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The votes are in on the Fake Band Names contest! I’d announce the victor but I’m waiting for a committee to decide whether or not we accept full or half-votes from the residents of Michigan and Florida. Not really. But let me just say Hillary Clinton is crazy the way she refuses to accept that…

If you’ve happened here thanks to a link from Scot McKnight, welcome. Read this post to learn why I’m selling 9,053 signed copies of Pocket Guide to the Bible. And while you’re here, why not introduce yourself? Thanks for stopping by.

The polls are closed. The winner will be announced Monday. Thanks for voting.

Don’t forget to vote below for the winner of the Fake Band Name contest. “Rawboned Donkey and the Saddlebags” is currently in the lead, so if you think that’s a completely lame name, then you’d better do something about it. Voting closes at noon today (Friday). Central time. I’ll let the finalists stew over the…

Posted below are the finalists for the biblical fake band names contest. It was hard to pick a top 5, so I went with a top 6. Because I make the rules. Thanks to all of you who submitted names. Most of them were pretty good. I picked the finalists based on a complex point…

Today is the final day to submit your entry for the Fake Band Shirts contest. We’ve had some pretty good ones so far. Remember, I’m picking my five favorite ones and then we’ll vote on a winner, who’ll receive a free fake band shirt of their choice. Thanks, by the way, to all of you…

Back on Tuesday. Have a great Memorial Day.

Here’s a question I get from time to time: What’s the deal with your “fake band shirts” thing? I’ll tell you what the deal is: The deal is that fake band shirts are awesome, and everyone needs an awesome shirt. Actually, it started with Pocket Guide to the Bible. The last chapter of that book…

Some of you may know I’m currently working on another Pocket Guide book. This one’s called (tentatively) Pocket Guide to the Afterlife. It’s about what various cultures and religions have thought/taught/believed about what happens after you die. Obviously there’s a bunch of Christian stuff in there, including traditional beliefs about heaven and hell. And because…

It’s time for another morsel from my upcoming Pocket Guide to Sainthood (Jossey-Bass, 2009). There were (and are) a whole lot of different religious orders, all of which have produced their share of interesting saints. These include Benedictines, Franciscans, Cistercians, and Dominicans. One of my favorite orders is the Carmelite order. Not because they have…
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