My friends over at Advent Conspiracy are having a film contest! All of the details are here. Go check it out–and not to just enter the contest, but also to vote! And help them spread the word. If you know any filmmakers or home-movie junkies, let them know about this contest.

The following is a short excerpt of my next book, Good God: Why Embracing the Questions, Hope, and Punch Lines of Our Faith Helps Me Believe. The first draft of the manuscript has been handed in, and I’ll begin rewrites and edits soon. This portion comes from a chapter called “Punctuating Jesus.” Oh, and please…

Oh dear. TLC is getting all biblical on us, and no, I don’t mean The Duggars. I mean, a reality TV show is about to give us a lesson about polygamy!!!!!!! polygamy. While I’m pretty sure this isn’t the sort of “biblical programming” that Christians want to see, is it wrong of me to hope…

According to Evangelist Joshua Mills at NewWineRevival.org says he was recently preaching in New Zealand when a woman began smelling the minty-fresh fragrance of toothpaste. And the woman was like, “What? Why in the world would I be smelling toothpaste?!” Well, come to find out, God had been busy whitening her teeth. Yes! Whitening her…

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