John Shore
Besides here on Crosswalk, John blogs on JohnShore.com.
Writer, Editor, Author
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Every Time a Christian Laughs, an Angel's Wings Fall Off
The other day most excellent Steve McGarvey, editor of Crosswalk.com, sent me some questions relative to a (serious) magazine article he was writing on the relationship between Christianity and...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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The Bible's Two Big Problems
The Bible itself doesn't have any problems, of course. But it sure does present two huge hurdles to a cohesive Christianity.Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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My Weird Fixation On What People Read at Night
If I'm at someone's house for the first time, I always have to stop myself from going, "Hi, nice to meet you. Thanks for having us over"---and then totally dashing into their bedroom to see what...Monday, January 12, 2009
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The Trinity Explained in Four Sentences
A Look at John 1:1-4.Sunday, January 11, 2009
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"You're Not A Real Christian!"
Whenever Christians engage in an exchange on the Internet about anything of almost any substance whatsoever---gays, hell, universal salvation, infallibility of Scripture, women as clergy, cushions...Friday, January 9, 2009
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Sane Evangelizing 101
"Insisting that someone share with you something they haven't indicated they want is the most efficient way to make whatever you're trying to share seem even less appealing."Thursday, January 8, 2009
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I'm Not Lettin' Go of Xmas Until They Pry It From My Cold, Dead, Fat Fingers
Try not to kill yourself; too-fleeting fame; twitter fritter; eggnog in my coffee; You Near.Monday, January 5, 2009
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15 Random Things About Me
So today one of my Facebook friends tagged me in one of those deals where you're supposed to write 15 random things about yourself. So I did. Here they are.Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Think I'm a Boring Blogger? Wait'llya See Me LIVE!
This Sunday I'll be speaking in San Diego on "How to Talk to Non-Christians About Christianity Even Though You Know Going Into the Conversation That They Think You're Insane." Plus, they'll have...Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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Satan's Ministers Await Satan's Arrival
Inside Satan's board room, where the six ministers of his cabinet, RELIGION, FINANCE, POLITICS, EDUCATION, WAR, AND DISEASE await their boss's arrival.Monday, December 29, 2008
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Merry Christmas!! (And a True Christmas Plea)
This year, no matter how much Christmas joy I experience or Yuletide happiness I see, I can't get 28 women and children out of my mind and heart.Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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A Conversation Between Joseph and Mary at the Inn
Here's a conversation I imagined between Joseph and Mary at the inn in Bethlehem.Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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Advent, Easter and Ordinary Time: Knowing the Christian Calendar
Want more God in your calendar than you get with only the individual days of Christmas and Easter? Then awaken yourself to the Christian calendar, when virtually every day of the year has a vital...Saturday, December 20, 2008
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Strange Fruit; Flattened by Flapjacks; Lonely Daze. And Your Christmases?
Here are three of my Christmas memories. What are some of yours?Thursday, December 18, 2008
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Christians: Don't Too Readily Dismiss Atheists/Rationalists
"Atheists and rationalists have championed what we Christians too easily surrender: the sacredness of thought that's uncompromisingly rational and apologetically independent."Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Rationalists/Atheists: Don't Too Readily Dismiss the Believer
"The bottom line is that when the white knight of the rational mind reaches the dense forest of human emotion, it must pull its horse up short, turn around, and trot back home. It has no business...Sunday, December 14, 2008
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Top 10 Signs I Might Be Gay
1. If while talking I was ever forced to sit on my hands, it's a certainty that within two minutes I'd dislocate both of my shoulders.Thursday, December 11, 2008
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Am I Gay?
A conservative Christian republican on Facebook is having some fun publicly questioning my sexuality. Oh, well. At least someone's thinking about me. And isn't thinking of others what the Christmas...Wednesday, December 10, 2008