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July 2018

July 09, 2018

The UYC: How Marital Compatibility is (Mis)Defined (LSP #50)

In toxic Christianity, couples determine compatibility in a totally different way than most other folks...

July 07, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: Terrible Christian Marriage Advice, Graded

Last time we met up, we talked about why Christians have such a bizarrely-regressive view...

July 05, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: How Marriage Became a Cult in Toxic Christianity

Today, we're going to look at why Christian leaders push so hard to get their...

July 03, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: The 2018 Gritty Reboot

Some years ago, I ran a series called the Unequally Yoked Club (UYC). It was one...

June 2018

June 09, 2018

Complementarianism: Examining the First Claim

Christians who buy in to complementarianism make a lot of claims about this doctrine. Today,...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

The Unequally Yoked Club: The Meltdown of a Marriage

I've been wanting to return to the UYC lately, since I've seen new developments on...

May 10, 2018

Cherchez La Femme: The Blaming of Women in Evangelical Churn

Fundagelicals responded to their religion's decline almost immediately, at least on a subconscious level. They...

May 01, 2018

Paige Patterson Is Helping the SBC Out of Its Slump (LSP #40)

Paige Patterson, a bigwig with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), gave a speech in 2000...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

This World Might Not Be Ready for Mark Driscoll’s Earth-Shattering Marriage Advice (LSP #31)

Today I want to show you how Mark Driscoll thinks we can all get away...

January 2018

January 28, 2018

When Murder is Less Unthinkable Than Divorce

Over the years, quite a few pastors' wives have been murdered by their husbands--and for...

December 2017

December 11, 2017

Lord Snow Presides Over Liars for Jesus (#22)

Today Lord Snow takes an off-topic day to laugh at the antics of yet another...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

The Love/Life Principles Seminar of 1986

I wanted to show you the roots of that cultural shift today, as we move...

November 14, 2017

Lord Snow Presides… Over Mark Driscoll’s Bad Advice About Marriage. (#18)

Mark Driscoll's blog has been a treasure trove lately, as he struggles to resolve one...

October 2017

October 29, 2017

The Dirtiest Word in the Whole Wide Christian World

Christian leaders push this redefinition onto their flocks for a reason--and to reach a goal...

October 25, 2017

CBMW: Why Complementarianism Fails So Dramatically.

Today we'll examine the CBMW's central conceit, complementarianism, since it informs both of their culture...

October 05, 2017

Conditional Acceptance and Bigotry-for-Jesus

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

August 2017

August 17, 2017

Various Christian Threats, Deciphered and Decoded

Threats are a constant and deeply-woven part of Christian culture. Even the really nice parts...

August 03, 2017

Burnout: Pastors’ Wives Confess All

Today I'll show you what this problem looks like, what the women dealing with the...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

Further Signs of Christianity’s Demographic Death Spiral

When you hear one of them chirp about men being "biologically wired to be drawn...

April 2017

April 09, 2017

An Ideology in Search of a Godling (At Easter)

Easter may be one of the most beloved holidays of the Christian calendar, but a...

March 2017

March 12, 2017

Christian Dating Hits a New Low: “It Takes a Church.”

I've written before about how bad it is in Christian churches for single people seeking...

February 2017

February 08, 2017

Jermaine Simmons: Clearly This Hypocritical Pastor’s Jesus Aura Was on Point

Today we're going to take a brief segue before we plunge into the murky world...

December 2016

December 08, 2016

T’is the Season: Virgin Births

Christians' weird way of engaging with virginity is a big problem in their culture, as...

October 2016

October 05, 2016

The Real Danger of Being Unequally Yoked

The ironic thing is that out of all the made-up, manufactured terrors that Christians burden...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

Leaving the Ring

Christian leaders themselves can spin-doctor the latest bad news as much as they like (and...

September 25, 2016

The Alternate Reality of Christian Mingle: The Movie

Last time we met up, we were talking about Christian Mingle: The Movie. It's a...

September 22, 2016

Christian Mingle: the Mega-Review

I noticed this movie Christian Mingle: The Movie show up on Netflix the other day...

July 2016

July 24, 2016

A Match Made in Hell for People to Be “Loved.”

Preston Sprinkle, in his book People to Be Loved, expresses some truly atrocious ideas. Arguably...

July 20, 2016

Joshua Harris Wants to Know if Anyone Was Hurt By His Book

Josh Harris is one of the scions of the homeschooling and courtship fringes of the...

July 03, 2016

A Cold First Option for People to Be “Loved”

We've been talking for a while now about right-wing Christians' culture war against LGBTQ people,...