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USA Today says “Americans get an F in religion”

Most of your fellow churchgoers are Biblically illiterate.  I have heard pastors harp on that point for nearly my whole life, so I am not surprised by this USA Today article – hot off the presses:
It is basically a book plug for Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University.  But the main [...]

How did Anna Nicole Smith get on this website?

I don’t follow current pop culture, and I don’t intend to anytime soon. If a movie or song came out after 1985 or so, it is generally off my radar screen. Having said that, Anna Nicole Smith died just the other day. I know nothing about this woman, except she cannot sing, act, dance… in [...]

Christian Cliches that drive me batty.

Hello all.  I wanted to finish my top 10 book reviews for 2006, but I am feeling a bit snarky this evening, so I present instead the Top 10 Christian cliches that to me are like fingernails on a chalkboard.  Some I have been hearing for too many years.  Some are fine but have lost all meaning.  [...]