(This is the final part of a 3 part series titled How to Get a Girl Who’s Better Than You. Part 1 is here, part 2 is here.) In a world in which I lived with a stick up my butt, I’d tell you how much I hate this title. The implication that you should get serious with […]
How to Win the Girl of Your Dreams By Becoming the Man of HERS
(This is part 2 of How to Get a Girl Who’s Better Than You. Part 3 is How Becoming a Disciple of Jesus, NOT a Pretender, Helps You Win at Life and Girls) Guys, if you want to win the girl of your dreams, you have to make an important choice. There’s a price for every great conquest. We’re not talking in […]
How to Get a Girl Who’s Better Than You
Okay, this one’s for the guys. I know what you’re all thinking boys. Beneath that Christian veneer, there’s a man who, if he’s single, has one thing on his mind other than loving God and finding the quickest path onto the water after work. It’s how to get a girl. Maybe you’re at the wife […]
If You Accuse Someone of Judging, You’re Judging. Period.
No one likes a judgmental Christian. But most people are more than happy to snap out an instant judgment that someone else is judging them. They do exactly what they accuse others of doing by assuming someone else is doing it. “I disagree with you,” isn’t powerful enough without being punctuated with, “because you’re looking down on me, you hater!” Judging is the ultimate insult. But it’s […]
Does God Want You to Be Lazier?
I bet you’ve never heard someone say when you trusted in Jesus you were saved into lazy Christianity. I can see it now. “Go out into all the world and make lazy slobs of all nations.” “Blessed are the lazy; for they will be served good things.” And best of all, “They will know we […]
The Parable of the Good Hipster
Jesus once asked the question, “Who is my neighbor?” And you know, I can’t answer that. But I can tell you who my celebrity is. — If Jesus had come to the United States instead of Bethlehem to save the world, he probably would’ve come to Nebraska. This would’ve made up for all the jokes I’ve […]
Is Your Light Blocking Jesus?
You are the light of the world. But if the light loses its illumination, how can it become light again? — My son and I were playing in our living room when he stopped and cowered. “Dock, Daddy.” He pointed to a shadow behind our couch, the crease where the back meets the wall and imaginations […]
Your Light is Worth Nothing Without Salt
Packed in the middle of the Beatitudes, nestled amidst the merciful, those who mourn, and a righteousness that surpasses that of the Pharisees, is a pair of metaphors that holds the key to your faith. If you can’t remember the meeks or poor in spirits, if you don’t quite know what it means to fulfill the Law and the Prophets, pay attention to these little metaphors and you’ll […]
The Best of The Fools in 2014
2014 was a great year for the Fools. We’ve assembled the top five most popular posts read, shared, and commented on in social media. We’ll start from the beginning of the year and take you through the most talked about Fools articles from this year. If I Talked to My Wife Like the Church Liturgy […]
5 Things I Wish False Teachers Would Admit About the Bible
The Bible. I have a soft spot in my heart for every new Christian who wants to learn about God and grow in personal faith and maturity through the Bible. A deep, warm, fuzzy soft spot. And in contrast, I have a hard spot for everyone who gets people to question that Bible, especially experts […]