Bridging The Gap

Guilty Pleasures

I’ve always imagined that Christians feel a lot of guilt.  I’m not exactly sure what Christians feel guilty about but I’m sure it’s something.  It could be a passing rude thought about the checkout girl or boy.  It could be over a greedy thought of undeserved wealth.  I might even be a hidden desire […]

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I Love Atheists

Seriously, you guys make this site what it is. Every now and then I want to take a swing at ya, but in the end I wouldn’t want FriendlyChristian.com to be any other way. 

You provide honesty
You provide intelligence
You challenge me
You provide arguments (or “conversation” as we so kindly like to put it)
You provide spice!

I […]

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Parables

I’ve written an entry over at the eBay atheist site on how the figure of Jesus used stories in his lessons.  I thought it would be interesting for Christians to know how an atheist like me views the parables.
I’m picking one at random from the 33 listed on the wikipedia page, the Parables of […]

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What Doesn’t Work

I’ve recently finished Hemant’s book I Sold My Soul on eBay.  He particularly looks at what does and doesn’t work in attracting people to church.
I think that’s the first thing that’s wrong with the idea: Attracting people to church.  Shouldn’t people want to come to church of their own volition.  Do you need to advertise?  […]

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Jefferson Day

Today is the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth. Apparently he’s an important figure in American history, what with him being the third President of the United States and all. Given the significance of the day I thought that it was worth spending a few minutes talking about him. Please take into account that I’m […]

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