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December 2020

December 04, 2020

Rejoice: Ben Jack Has Solved Evangelicals’ Hypocrisy Problem!

Today, let's check out how evangelist Ben Jack sees hypocrisy as a hindrance to sales...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

The Big Problem Here: Singleness Edition (LSP #168)

Seriously. How could I possibly resist the spectacle of an evangelical offering up The Big...

November 25, 2020

‘Christian Love’ as a Tool for Gaslighting

Hi and welcome back! We've got a quick little segue ahead of us. A recent...

November 21, 2020

Cas the Zealot vs. the College Pagans (Lay Your Bets!)

When I was a teen zealot in college, I encountered a group that was similarly...

November 19, 2020

How Evangelical Husbands (Don’t) Repair Their Troubled Marriages

Evangelical men get taught completely impractical rules for marriage, and then -- once everything goes...

November 13, 2020

The Day A.J. Kiesling Noticed Christian Men’s Fear of Divorce

'Perfect love casts out fear,' wrote someone long ago. Going by that standard, today's evangelical...

November 11, 2020

Rod Dreher: Fretting About Evangelical Men’s Boners — er, Civilization’s Future

Today, the ever-hilarious Rod Dreher clutches his pearls over young women's lack of interest in...

November 06, 2020

2020 Election: Is It Over Yet Edition

Hi and welcome back! As the election counting continues, our hopes rise ever so slightly...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

Chris Watts: Virtue Signaling His Heart Out

Today, let me show you how Chris Watts is leveraging his understanding of evangelicals to...

October 23, 2020

Casting the Gospel Spell (And Botching the Roll)

Today, let me show you how evangelicals think 'the gospel' can return them to power...

October 20, 2020

The Fantasy and the Reality of Evangelical Youth Groups

Of late, we've been checking out the hilarious, utterly-lacking-in-self-awareness ramblings of aspiring youth evangelist Greg...

October 16, 2020

Counting the (False) Costs of My Teen Zealotry

As we reviewed evangelist Greg Stier's three totally-surefire teen evangelism strategies, many of us got...

October 14, 2020

Greg Stier: Mobilizing a Child Army For Jesus

Evangelicals don't ever catch this essential disconnect between their fetishization of innocence and their ruthless...

October 12, 2020

The Redemption of Johnny Lawrence (LSP #161)

Hi and welcome back! Last week, we had a really good time mocking evangelist Greg...

October 08, 2020

The Trump Betrayal Evangelicals Just Aren’t Talking About

Hi and welcome back! Last week, news emerged about Donald Trump mocking and belittling evangelical...

October 07, 2020

Why Toxic Christians Hate ‘Weak Christians’ So Much

Hi and welcome back! One recent topic of interest around here is the redefinition of love...

October 06, 2020

Long Ago, When Evangelicals Cared About Being ‘Stumbling Blocks’

Today, let me show you why evangelicals can't take health precautions and can't care about other people's health and...

October 02, 2020

The Real Tipping Point of Christian Dominance (Already Came and Went)

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we talked about Thom Rainer's assertion in 2018 that American...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

Self-Interest Above All: The SBC Needs More Sales

This whole situation is a hilarious example of self-interest -- and evangelicals can't even see...

September 28, 2020

UYC: Single Christian Man Tells ‘Christian Girls’ Never to Settle (LSP #159)

He's one of many, many thousands of men and women in his end of Christianity...

September 26, 2020

Autopsy: Thom Rainer’s 12-Step Church Revitalization Plan

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I showed you a 2014 book by Thom Rainer, Autopsy of...

September 20, 2020

Why Evangelicals Love TRUE CHRISTIAN™ Research

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we looked at a pair of TRUE CHRISTIANS™ who were...

September 18, 2020

Why Hardcore Christians Hate ‘Build-a-Bear’ Christians

I'm long familiar with battles between the more-hardcore-than-thou adherents of a religion and what they...

September 16, 2020

George Barna: His Big World Domination Plan

Hi and welcome back! This past week, we've been talking about toxic Christians' efforts to...

September 13, 2020

Parents Beware: Toxic Christians Have Officially Targeted Your Children

Hi and welcome back! We've been talking lately about Christianese -- which abounds in Joe...

September 12, 2020

A Biblical Worldview: Toxic Christians’ Self-Serving Definition

Hi and welcome back! Earlier, we talked about Joe Battaglia's book Make America Good Again....

September 10, 2020

Christianese 101: ‘Conviction’

Hi and welcome back! For a long time now, I've studied Christianese. That's the jargon that...

September 08, 2020

‘Christian Love’ Flows As Jen Hatmaker Divorces

Hi and welcome back! I know nobody's surprised when we talk about evangelical hypocrisy. They're...

September 06, 2020

Porn and Christians: Starting Trouble For a Reason

Hi and welcome back! I guess today also represents a bit of a palate cleanser. I ran...

September 03, 2020

The Tragic Downside of Bro-Dude Christianity

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we looked at one of the worst subcultures in Christianity: bro-dude...