some people cry out to stop the violence. Others cry out to keep the assault style weapons that are so often used in these mass killings. Will we ever stop gun violence in America? Uh – no, we aren’t going to stop gun violence in America. Not the way we’re going. Do we think…

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Christians should be careful about being people pleasers

Christians should be careful about being people pleasers. Really? Aren’t we supposed to be loving? Do things like meet people where they are? Accept everyone for who they are? Get along with everyone? All that good stuff? Well, let me answer that with a question. Was Jesus a people pleaser? Uh, no, Jesus was not out to please people. Here’s one example. Seven Woes 23:1-7 pp — Mk 12:38, 39; Lk…

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Will abortion drive people away from Christianity?

Four years ago, I wrote Christians and abortion: Will Christians abandon God over abortion? The impetus for it was Disney, the state of Georgia, and proposed abortion legislation. Well, things have changed dramatically since then. Therefore, my new question for this update is Will abortion drive people away from Christianity? I’ll keep much of the original text in here. Without it, the sense of…

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Do short-sighted Christians make you want to avoid church?

Do short-sighted Christians make you want to avoid church? Not short-sighted as in eye problems. Short-sighted as an not thinking out of the box. Far enough into the future. Beyond the walls of their own church. Things like that. The dictionary definition of short-sightedness is something along the lines of the inability to see things clearly unless they are relatively close to the eyes;…

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Will we have enough food in Heaven to be happy?

Will we have enough food in Heaven to be happy? The food we want? That probably depends. Fortunately, I like fish. Like the sushi below. But the real question is, will we have enough food? Too many people in the world don’t get what they want or even enough of any kind of food. I know – some people don’t like sushi. If that’s you, maybe try substituting a vision of your favorite thing to eat.…

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Do entitled Christians make you want to avoid church?

Do entitled Christians make you want to avoid church? You know, for instance, people who say, I’m Christian so I can do whatever I want. I’ve been saved. I’m forgiven. Everything’s good, no matter what I do. I can’t decide if it’s sad or funny. Funny in a sad way. There are things Christians received from God. None are entitlements, in the way we generally think of them. Certainly, none that…