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May 2019

May 20, 2019

The Hated Stereotypes in “This Present Darkness” (LSP #91)

Last time, we touched on how this book both derived from and defined those wild and woolly...

March 2019

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 21, 2019

The Cult of Family and Its Failure to Launch

Do the most extremist, authoritarian flavors of Christianity really have a monopoly on the best marriages...

February 14, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve: The LOVE Super Special (#6)

If you celebrate it or like it, then may it be a fun one for...

February 12, 2019

Abuse of Faith: J.D. Greear is SO BROKEN, Y’ALL!

This investigative report has revealed that the SBC power structure allows abuse, protects abusers, and...

February 07, 2019

Antiprocess: How Christians Deal With Challenges to Their Beliefs

When people receive information that challenges a cherished belief, they have at their disposal a...

January 2019

January 05, 2019

Two Different Christians With One Problem: KIDS TODAY

Our lovely commentariat has found two completely different posts by two completely different Christians about...

December 2018

December 24, 2018

‘Tis the Season–for More Christian Infighting (LSP #74)

Nothing brings out the Christian love quite like Christmas. It's that wonderful time of year when...

December 01, 2018

The Trainwreck Continues: Christian Responses to That 6,000-10,000 Closings Figure

We've been talking lately about the rash of church closures in America. A figure of...

November 2018

November 15, 2018

What That “Angry at God” Accusation Really Means

Out of every accusation belligerent Christians fling at those who reject their sales pitches, the...

November 01, 2018

Why Christians Need Satan to Be An Idiot

When I was a Christian, every single Christian I knew had two completely contradictory opinions...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

The Broken System: How Predators Keep the Prey in the Fold

Predators gravitate toward these systems because they are a reliable source of the prey they...

August 06, 2018

The UYC: Spectacularly-Terrible Advice from The Gospel Coalition (LSP #54)

Lord Snow Presides over a very telling--and disastrous--list of suggestions from a TRUE CHRISTIAN™ culture...

May 2018

May 07, 2018

“Come Sunday” – A Review (LSP #41)

Today, Lord Snow presides over a movie that might be about Christians and tackle a...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

Well, the Big Come-to-Jesus Meeting At Wheaton Was a Bust.

A few days ago I showed you this big meeting that a bunch of evangelical...

March 2018

March 09, 2018

Letters from Tim: What Christians Don’t Realize They’re Telling Us

Last week letters turned up in my mail that really encapsulated exactly what Christians do...

February 2018

February 20, 2018

Dan Foreman of Idaho Shows Us the Real Face of “Christian Love”

Here's what Christian love really looks like--and why stone-cold hypocrite Dan Foreman is reacting like he...

January 2018

January 05, 2018

Live in the Wild: An Introduction to Fake Abortion Clinics

The CPC is one of the most slickly-packaged of all of the fake women's clinics,...

December 2017

December 24, 2017

Christians Aren’t Ready Yet to Fix Their Slump

Christians are losing people fast, and along with members they're losing shocking amounts of credibility...

December 18, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over Christian Love, Marker Beliefs, and the Cost of Dissent. (#23)

Here we see exactly what happens when a tribe claiming ultimate moral authority and a...

October 2017

October 05, 2017

Conditional Acceptance and Bigotry-for-Jesus

Christians use something called conditional acceptance to try to maintain control over a culture that...

July 2017

July 23, 2017

The Different Types of Christian Ghosting

Today I'll show you the two kinds of Christian ghosting, how prevalent ghosting has become...

July 13, 2017

Another Christian Band Bites the Dust

I saw this one video the other day and thought it was really good--but something...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Robert Fisher: Instant Enlightenment NOT Found Here

My ex-C friends are reeling--as they should be--at the news that a recent Republican scandal...

April 18, 2017

Stages of Grief at the End of Apologetics

I've been coming into contact with a lot of different ideas about apologetics itself as...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

The Big Problem with Denominational Infighting

I'm reading this weird little sermon transcript about "The Difference Between Calvinism and Reformed" and...

November 20, 2016

The Handbook: Intervention Conventions

We're fast approaching the holiday season, and as fun as holidays are supposed to be,...

November 08, 2016

A Tale of Two Arguments

Christians claim that they have one holy book and one god, one truth and one...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

A Coffee Date with People to Be “Loved”

Preston Sprinkle is trying to find the same have-it-both-ways middle ground between bigotry and acceptance...

June 19, 2016

Listening But Not Really to People to Be “Loved”

The book is meant to be a tightrope walk between the evangelical tribe's current antipathy...