Category: humor
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Humor
Alice in Blunderland
“I can’t believe that!” said Alice. “Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone. “Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.” Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay…
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Apologetics 101The theology of dirty jokes
In Miracles, C.S. Lewis makes the intriguing argument that it takes a theistic worldview to explain the existence of dirty jokes. the Christian knows that we…
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HumorGod’s humor on display in Education Secretary’s misquote
US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is the man at the top of the US public education system. He is, consequently, the most visible representative of…
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HumorSay what? Insights from the “Devil’s Dictionary”
Ambrose Bierce (1842- circa 1914) was an American satirist best known for his Devil’s Dictionary. In it he sought to “improve” on Noah Webster’s famous…
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Articles – MoviesThe pitch meeting for “Redeeming Love”
PRODUCER: Do you have a new movie for me? SCREENWRITER: Yes, sir. This is gonna be gold, trust me. It’s an adaptation of a steamy…
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HumorWhat is humor?
What is humor? It seems a simple question, with a very obvious answer: humor is whatever makes us laugh or smile. But then what of…
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HumorAre you a transkindophobe?
Doctor Clive Gledhill looked down at his watch – 4:30. Only half an hour until the surgery shut and then he could head off home…
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HumorCall me Billy
I met a man the other day Who thought he was a goat He shaped his hair to look like horns And bleated from his…
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Apologetics 101The Triangle Curvature Inclusion Bill
A controversial bill to redefine triangles was presented in the British Parliament this past month. Debate was opened by the Culture Secretary, Valerie Brimble, who…
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HumorHumor and the life of faith
“And I knew there could be laughter On the secret face of God” – G. K. Chesterton ***** Nothing is quite so ironic as to…
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Gender roles#chairchallenge highlights male/female divide
We live in a curious age in which the self-evident isn’t. So if you have a friend muddled about whether men and women are different,…
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HumorComedy as a calling
Andrew Bright is a professional comedian and a professing Christian, and while that’s not as rare as the albino spotted zebra, comedic Christians are hard…
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HumorOde to hurt…or why my tolerant nature can’t stand your opinions
I’m hurting I am, and I want you to know, That the pain I am feeling, isn’t likely to go. I’m hurting I am, it’s…
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HumorTearing down tyranny, one joke a time…
November 9 marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which, for 28 years, divided socialist East Germany from the free West. To…
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HumorWhy men are superior to women – a pro-life analogy
What follows is the text of a brochure that was delivered to more than 20,000 houses in Edmonton, Alberta during an election campaign about 15…
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HumorBased on a true story
“Um, excuse me?” I am kneeling next to a newly planted row of tomato starts and pulling weeds when I hear a woman’s voice from…
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HumorEven a talking horse beats quiet convictions
I still remember the day I officially became an expert on everything. Many people go to school for years just to become an expert on…
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HumorSimply and truly
There once was a man whose parents had given him the highly unusual name of “Amazing” when he was born. They gave him the name…