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December 2019

December 26, 2019

Christian Lies: ‘Absolutely Everybody Needs Our Product!’

By now, Christians consider axiomatic the notion that literally everyone on the planet needs their...

December 25, 2019

I Faced Persecution For Refusing to Deny My Beliefs (About Santa)

Christians love to boast about how they would totally never deny Jesus. No way! They'd stand strong...

December 03, 2019

The Crybullies of Christianity (Don’t Understand Themselves)

Last time we met up, I showed you a survey that revealed what evangelicals believe...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve Turkey Day Super Special! (#14)

Today's that happy day when Americans celebrate fun, family, and delicious food. Well, theoretically that's what happens,...

November 21, 2019

The Poor Widdle Heathens in ‘Only God Can’

Hi and welcome back! We saw a movie recently, Only God Can, that covered quite...

November 09, 2019

Evangelical Self-Interest: Why This Shoulder Angel Always Wins

Last time we met up, I showed you yet more bad news for Christian leaders:...

October 2019

October 12, 2019

How Elizabeth Warren Made Christian Culture Warriors Lose Their Minds (This Time)

Culture warriors are losing their poor little minds lately over something Senator Elizabeth Warren said yesterday in...

September 2019

September 14, 2019

HumanGate: Al Mohler’s Dishonest Game

Al Mohler helped set parenting up as a game his people can't win anymore. And...

September 12, 2019

More Bad News For Jerry Falwell Jr. (And His Hilarious Response)

Yep! Yet another evangelical leader doesn't like to follow the rules he sets for his...

August 2019

August 01, 2019

Jesus Told This Complementarian Dude To Marry Me

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been focusing on a doctrine in authoritarian Christianity called complementarianism....

July 2019

July 27, 2019

Bachelorette: Why Luke Crashed Hannah’s Rose Ceremony

Today, let me show you how an authoritarian, complementarian Christian man collided with the concept...

July 23, 2019

Complementarians Are Angry About Wives Who Don’t Change Their Names

Today, I want to show you a doozy: a Christian guy who lost his top...

July 16, 2019

Why Complementarians Hate No-Fault Divorce

Complementarianism is a sexist ideology held by mostly right-wing Christian culture warriors. One major plank...

July 13, 2019

MLMs Are Acting More and More Like Affinity Scams Lately

Today, I want to show you something called an affinity scam, and then draw some comparisons...

July 09, 2019

The Problems and Pitfalls of Church Revitalization

This type of business, church revitalization, might well be one of post-Christian America's most lucrative cottage...

July 08, 2019

A Muddling of Angels in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #98; Ch.5)

Here, we continue our examination of Frank Peretti's somehow-bestselling fantasy novel This Present Darkness. In Chapter...

June 2019

June 22, 2019

Meet the Christians Who Are HOPPING MAD About ‘Good Omens’

This time around, our brave widdle culture warriors flew into a lather over a television...

May 2019

May 23, 2019

What Thom Rainer Teaches Pastors About Anonymous Complaints

Today, I offer up a recent blog post from none other than Thom Rainer, one...

April 2019

April 11, 2019

If Only He Knew (What Compassion Is)

While reading this awful book, I quickly realized that Gary Smalley wasn't suggesting his readers...

April 04, 2019

Living Behind A Mask

A recent scandal erupting on social media has shed some light on complementarianism and why...

March 2019

March 23, 2019

If Only He Knew: Villains Helping Villains

Hi! Lately, we've been talking about a terrible Christian marriage-advice book, If Only He Knew. In...

March 19, 2019

If Only He Knew: The Target Audience Within Complementarianism

Though he kept these facts on the down-low, Gary Smalley himself was a big-name complementarian...

March 16, 2019

If Only He Knew: The Huckster Fleecing These Sheep

Over the next week, I'll show you just why Christian marriage advice is so pathetically...

March 02, 2019

Christian Advice: From Useless to Disastrous, For a Reason

Much of the advice that these authoritarian Christian leaders offer their flocks sounds absolutely useless--that...

February 2019

February 16, 2019

Abuse of Faith: The SBC Continues to Circle the Wagons

Generally speaking, he and the entirety of the SBC's top leadership knew. They simply avoided...

February 02, 2019

Historicity: Testing the Claims of Christianity

We'll lay out a basic definition of claims and defenses of claims. And we'll start...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Seeking the Winning Team’s Banner

To be an authoritarian Christian is to live in constant, unending, ever-ratcheting-upward fear. They fear...

January 15, 2019

The Attack of the Evangelism Apps!

I downloaded a whole bunch of evangelism apps last week and ran through them. I'll...

January 13, 2019

Authoritarians, THE ANGLE, and Evangelism Apps

Hi and welcome to our new series on authoritarians! Last time we met up, we...

January 10, 2019

Authoritarians, Fear, and the Culture Wars

They couldn't be more obvious in their fear if they sang their messages while playing...