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Dude, you have no Quran!

Happy 2011 religionistas! With 2010 still fresh in our memories, it’s time for writers and bloggers to whip out their favorite perennial posts: the year-end list. I never cared for writing year-end lists myself. Luckily, everyone else put one together so I don’t have to.

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Post image for Evil Santa: My first Christmas memory

It’s not easy for a 6-year-old Jehovah’s Witness at Christmas.

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Post image for Bowie and Bing: A Christmas miracle

Of all the Christmas miracles bestowed upon mankind, perhaps none has showcased the sheer majesty of divine power more than when David Bowie and Bing Crosby came together for one fateful night to perform the best, and most unlikely, Christmas duet of the last 2000 years.

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Post image for Tony Blair vs. Christopher Hitchens

I personally disagree with a lot that Christopher Hitchens has to say on the subject of religion. But I don’t care what faith you belong to or don’t belong to. You’re not human if you don’t respect the uber-atheist’s intelligence, sharp wit, and biting sense of humor. I’m pretty sure God himself is a big fan.

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dreidel

Last year, the kids and I decided to celebrate Hanukkah for the first time. We thought it would be fun. We’re not Jewish, but then again we’re not necessarily Christian and we celebrate Christmas.

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Post image for The Holy Spirit is alive, hallelujah!

There is only one place that a fully grown adult can:

  • jump up and down like a child
  • wave his arms uncontrollably
  • laugh and cry simultaneously
  • and shout out random gibberish

…without being committed to a mental institution. And that place is a Charismatic Pentecostal church.

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The Exorcist

Did you know that the Catholic Church has it’s own movie rating system? In case you are curious, “The Exorcist” gets a hefty “L” Rating.

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This weeks Saturday Sermon is actually a piece of artwork by Naked Pastor David Heyward. The text that follows comes from his interpretation of his piece. I spent all weekend working on this piece that I call “Home?” Notice a few things: there are no footprints in the snow leading to where she is standing. [...]

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A believer can never be proven wrong, and an atheist can never be proven right. At least that’s an argument I heard on Catholic radio the other day. The host shared a debate he heard between a believer and an atheist. It went something like this: Atheist: Prove to me that there is a god. [...]

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Plastic Bag

by NAR Editors

Plastic Bag

In a not too distant future, a Plastic Bag goes on an epic journey in search of its lost Maker, wondering if there is any point to life without her.

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We received a submission from Anthony Morley, a self-professed computer nerd and lover of Christ. He presents an amusing perspective–comparing Christians to “spam infested computers”– that only a computer nerd and lover of Christ could give.

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